The removal of hydrophobic polymer coatings from artistic surfaces is a ubiquitous challenge in art restoration. Over the years, nanostructured fluids (NSFs), aqueous surfactant solutions containing a good solvent for the polymer, have been successfully applied in polymer removal interventions; however, the precise role of the surfactant in promoting polymer film dewetting is not fully understood. This contribution addresses the interaction of a NSF of water/propylene carbonate containing a nonionic surfactant with an acrylic polymer film commonly used in art conservation. Combining confocal microscopy and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, we monitored the penetration of the fluid into the polymer film, defining its compositional changes and following the polymer swelling. The ensemble of results highlights that the surfactant role is twofold: (i) at the polymer-support interface, it promotes the detachment of the polymer film from the underlying support; (ii) inside the polymer film, it accelerates polymer swelling by increasing the chains' mobility
Surfactants Mediate the Dewetting of Acrylic Polymer Films Commonly Applied to Works of Art / Montis C.; Koynov K.; Best A.; Baglioni M.; Butt H.-J.; Berti D.; Baglioni P.. - In: ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES. - ISSN 1944-8244. - STAMPA. - 11:(2019), pp. 27288-27296. [10.1021/acsami.9b04912]
Surfactants Mediate the Dewetting of Acrylic Polymer Films Commonly Applied to Works of Art
Montis C.;Baglioni M.;Berti D.;Baglioni P.
2019
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The removal of hydrophobic polymer coatings from artistic surfaces is a ubiquitous challenge in art restoration. Over the years, nanostructured fluids (NSFs), aqueous surfactant solutions containing a good solvent for the polymer, have been successfully applied in polymer removal interventions; however, the precise role of the surfactant in promoting polymer film dewetting is not fully understood. This contribution addresses the interaction of a NSF of water/propylene carbonate containing a nonionic surfactant with an acrylic polymer film commonly used in art conservation. Combining confocal microscopy and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, we monitored the penetration of the fluid into the polymer film, defining its compositional changes and following the polymer swelling. The ensemble of results highlights that the surfactant role is twofold: (i) at the polymer-support interface, it promotes the detachment of the polymer film from the underlying support; (ii) inside the polymer film, it accelerates polymer swelling by increasing the chains' mobilityFile | Dimensione | Formato | |
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