Photoacoustic real-time monitoring of UV laser ablation of aged varnish coatings on heritage objects
A recent article has been published in the Virtual Special Issue of the Journal of Cultural Heritage dedicated to LACONA XIII proceedings
CALLOS TriENA at Open Conservation Laboratory
CALLOS TriENA at Open Conservation Laboratory, Athens
TriENA, Laser spectroscopy
TriENA hybrid system combines 3 spectroscopic analytical techniques (LIBS, LED-IF, and DR).
IPERION HS FIXLAB project LasArt
IPERION HS FIXLAB project LasArt
Visit from July 3rd to 14th, 2023.
On-site tests on the PROTEAS Instrumentation at the National Gallery -Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens
A series of on-site tests of the PROTEAS instrumentation were performed by PhoHS team of IESL – FORTH researchers
Oral presentation at the TECHNART 2023 in LISBON
“Evaluation of synergistic multi/hyper-spectral techniques for the non-invasive analytical characterization of large-size paintings by means of a 19th-century mock-up painting” has been recently presented in the TECHNART 2023 (Lisbon 7-12 May)
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) in the service of archaeological organic residues analysis
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) in the service of archaeological organic residues analysis
Palace Museum Delegation welcomed at FORTH
On Friday 28th of April 2023 we welcomed at FORTH a delegation from Palace Museum in Beijing
Poster presentation at the XXIVth Congress of GMPCA: Archeometry 2023
“Towards a multi-analytical methodology based on molecular spectroscopy techniques for the detection & characterization of organic residues in archaeological findings” poster presentation at the XXIVth Congress of GMPCA: Archeometry 2023
Other National and International Projects
LASTOR Lasers for stonework restoration GSRT 2003-2006 OLOTEK Holographic method and system development for structural assessment of artworks GSRT2003-2006 MOBiLART Mobile laser art conservation laboratory GSRT 2005-2007 LATECA Laser technology in conservation of artworks GSRT1995-1998 EMERIC II Risk Map for the assessment of wall paintings of the Byzantine monuments in Crete CRINNO,- Crete Innovative Region […]
What a wonderful way to finish our academic year!!!
December 30, 2022
A new article by Annie Giakoumaki, A. Philippidis, Panos Siozos, Ioanna Pyrri, D. Anglos & P. Pouli was published in Science Journal .
China and Greece Dialogues on Heritage Research and Conservation
December 14, 2022
DIALOGUE 05: Mr Guo Hong ,University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
“Restoration research of Drepung Monastery murals in Tibet”
China and Greece Dialogues on Heritage Research and Conservation
November 24, 2022
DIALOGUE 04: Andreas Germanos Karydas ,NCSR “Demokritos”, Greece & CNR, -ISPC, Italy
“MA-XRF imaging of Greek Antiquities”.
China-Greece Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Cultural Heritage Conservation Technology
Research collaboration between IESL-FORTH and the Palace Museum within the Chinese National Key R&D Program Project “One Belt One Road: China-Greek Cultural Relics Protection Technology Joint Research”, with the aim to construct a joint laser laboratory at the premises of the Palace Museum in Beijing.
E-RIHS IP- EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HERITAGE SCIENCE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
The European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS) was designed as a pan-European distributed infrastructure with the vision of replacing the traditional science-for-art approach
China and Greece Dialogues on Heritage Research and Conservation
September 28, 2022
DIALOGUE 03: Elissavet KAVOULAKI, Ephorate of Antiquities of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
“Palace of Knossos: Conservation – restoration works and recent strategies within the HERACLES EU project”.
Welcome Dr. Maria Roumpou
September 10, 2022
Our group is excited to welcome Dr. Maria Roumpou as our new experienced Research Assistant
LIBS system installation in Mainz
June 26, 2022
LIBS system installation in Mainz
Micro-LIBS workstation, Laser spectroscopy
The LIBS microscope has the capacity to provide fast elemental mapping of flat surfaces.
China and Greece Dialogues on Heritage Research and Conservation
June 24, 2022
DIALOGUE 02: prof. Cunfeng Wei – Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
“The Applications and prospects of the X-ray Imaging Technology in Cultural Relics”
China and Greece Dialogues on Heritage Research and Conservation
April 29, 2022
DIALOGUE 01: Costas Vasiliadis – The Acropolis Museum
“The Erectheion Caryatids: Conservation Interventions and Removal of Pollution Encrustation by Means of Laser Technology”
“Architectural Polychromy on the Athenian Acropolis: An In Situ Non-Invasive Analytical Investigation of the Colour Remains”
April 01, 2022
A new article by E.Aggelakopoulou, S.Sotiropoulou and G.Karagiannis was published in Heritage Journal.
“Laser cleaning on Stonework; Principles, case studies and Future Prospects”
April 5, 2022
Just received the hard copy of the book “Conserving Stone Heritage”.
First in-person meeting of the CALLOS partners
Athens, February 18, 2022
New progress on elemental mapping of “archaeological shells”
February 21- March 04, 2022
“SeaFront project” 1st visit at IESL – FORTH
New progress on elemental mapping of “archaeological shells”
IPERION-HS, Integrating Platforms for the European Research Infrastructure ON Heritage Science
IPERION HS is a consortium of 24 partners from 23 countries that contributes to establishing a pan-European research infrastructure on heritage science.
Launching Ceremony of Joint Laboratory Construction and China – Greece Symposium on Cultural Heritage Conservation Technology
December 21-22, 2021
conference entitled “China-Greece Belt and Road Cultural Conservation Lab Technology”, co-organized by the Palace Museum at the Forbidden City of Beijing and the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of FORTH
PhoHS Performs in -situ analysis of Icons from Michael Damaskinos at the Museum of ST. Catherine
November 17-19, 2021
“PhoHS Performs in -situ analysis of Icons from Michael Damaskinos at the Museum of ST. Catherine”
Second Best Poster Award in “Instrumental Methods of Analysis” (IMA-2021)
September 23, 2021
“Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) combined with machine learning models and Neural Networks for the classification of hard tissue remains”
“Laser-induced fluorescence as a non-invasive tool to monitor laser-assisted thinning of aged varnish layers on paintings: fundamental issues and critical thresholds”
September 14, 2021
A new article has been published in a Special Issue of The European Physical Journal Plus .