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Functional Properties of Nanostructured Materials pp 359–362Cite as

Characterization of Optical Coatings for Artwork Protection by Means of Neutron Reflectometry

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A multilayer coating on a glass pane, specifically designed for artwork protection, has been designed. The materials selected for the coating are SiO2 (silicon oxide), TiO2 (titanium oxide) and ITO (indium tin oxide). Prototype layers were deposited by thermal evaporation on glass substrates. Neutron reflectometry consists of measuring the amount of neutrons reflected by a specimen at angles close to total reflection and can be successfully used to evaluate thickness, surface and interfacial roughness, and material inhomogeneity of each layer in the coating. Neutron reflectometry has demonstrated that some layers are likely to be affected by inhomogeneity that should be controlled to optimize the final performance of the device.

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  1. INOA (National Institute of Applied Optics), Largo E.Fermi 6, Florence, 50125, Italy

    I. DI Sarcina

  2. Energy and the Environment), ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Via Anguillarese 301, Rome, 00060, Italy

    I. DI Sarcina, E. Nichelatti & A. Piegari

  3. LLB (Laboratoire Leon Brillouin), CEA-CNRS, Saclay, 91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France

    A. Menelle

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  1. Department of Natural Sciences, University of Kassel, Germany

    Rainer Kassing

  2. Department of Physics, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Plamen Petkov

  3. Department of Natural Sciences, University of Kassel, Germany

    Wilhelm Kulisch

  4. Central Laboratory of Photoprocesses, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Cyril Popov

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Sarcina, I.D., Menelle, A., Nichelatti, E., Piegari, A. (2006). Characterization of Optical Coatings for Artwork Protection by Means of Neutron Reflectometry. In: Kassing, R., Petkov, P., Kulisch, W., Popov, C. (eds) Functional Properties of Nanostructured Materials. Nato Science Series, vol 223. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4594-8_29

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