14th International Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications

Session

Plenary 4

7 Jul 2014, 16:30

Palazzo del Bo and Centro Culturale San Gaetano, Padova

Conveners

Plenary 4

• Milko Jaksic (Dr.)

161. Ambient Pressure Molecular Concentration Mapping Using Simultaneous MeV-SIMS and PIXE

Prof. Roger Webb (University of Surrey Ion Beam Centre, Advanced Technology Institute, UK)

07/07/2014, 16:30

Plenary

Since the 1970s it has been known MeV heavy ions efficiently sputter insulating targets. An analysis technique, Plasma Desorption Mass Spectrometry (PDMS)1, resulted in commercial instrumentation which employed Cf fission fragments as a source of MeV heavy ions. The technique was able to desorb large molecular secondary ions (>10kDa) from surfaces, which at the time was not possible with...

160. The nuclear microprobe in cultural heritage studies: state of the art and challenges

Dr Thomas CALLIGARO (Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France - C2RMF, Palais du Louvre, Paris, France)

07/07/2014, 17:10

Applications in Art & Archaeology

Plenary

At the crossing of physical sciences and humanities, the characterization of cultural heritage materials addresses central issues of art history, archaeology and conservation science, such as ancient manufacture technologies, raw materials procurement and artefact preservation. Among the wide panel of analytical techniques employed, ion beam analysis plays a prominent role due to an almost...