Revealing the composition of organic materials in polychrome works of art: the role of mass spectrometry-based techniques

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 408, Issue 25, 2016, Pages 6957-6981

  Calvano, Cosima Damiana ^a   van der Werf, Inez Dorothé ^a   Palmisano, Francesco ^a   Sabbatini, Luigia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

DART; DTMS; GC MS; MALDI ESI; Paint; TOF SIMS

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DESORPTION; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PAINT; PYROLYSIS; SPECTROMETRY; TRACKING (POSITION);

DART; DTMS; GC-MS; MALDI/ESI; TOF SIMS;

SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84983449919     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9862-8     Document Type: Review

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