Artwork Unique RecognitiOn and tRacking through chemicAl encoded data, miniaturized devices and blockchain alliance

Project Information

AURORA

Grant agreement ID: 101094245

DOI

10.3030/101094245

Project closed

EC signature date 6 December 2022

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 31 December 2025

Funded under

• Culture, creativity and inclusive society

Total cost

€ 3 466 354,00

EU contribution

€ 3 466 354,00

Coordinated by

AVVALE S.P.A.
Italy

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Communication basics

Report on the high-quality communication package developed at the beginning of the project to be used by the project consortium. The aim is to define a project's graphic identity and to communicate project's objectives, achievements and expected results to a wide public and scientific community.

Documents, reports (3)

Software development for the MATCH function between two digital fingerprints preliminary results

Report on the performances of different methodologies and algorithms tested for the creation of the MATCH function.

Training plan

Report to present the consortium intended activities to spread knowledge generated during the development of the project within academic, professional, potential users and industrial domains. The document outlines the strategy and target groups of training activities within the project, indicating methodologies and tools the consortium intends to use.

Anticounterfeiting materials for artworks preliminary results

Report on the preliminary tests performed on the selected chemical marker materials

Data Management Plan (1)

Data Management Plan

Description of the data management plan in terms of i) data that are expected to be generated during the project and ii) management, storing and sharing strategies for data acquired during and after the end of the project.

Publications

Monographic books (1)

From risk to response: how the heritage sector addresses illicit trafficking

Author(s): Dr. Lujza Varga, Prof. Dr. Tatjana Cvjetićanin, Jove Pargovski, Aida Vezić
Publisher: Balkan Museum Network

Peer reviewed articles (6)

BLOCKCHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR COLLECTION MANAGEMENT: RETHINKING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN EUROPEAN MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES

Author(s): Vezic, Aida; Pargovski, Jove; Maksymyuk, Taras; Chornyi, Maksym; Romano, Domenico; Chukhray, Nataliya
Published in: Taurida National V.I. Vernadsky University Repository, 2026, ISSN 2310-8401
Publisher: V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18110814

Electrochemical synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon dot inks and evaluation of their use for anticounterfeiting applications

Author(s): Martina Piletti, Themis Krasoudaki, Andrea Matulac, Labrini Sygellou, Dario Angelone, Sanathana Konugolu Venkata Sekar, Rodorico Giorgi, Aidan J. Quinn, Daniela Iacopino
Published in: Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2050-7526
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
DOI: 10.1039/D5TC00939A

Method of Covert Chemical Marking of Sacred Artworks under the Threat of War: AURORA Project Trials in Ukraine

Author(s): Chornyi, Maksym; Bevz, Mykola; Giorgi, Rodorico; Romano, Domenico; Maksymyuk, Taras; Chukhray, Nataliya
Published in: Taurida National V.I. Vernadsky University Repository, 2026, ISSN 2310-8401
Publisher: V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18110207

Decentralized Blockchain Framework for the Provenance of Cultural Heritage

Author(s): Taras Maksymyuk, Francesco Meloni, Matias Torres Diaz, Domenico Romano, Lorenzo Belucci, Natalia Chukhray
Published in: International Journal of Computing, 2026, ISSN 2312-5381
Publisher: Research Institute for Intelligent Computer Systems
DOI: 10.47839/IJC.24.4.4345

Security inks with silanized zinc oxide quantum dots and cellulose ethers for the safeguarding of cultural heritage objects

Author(s): Andrea Louise Matulac, Themis Krasoudaki, Francesca Battaglia, Carlo Spadoni, Martina Piletti, Daniela Iacopino, Rodorico Giorgi
Published in: Applied Materials Today, Issue 44, 2026, ISSN 2352-9407
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.APMT.2025.102718

THE PROBLEM OF PROTECTING OF ARTWORKS FROM THEFT AND COUNTERFEITING USING INVISIBLE MARKING.

Author(s): Mykola BEVZ, Nataliya CHUKHRAY, Antonio MIRABILE
Published in: The Ethnology Notebooks, Issue 186, 2026, ISSN 1028-5091
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
DOI: 10.15407/NZ2025.06.1519

Conference proceedings (4)

A Screen-Printed CPW-Fed Circularly Polarized Antenna Using a Sustainable Cork Substrate

Author(s): Sanjeev Kumar, Gholamhosein Moloudian, Dinesh R Gawade, Daniela Iacopino, Brendan O'Flynn, John L. Buckley
Published in: 2025 19th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2025
Publisher: IEEE

Precision Tracking Systems for Cultural Heritage Monitoring

Author(s): Brendan O’Flynn, Zahra Soltani, Deirdre Hackett, Jonah Imfeld, Sanjeev Kumar, John Buckley
Published in: 2025 Smart Systems Integration Conference and Exhibition (SSI), 2025
Publisher: IEEE

A Sustainable Screen-Printed Class-C Rectifier For Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer

Author(s): Gholamhosein Moloudian, Sanjeev Kumar, Dinesh R. Gawade, John L. Buckley, Brendan O'Flynn
Published in: 2025 19th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2025
Publisher: IEEE

Energy-Neutral Ultra-Wideband Asset Tracking Tag for Museums

Author(s): Jonah Imfeld, Philipp Mayer, Zahra Soltani, Sanjeev Kumar, John L. Buckley, Brendan O’Flynn, Michele Magno
Published in: 2025 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2025
Publisher: IEEE