Acrylic Paints: An Atomistic View of Polymer Structure and Effects of Environmental Pollutants.

ABSTRACT: Most of the artwork and cultural heritage objects are stored in museums under conditions that are difficult to monitor. While advanced technologies aim to control and prevent the degradation of cultural heritage objects in line with preventive conservation measures, there is much to be learned in terms of the physical processes that lead to the degradation of the synthetic polymers that form the basis of acrylic paints largely used in contemporary art. In museums, stored objects are often exposed to temperature and relative humidity fluctuations as well as airborne pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The glass transition of acrylic paints is below room temperature; while low temperatures may cause cracking, at high temperatures the sticky surface of the paint becomes vuln

SUBMITTER: Iscen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8488938 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature