New frontiers in materials science for art conservation: Responsive gels and beyond

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 751-760

  Carretti, Emiliano ^a   Bonini, Massimo ^a   Dei, Luigi ^a   Berrie, Barbara H ^b   Angelova, Lora V ^c   Baglioni, Piero ^a   Weiss, Richard G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953670304     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar900282h     Document Type: Article

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