KEP-workshop: Nanorestore gels og nanorestore cleaning

Foto: Andrea Casini

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KEP – Konservatorernes Efteruddannelsesprogram inviterer professionelle konservatorer til en intensiv to-dages workshop med fokus på nanoteknologiske metoder til rensning og
behandling af kunstværker. Workshoppen henvender sig til konservatorer, der ønsker et solidt teoretisk fundament kombineret med praktisk erfaring med de nyeste materialer og
metoder inden for feltet.

Indhold
Workshoppen introducerer deltagerne til udvikling, teori og anvendelse af nanostrukturerede væsker og gelsystemer (Nanorestore®). Emnerne omfatter:

• Grundlæggende videnskabelige principper bag nanostrukturerede væsker og hydrogels
• Anvendelse af gelsystemer, også i kombination med nanostrukturerede væsker, til kontrolleret og effektiv rensning

Undervisningen veksler mellem forelæsninger og hands-on demonstrationer, hvor deltagerne arbejder praktisk med materialerne – på mockups og på genstande, som
deltagerne selv medbringer.

Undervisere og forskningsmæssig baggrund
Workshoppen ledes af forskere fra CSGI – Center for Colloid and Surface Science ved Universitetet i Firenze. Undervisernes deltagelse er finansieret af Universitetet i Firenze.
CSGI er et internationalt anerkendt forskningscenter inden for soft matter, overfladekemi og nanostrukturerede materialer og har gennem årtier spillet en central rolle i udviklingen af
nanoteknologiske løsninger til konservering af kulturarv. Centret har koordineret en række større EU-projekter, herunder Nanoforart, Nanorestart, Apache og Greenart, og er kendt for
sin tætte integration af grundforskning, anvendt forskning og teknologioverførsel.

Underviserteam

• Piero Baglioni, emeritus professor i fysisk kemi ved Universitetet i Firenze, medstifter af CSGI og international pioner inden for anvendelsen af nanostrukturerede materialer til konservering. Forfatter til mere end 550 videnskabelige publikationer og 27 patenter.
• Giovanna Poggi, lektor i fysisk kemi ved Universitetet i Firenze, med forskning i nanopartikler, hydrogels og gelsystemer til rensning samt deacidificering af papir og træ.
• Andrea Casini, postdoc-forsker ved CSGI med speciale i biopolymerbaserede nanomaterialer, nanostrukturerede væsker og avancerede gelsystemer til rensning af moderne og samtidige malerier.

Course description
WORKSHOP on NANORESTORE GELS AND NANORESTORE CLEANING

This workshop will focus on the theory, development, and application of nanostructured fluids and gel systems in art conservation. Participants will be introduced to the scientific principles behind these materials, including nanostructured fluids, and various types of hydrogels. The sessions will combine lectures and hands-on demonstrations.

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DAY 1
MORNING – THEORETICAL SESSION	AFTERNOON – PRACTICAL SESSION
9:30 Welcome etc 9:35 Lecture: Overview and Introduction 10:00 Lecture: Gel Theory I 11:00 BREAK: Coffee and Tea 11:15 Lecture: Gel Theory II & application (removal of water-soluble materials) 12:30 LUNCH (duration from 30 min to 1h)	13:30 Lab Session: ? Demonstration: Gel handling, loading, safety 14:30 BREAK: Coffee and Tea 14:45 Lab Session: ? Demonstration: Removal of grime, stain, tide lines ? Practical: Test on mock-ups ? Practical: Individual projects – selected artworks (Participants artworks or and Artwork from the collection) 16:15 Questions, discussions, closing remarks 16:30 End for the day

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DAY 2
MORNING – THEORETICAL SESSION	AFTERNOON – PRACTICAL SESSION
9:30 Lecture: Nanostructured fluids theory 10:15 BREAK: Coffee and Tea 10:30 Lecture: Confining nanostructured fluid into scaffold: theory and application 11:30 Lecture: TALK ABOUT ONGOING PROJECTS (TBD later) 12:30 LUNCH (duration from 30 min to 1h)	13:30 Lab Session ? Demonstration: Nanostructured fluids handling and safety ? Demonstration: Removal of acrylics/shellac on mock-ups using cellulose poultices/gels loaded with nanostructured fluids ? Practical: Test on mock-ups and on participants case studies (of the same composition) using cellulose poultices/gels loaded with nanostructured fluids 15:00 BREAK: Coffee and Tea 15:30 Lab Session: ? Demonstration: Removal of coatings from painted artistic surfaces using nanostructured fluids loaded in gels ? Practical: Test on mock-ups (painted surfaces) and on participants case studies (of the same composition) using nanostructured fluids loaded in gels 16:15 Questions, discussions, closing remarks 16:30 End for the day

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CSGI at a glance

CSGI (Center for Colloid and Surface Science) is a public research institution which gathers several Italian academic groups with established research track record in the area of Soft Matter and Surface Science. We leverage the complementary expertise, skills and instrumental/technical capabilities of the network to jointly perform high-profile research in areas related to the CSGI core scientific topics, to train young scientists and to provide a top scientific and technological infrastructure to private companies.

CSGI was founded in December 1993 and since then it is under the supervision and control of the Italian Ministry for University and Scientific Research (MIUR). Since 1994 CSGI has been promoting and coordinating scientific, training, and technology transfer activities in the chemistry of colloidal systems and more generally systems with a high interfacial area. To accomplish this goal, CSGI brings together the most prestigious Italian academic schools in the field of Soft Matter and functional surfaces, providing an infrastructure for the academic network operating in this thematic area in Italy. CSGI has top-level synthetic and experimental expertise for the physico-chemical characterization of soft and hard matter and functional surfaces.

Piero Baglioni, the CSGI founder, is internationally recognized as the most influential Italian soft matter scientist and, throughout his career, pioneered the application of nanostructured materials to conservation of cultural heritage. For this activity, he has received numerous awards, such as the Bonino Medal of the Italian Chemical Society and the "Lectureship Award" of the Chemical Society of Japan "(2017).

CSGI is an internationally recognized network of excellence; our position in the Italian scientific landscape is validated by the VQR 2011-2014, where CSGI is the consortium with the highest number of employees in chemistry (60), with over 94% of the products rated as Excellent.
With this exceptionally robust scientific background, CSGI implements actions that make basic and applied research and technology transfer available for companies, facilitating their access to the activity of national, international, or "large scale infrastructures" laboratories.
Over the years, CSGI has become an international network of reference for technology transfer, involving Italian, European, and international research bodies and private companies (ENI, Procter & Gamble, Biomeuriex, L'Oreal, pharmaceutical IDI, Dompé, Rottapharm, etc…). This scientific excellence and proactive capacity result in a remarkable success rate in European competitive funding, often with CSGI as the coordinator team. In particular, the CSGI unit in Florence has recently coordinated several EU projects on the development of materials of the conservation of works of art, such as Nanoforart, Nanorestart, Apache and Greenart.

Piero Baglioni
Chemistry Department & CSGI – University of Florence, Italy
Piero Baglioni is Emeritus Professor of Physical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florence. He is on the editorial/advisory boards of several international journals and a member of the scientific board of several national and international institutions and societies. He is the author of more than 550 publications and 27 patents in the field of colloids and interfaces, and a pioneer in the application of soft matter to the conservation of Cultural Heritage.

Giovanna Poggi
Chemistry Department & CSGI – University of Florence, Italy
Giovanna Poggi is associate professor in physical chemistry at the Chemistry Department of the University of Florence. She was involved in several EU Projects including HORIZON
EUROPE GREENART. Her research deals with the synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles and their application to paper and wood deacidification. She is also working on
hydrogels and organogels for the cleaning of works of art and on the development and use of biocompatible polymers in several applicative fields.

Andrea Casini
Chemistry Department & CSGI – University of Florence, Italy
Andrea Casini earned his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Florence in 2022. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at CSGI. Since 2018, his research has focused on biopolymer-based nanoconsolidants, nanostructured fluids for the removal of unwanted layers from artistic surfaces, and advanced gel systems for cleaning modern and contemporary paintings. He is a member of the research team for the EU project GREENART.

Tilmeldingsfrist

31. januar 2026

Der er 25 pladser på kurset, som tildeles efter først til mølle princippet.

Spørgsmål

Spørgsmål vedrørende arrangementet kan rettes til KEP-koordinatorer Elisabetta Bosetti, kontakt@bosetti-konservering.dk og Nynne Raunsgaard Sethia, nrs@dengamleby.dk

Spørgsmål vedrørende tilmelding eller fakturering rettes til netvaerk@nkf-dk.dk