Descripción del proyecto
Nuevo método basado en el oxígeno para la conservación del patrimonio cultural
Los bienes culturales materiales constituyen un recurso inestimable e insustituible de la humanidad, pero cada vez se ven más amenazados por los efectos de la contaminación, el vandalismo y los incendios. Los métodos de limpieza disponibles requieren acción mecánica y disolventes que pueden ser perjudiciales para los materiales artísticos, así como para la salud y el medio ambiente. Limpiar con átomos de oxígeno de vida extremadamente corta —es decir, con oxígeno atómico— podría constituir una solución innovadora. Expertos en física del plasma, conservación y ciencias del patrimonio de diez organizaciones de investigación, museos y pymes europeos han unido sus fuerzas en el nuevo proyecto MOXY, coordinado por la Universidad de Gante, cuyo objetivo es desarrollar una tecnología de limpieza ecológica sin precedentes para eliminar contaminantes sin necesidad de contacto físico y sin ningún impacto para la salud o el medio ambiente.
Objetivo
Climate crisis and unsustainable development increasingly threaten Europe’s tangible cultural heritage (CH), yet environmentally hazardous chemicals persist in CH conservation practice. The Sustainable Development Goals of the EU’s Green Deal vision call for change in CH conservation, but cannot be implemented without effective and affordable green alternatives. Soiling and deposition of carbon-based contaminants (CBC) such as fine particulate pollution, smoke and vandalism all increasingly present formidable challenges to conservators, and are an emerging threat to CH because of the inherent vulnerability of CH surfaces created with unconventional materials and studio practices. Existing CH cleaning methods require toxic solvents, physical contact and water, which can damage many sensitive CH materials, and conservators, equipped with only conventional means, now encounter fragile and untreatable CH where soiling cannot be removed at all. MOXY aims to redefine the paradigm in cleaning methodology towards an eco-conscious approach by creating a transformative green, non-contact technology based on atomic oxygen (AO) to selectively remove CBCs from surfaces that are otherwise untreatable. AO cleaning methodology is a selective, non-mechanical and liquid-free cleaning action, without health or environmental risks, residues or waste. By leveraging a sophisticated yet simple technology, MOXY will enable practitioners to achieve unprecedented results that are green, safer and more effective. To achieve its goals, MOXY will bring together expertise from plasma physics, conservation science, sustainability science, and conservators to conduct a novel investigation of the physical and chemical aspects of AO generation and flux to develop a proof-of-concept AO system, test the viability of AO technology for diverse CH materials, and roadmap AO innovation, to propel AO technology to the bench practice in CH conservation and beyond, with its full potential yet to be realized.
Ámbito científico
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencessustainability sciences
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesplasma physics
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
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