Investigation of the Er:YAG laser at 2.94 μm to remove lichens growing on stone

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 268-277

  Decruz, Adele ^a,b,c,d   L wolbarsht, Myron ^b   Andreotti, Alessia ^a   Colombini, Maria Perla ^c   Pinna, Daniela ^b   Culberson, Chicita F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University ^*

^d Opificio delle Pietre Dure   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); ERBIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYROLYSIS;

CELL WALLS; CHEMICAL MECHANISM; ER:YAG LASERS; ERBIUM DOPED; GARNET CRYSTALS; PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY- MASS SPECTROMETRIES; PYROLYSIS-GC-MS; SURFACE ABLATION;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 75149148678     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/sic.2009.54.4.268     Document Type: Article

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