woodchurch science

by suspending tiny droplets of oil inside water ‘nanocontainers’ scientists have been able to gently clean old frescoes and renaissance paintings. the university of florence has shown that a liquid made up of these nanobuckets contained 95% less organic solvent than usual so it can lift grime without damaging the paint. this is especially important where paint has been apllied directly to the plaster and so flakes off more easily. here’s the abstract.

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