Characterization of cultural heritage materials using non destructive ion beam analysis

• Grant number: 13/19976-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: December 01, 2013
• End date: April 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Nuclear Physics
• Principal Investigator: Márcia de Almeida Rizzutto
• Grantee: Paula Rangel Pestana Allegro
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The main objective of this work is the implementation and optimization of the non-destructive nuclear technique Particle-induced Gamma-ray Emission (PIGE) using an external beam at Laboratório de Materiais e Feixes Iônicos do Instituto de Física da Universidade de São Paulo (LAMFI) to specifically study cultural heritage objects. In particular, the pigment constituents of 19 Italian paintings belonging to the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (MAC-USP) will be characterized and studied. For the complete characterization of these paintings, complementary techniques such as Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS), particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) and Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (ED-XRF) will be used with the purpose of forming an online database that will serve to researchers, museologists, merchants and forensic scientists to identify and characterize these material.In parallel, it will be developed a xyz mechanical positioning table for artistic and cultural objects, in order to analyze elementary maps using the PIGE, PIXE and ED-XRF techniques, in colaboration with the Grupo de Física Aplicada com Aceleradores (GFAA).

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ALLEGRO, PAULA RANGEL PESTANA; RIZZUTTO, MARCIA DE ALMEIDA; ADDED, NEMITALA; AGUIAR, VITOR ANGELO PAULINO DE; TOUFEN, DENNIS LOZANO; MACCHIONE, EDUARDO LUIZ AUGUSTO; MEDINA, NILBERTO HEDER; RIBAS, ROBERTO VICENCOTTO; OLIVEIRA, JOSE ROBERTO BRANDAO DE; ESCUDEIRO, RAFAEL; et al. Determination of stable isotope ratios using nuclear reaction analysis coupled with a particle-gamma coincidence method. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, v. 36, n. 1, p. 120-132, JAN 1 2021. (13/19976-8)

PESTANA ALLEGRO, PAULA RANGEL; RIZZUTTO, MARCIA DE ALMEIDA; MEDINA, NILBERTO HEDER. Improvements in the PIGE technique via gamma-ray angular distribution. Microchemical Journal, v. 126, p. 287-295, MAY 2016. (13/19976-8)

SILVA, T. F.; RODRIGUES, C. L.; ADDED, N.; RIZZUTTO, M. A.; TABACNIKS, M. H.; MANGIAROTTI, A.; CURADO, J. F.; AGUIRRE, F. R.; AGUERO, N. F.; ALLEGRO, P. R. P.; et al. Elemental mapping of large samples by external ion beam analysis with sub-millimeter resolution and its applications. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIO, v. 422, p. 68-77, MAY 1 2018. (12/00202-0, 13/19976-8)