TY  - JOUR
TI  - Old maps and the effectiveness of chitosan as antimicrobial agent
AU  - Indrie, Liliana
AU  - Frances, Lucia Capablanca
AU  - Erden, Emre
AU  - Kilic, Musa
AU  - Ilies, Dori̇Na Cameli̇A
AU  - Grama, Vasile
AU  - Safarov, Bahodirhon
AU  - Zlatev, Zlatin
T2  - Industria Textila
AB  - In the case of tangible cultural heritage items made of natural fibres, biodegradation due to microorganisms can lead
over time to undesirable deterioration, including physical, mechanical and chemical damage as well as aesthetic
alteration of materials. In this study, the antifungal activity tests were performed on 3 old maps (on silk, on canvas and
on paper) using the AATCC 30-2004 test method. Map samples were immersed in a chitosan solution (10 g/l) and
evaluated using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) with a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (ULTRA 55,
ZEISS). The process showed that, due to its antimicrobial effect, chitosan treatment is effective for removing external
agents and microorganisms present on fibre surfaces. The technique is simple, efficient and the results indicated that
chitosan can be transformed into a very good and cheap antimicrobial solution for the conservation and preservation of
heritage objects.
DA  - 2022/08/31/
PY  - 2022
DO  - 10.35530/IT.073.04.202156
DP  - DOI.org (Crossref)
VL  - 73
IS  - 04
SP  - 420
EP  - 425
SN  - 12225347
UR  - http://www.revistaindustriatextila.ro/images/2022/4/09%20LILIANA%20INDRIE%20INDUSTRIA%20TEXTILA%20no.4_2022.pdf
Y2  - 2022/09/01/14:11:31
ER  -