The Degradation of Complex Modern Polymeric Objects in Heritage Collections: A System Dynamics Approach

Project Information

COMPLEX

Grant agreement ID: 716390

DOI 10.3030/716390

Project closed

EC signature date 20 February 2017

Start date 1 April 2017

End date 30 September 2022

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 499 394,00

EU contribution € 1 499 394,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
United Kingdom

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (10)

Exploring the Materials and Condition of 20th-Century Dolls in Zoe Leonard’s Mouth Open, Teeth Showing 2000

Author(s): Judith Lee, Libby Ireland, Joyce H. Townsend, Bronwyn Ormsby, Angelica Bartoletti, Deborah Cane, Simoni Da Ros, Rose King, Isabella del Gaudio, Katherine Curran,
Published in: Polymers, Issue 15(1), 2023, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym15010034

Equilibrium distribution of diethyl phthalate plasticiser in cellulose acetate-based materials: Modelling and parameter estimation of temperature and composition effects

Author(s): Simoni Da Ros, Argyro Gili, Katherine Curran
Published in: Science of the Total Environment, Issue 850, 2022, Page(s) 157700, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157700

Modelling plasticiser loss inside closed environments

Author(s): Argyro Gili, Isabella del Gaudio, Rose King, Luca Mazzei, Katherine Curran
Published in: Polymer Degradation and Stability, Issue 206, 2022, Page(s) 110204: 1-14, ISSN 0141-3910
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2022.110204

Are we overestimating the permanence of cellulose triacetate cinematographic films? A mathematical model for the vinegar syndrome

Author(s): Ida R. Ahmad, Deborah Cane, Joyce H. Townsend, Cristian Triana, Luca Mazzei, Katherine Curran
Published in: Polymer Degradation and Stability, Issue 172, 2020, Page(s) 109050, ISSN 0141-3910
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2019.109050

Modelling and parameter estimation of diethyl phthalate partitioning behaviour on glass and aluminum surfaces

Author(s): Simoní Da Ros, Katherine Curran
Published in: Chemosphere, Issue 285, 2021, Page(s) 131414, ISSN 0045-6535
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131414

A System Dynamics Approach to the Preventive Conservation of Modern Polymeric Materials in Collections

Author(s): Katherine Curran
Published in: Studies in Conservation, Issue 63/sup1, 2018, Page(s) 342-344, ISSN 0039-3630
Publisher: Maney Publishing
DOI: 10.1080/00393630.2018.1476959

Dynamics of interdisciplinarity: a microlevel analysis of communication and facilitation in a group model-building workshop

Author(s): Nici Zimmermann, Katherine Curran
Published in: System Dynamics Review, Issue 39(4), 2023, Page(s) 336-370, ISSN 0883-7066
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.1743

Characterising plasticised cellulose acetate-based historic artefacts by NMR spectroscopy: a new approach for quantifying the degree of substitution and diethyl phthalate contents

Author(s): Simoni da Ros, Abil E. Aliev, Isabella del Gaudio, Rose King, Anna Pokorska, Mark Kearney, Katherine Curran
Published in: Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2020, ISSN 0141-3910
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2020.109420

Water sorption and diffusion in cellulose acetate: The effect of plasticisers

Author(s): Isabella del Gaudio, Elwin Hunter-Sellars, Ivan P. Parkin, Daryl Williams, Simoní Da Ros, Katherine Curran
Published in: Carbohydrate Polymers, Issue 267, 2021, Page(s) 118185, ISSN 0144-8617
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118185

The Dynamics of Collaboration in Heritage Science

Author(s): Katherine Curran; Nici Zimmermann
Published in: Studies in Conservation, 2021, Page(s) 1-14, ISSN 0039-3630
Publisher: Maney Publishing
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13681413.v1

Conference proceedings (1)

Unveiling the importance of diffusion on the deterioration of cellulose acetate artefacts: The profile of plasticiser loss as assessed by infrared microscopy

Author(s): Simoni da Ros, Katherine Curran, Isabella del Gaudio, Brownyn Ormsby, Joyce H. Townsend, Deborah Cane, Argyro Gili
Published in: 19th triennial ICOM-CC conference, Beijing, 17 May 2021 - 21 May 2021. Transcending Boundaries: Integrated Approaches to Conservation. ICOM-CC 19th Triennial Conference Preprints. International Council of Museums. 20 May 2021, 2021
Publisher: International Council of Museums