Access
This article is part of Nature's premium content.
Published online 22 October 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021021-1
News
Nanotechnologies for conservation of cultural heritage: paper and canvas deacidification
A sprinkling of slaked lime conserves old documents.
Tiny particles of a strong alkali are helping preserve historical documents.
Piero Baglioni of the University of Florence and his coworkers have treated manuscripts dating back to the fourteenth century with a sprinkling of calcium hydroxide grains just 200 millionths of a millimetre across.
To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right).
Comments
Reader comments are usually moderated after posting. If you find something offensive or inappropriate, you can speed this process by clicking 'Report this comment' (or, if that doesn't work for you, email webadmin@nature.com). For more controversial topics, we reserve the right to moderate before comments are published.
There are currently no comments.
