Il centro NAST: esempi di indagine di nanomateriali ed applicazioni ai beni culturali Roberto Senesi Centro NAST (www.centronast.it) Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
Biology Chemistry Clinical Imaging Electronic Engineering Experimental Medicine Mechanical Engineering Physics Research center for nanoscale science & innovative instrumentation for application in ICT, energy and environment, healthcare, space sciences, cultural heritage. Kick-off in 2007 Staff: about 60 researchers about 20 Post-Docs & PhDs Collaborating International Institutions: more than 15
Activities: A Multidisciplinary research and training center: For research programs in materials, life science and engineering Design & Construction of Instrumentation (e.g. Space and Neutron Scattering) To transfer basic knowledge in materials science & nanotechnology to the local industrial environment To assist in the creation of spin-off companies (through E2BLAB, http://www.e2blab.it/ spin off & start up incubator). A route to new teaching opportunities, e.g., undergraduate curriculum in Materials Science, PhD Schools in Materials for Health, Environment and Energy (jointly with University of Florida) and Nanostructures and Nanotechnologies (jointly with UNIMIB)
ACTIVITY/AREA Health Tissue engineering (soft tissues) Nanotoxicology Nanomedicine Energy Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMs) Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) Solar cells Microelectronics and Photonics Growth and structural characterisation of inorganic quantum dots Optical characterization and modelling of quantum dots Growth of magnetic thin films with diluted magnetic alloys Nanofactory Organic and inorganic nanomaterials Cultural Heritage Instrumentation/methods for Imaging with ev neutrons of (CH materials) ICT Instrumentation/methods for accelerated MeV neutron testing of semiconductors (SEE) Space Instrumentation/methods for space research (e.g. satellites, space station missions, detectors)
Progetto PANAREA Progetto cofinanziato CNR & STFC (2008-2016) Il Progetto CHIPIR Progetto IMAT (Neutron (Chip Irradiation) Imaging) Progetti di ricerca multidisciplinari: esperti in strumentazione di neutroni, dispositivi elettronici (ST Microelectronic, FINMECCANICA, e Beni Culturali ) Teams: Università di Roma Tor Vergata (centro NAST) Università di Milano Bicocca ISIS Facility CNR Messina CNR - Florence
Potential interest in Soft x-ray emission (SXE) and Soft x-ray absorption (SXA) spectroscopies Ge nanodots on SiO 2 films A.Berbezier, A. Karmous, A. Ronda, A. Sgarlata, A. Balzarotti, P. Castrucci, M. Scarselli, M. De Crescenzi, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 063122 (2006) Single nanotube wire contacts
SXE-SXA Examples A. Zimina et al, Appl. Phys. Lett 88, 163103 (2006)
Cultural Heritage Science : Analysis of materials The samples are generally: extremely small contain a mixture of inorganic & organic materials, often degraded Techniques laboratory based, routinely used for analysis of paint microsamples: optical microscopy, SEM-EDX x-ray powder diffraction, FTIR microscopy GC MS, HPLC Most recently: LSF (Lasers, Neutron, FEL&SR) e.g.: http://www.diamond.ac.uk/forusers/sruser06/satellites/satellite6.htm Issues: characterisation of pigments, binding media varnishes, degradation products To input CH scientists, conservation treatment decisions, investigate deterioration mechanisms and to provide information on historical context such as painting technique, original appearance (where materials have degraded) or the use of local materials.
PHOTOGRAPHY OPTICAL MICROSCOPY CHROMATOGRAPHY SEM RADIOGRAPHY FT-IR XRD COLORIMETRY CHROMATOGRAPY- MS MASS SPECTROMETRY XRF ION BEAM ANAL UV-VIS IMAGING SURFACE ANAL THERMAL ANAL ATOMIC ABS ATOMIC EMI RAMAN MOES ACTIV ANAL 300 200 100 0 Quadro Generale delle Tecniche Analitiche più frequentemente utilizzate in EU per indagine settore BC SYNCH LASER NMR, NEUTRON
Micrometric pigment maps in paintings Resurrection, from the Isenheim Altarpiece, by Grünewald (1512 1516 ) Identification of stibnite micrometric grains by -XRF: a) fluorescence spectrum obtained at 7.2 kev, over the cross-section and fitted with PyMCA. b) fitted elemental mapping of antimony, sulfides, lead and calcium. Map size: 17 x 16 m2; step size: 0.25 x 0.25 m2; beam size: 1 x 0.4 m2 (hor. x ver.). V.A. Solé, E. Papillon, M. Cotte, P. Walter, J. Susini, Spectrochim. Acta Part B 62(1), 63-68 (2007).
Art, Archaeology & Light Sources - Deliver collections-centred research - Based on cross-disciplinary collaboration: curators, conservators and scientists FEL Lab- based techniques Other LSF (laser, neutrons, SR,ecc)
IRICH -Italian Research Infrastructure for Cultural Heritage MIBAC (Coordinatore( Coordinatore) Archivio Centrale dello Stato Istituto Centrale per il Restauro Istituto Centrale per la Patologia del Libro Opificio Pietre Dure Polo Museale Fiorentino Soprintendenze per i Beni Archeologici Avellino, Benevento, Lazio, Salerno, Umbria Sincrotrone Trieste IRICH ATS -Universit- Università Roma Tor Vergata (coord.) CNR INFN Politecnico di Milano Università Bologna Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore Università Insubria Università Calabria Università Milano-Bicocca Università Padova Università Palermo Università Roma TRE Università La Sapienza ENEA Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra Virtual Heritage Centre - A Project of R. Lazio Cultural Heritage Integrated Infrastructure Initiative FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2008-1 43 EU Institutions (Museum, Research Centres and Universities) Italy (coordinator) Austria Belgium Germany Greece Hungary France Poland Portugal The Netherlands Slovenia Spain UK