Are you a creative chemistry researcher who enjoys working in a very interdisciplinary environment to support the conservation of oil paintings? The Chemistry for Conservation and Art team at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences has a vacant PhD position in the PREPARE project. The aim is to develop physical model systems to monitor the effects of indoor climate conditions on the stability of paintings. Oil paintings slowly change as a consequence of internal chemical processes and interactions with their environment. Sometimes, these changes have undesirable effects, like mechanical damage or an altered appearance. The goal of preventive conservation is to minimize the undesirable material changes in cultural heritage objects like paintings, for instance by carefully controlling the temperature, humidity and pollutants in the environment. In this project you will work on a new approach to evaluate the effects of indoor climate conditions, by using highly responsive physical models of the materials in a painting as a type of dosimeter.
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