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Partially fluorinated acrylic copolymers as coatings for stone protection: characterization and surface properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

L. Toniolo
Affiliation:
NR Center “Gino Bozza” for the conservation of works of art, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
C. Della Volpe
Affiliation:
Dept. Materials Engeneering, University of Trento, Italy
M. Brugnara
Affiliation:
Dept. Materials Engeneering, University of Trento, Italy
T. Poli
Affiliation:
NR Center “Gino Bozza” for the conservation of works of art, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
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In the last decades the conservation and protection of historical buildings, after theincreased atmospheric pollution, became a priority in all industrial countries. The natural stones exposed to a dramatically increased aggressive environment show their durability limits. The necessity to study new protective systems specifically projected to defend the materials according to the peculiar characteristics of each stone substrate. The complex heterogeneity of stone substrates demands an adaptable and efficient shielding strategy in order to satisfy the different protection requirements such as water repellency, permeability, photochemical and thermal stability and transparency. These characteristics, obviously, have to be maintained as long as possible. Such modulated multi-response behaviors can only be attempted with materials based on multifunctional copolymers. Different polymeric materials have been employed as coatings for building materials but these products were always transferred from industrial applications to the conservation of Cultural Heritage without a deep knowledge of their properties and without a real optimization of structures for stone protection.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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