Organic Mass Spectrometry in Art and Archaeology

August 2009
508 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
* Offers an overview of the analysis of art and archaeological
materials using techniques based on mass spectrometry
* Illustrates basic principles, procedures and applications of
mass spectrometric techniques.
* Fills a gap in the field of application on destructive methods
in the analysis of museum objects
* Edited by a world-wide respected specialists with extensive
experience of the GC/MS analysis of art objects
* Such a handbook has been long-awaited by scientists, restorers
and other experts in the analysis of art objects
Acknowledgements ix
Preface xi
Part I Introduction 1
1 Organic Materials in Art and Archaeology 3
Maria Perla Colombini and Francesca Modugno
2 Overview of Mass Spectrometric Based Techniques Applied in the Cultural Heritage Field 37
Gianluca Giorgi
Part II Direct Mass Spectrometric Analysis 75
3 Direct Mass Spectrometric Techniques: Versatile Tools to Characterise Resinous Materials 77
Erika Ribechini
4 Direct Mass Spectrometry to Characterise Wax and Lipid Materials 97
Martine Regert
5 GALDI-MS Applied to Characterise Natural Varnishes and Binders 131
Patrick Dietemann and Christoph Herm
6 MALDI-MS Applied to the Analysis of Protein Paint Binders 165
Stepanka Kuckova, Radovan Hynek and Milan Kodicek
Part III Gas Chromatography/mass Spectrometry 189
7 GC/MS in the Characterization of Lipids 191
Maria Perla Colombini, Francesca Modugno and Erika Ribechini
8 GC/MS in the Characterisation of Resinous Materials 215
Francesca Modugno and Erika Ribechini
9 GC/MS in the Characterisation of Protein Paint Binders 237
Maria Perla Colombini and Gwénaëlle Gautier
10 SPME/GC-MS in the Characterisation of Terpenic Resins 261
Jean Bleton and Alain Tchapla
11 Py-GC/MS of Organic Paint Binders 303
Ilaria Bonaduce and Alessia Andreotti
12 Py-GC/MS of Natural and Synthetic Resins 327
Dominique Scalarone and Oscar Chiantore
Part IV Liquid Chromatography/mass Spectrometry 363
13 Characterization of Organic Natural Dyes by Electrospray Mass Spectrometry Coupled with HPLC and/or Capillary Electrophoresis 365
Katarzyna Lech, Katarzyna Polec-Pawlak and Maciej Jarosz
Part V other MS-based Techniques 389
14 Compound-specific Stable Isotopes in Organic Residue Analysis in Archaeology 391
Richard P. Evershed
15 ToF-SIMS Study of Organic Materials in Cultural Heritage: Identification and Chemical Imaging 433
Vincent Mazel and Pascale Richardin
16 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry for ¯14C Dating 459
Mariaelena Fedi
Index 483
students and beginning scholars in conservation science. It
will function as a book of reference for experienced conservation
scientists." (Anal Bioanal Chem, 2010)
"Minor criticisms aside, this is a really useful sourcebook and
should be consulted by everyone working in the field."
(Chromatographia, November 2010)
"Overall, I can recommend this book to those who wish to learn how
organic mass spectrometric techniques can help unravel very old but
also very interesting and relevant mysteries. In particular, I
think all archaeometry researchers who are unfamiliar with these
techniques will be pleasantly surprised by the current
opportunities offered by MS (e.g., TOF-SIMS can provide direct
imaging information from a solid sample), and they may discover new
ways to enhance or complement their current research." (American
Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2011)
"The book is an extensive source of information with numerous
case studies and examples illustrating how MS can be used to reveal
the history of objects". (Materials World, 1 October 2010)"
Contributors discuss organic compounds and analytical techniques
at an undergraduate level with multiple easy-toreference tables and
charts. In addition, all chapters include extensive bibliographies
for supplementary information at both introductory and advanced
levels." (CHOICE, 2010)
Francesca Modugno is a Lecturer in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Pisa, Italy. After graduation cum laude in Analytical Chemistry in 1997, she received her PhD in Chemical Science from University of Pisa in 2001. She teaches analytical chemistry and chemometrics and her research in the Laboratory of Chemical Science for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage, at the Department of Chemistry of University of Pisa, deals with the application of analytical methods based on chromatography and mass spectrometry to the characterisation and the study of the degradation of organic natural materials in historical and artistic objects, with specific attention to lipids, proteins, terpenic resins and natural waxes. She has published approximately 18 papers in the last six years.