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Integrated analytical approach for the study of Nasrid plasterwork
The research of the cultural heritage involves the investigation of
both the original techniques and materials and those ones employed during
past restorations, as well as possible degradation processes all along. All
of these studies have to be done with a view to preserving the cultural
heritage. In this project, we propose to apply different analytical
techniques in order to obtain comprehensive information about the
conservation state of Nasrid platerwork in the Palace of Alhambra,
concretely the mocarabes (type of ornament built up from vertical prisms
placed one upon the other) in the hall known as Sala de los Reyes. A maximum
of information can be obtained with minimum object damage. In order to
achive this goal, an integrated application of completely non destructive
analytical techniques (like Raman portable spectrometers), quasi-non
destructive techniques (involving the sequential non-destructive
examination of the same microsample by optical microscopy, Raman
microspectroscopy, infrared microspectroscopy either with conventional or
synchrotron radiation and electron scanning microscopy) together with
destructive techniques (chromatographic techniques) are indispensable.
This project proposes the development of new flow-through optosensors
for the determination of analytes of different nature in pharmacologic,
nutritious, clinical and environmental fields. Among them, we pay special
attention to the increase of automation of the sensors through the
implementation of flow injection analysis (FIA), multicommutation and
sequential injection analysis (SIA) methodologies.
QuOLEO:
Quantifying olive oil in food. Analytical control
The European Commission Regulation EC 1019/2002 on marketing standards of
olive oil regulates its content in foods. The verification of the specified
requirements requires the existence of analytical methods in order to
quantify the olive oil proportion in foods; however, nowadays, this type of
methods are no available yet and we do not know that studies devoted
specifically to its development are being carried out. The analytical techniques to apply in the experimental studies will be fundamentally the gas chromatography and liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry detector (GC-MS and (LC-MS)) and the vibrational spectrometry (MIR, MIR and Raman). |
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