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Nanometric size control and treatment of historic paper manuscript and prints with laser light at 157 nm

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Laser cleaning of historic paper infected by foxing is far more effective at 157 nm than in other laser wavelengths because at 157 nm localized photo-dissociation of organic matter is taking place at low laser energy. In addition spatial control over exposed areas with resolution better than 100 nm is possible at this wavelength. In order to optimize the methods of laser cleaning of historic paper, foxing ablation experiments at 157 nm indicate that infected paper areas can be removed with controllable spatial resolution in the nanometer scale. In addition foxing samples were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray analysis. It was found that biological activity was present on paper areas containing traces of iron.

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  1. TPCI, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue, Athens, 11635, Greece

    Z. Kollia, E. Sarantopoulou & A.C. Cefalas

  2. Jozef Stefan Institute, 1000, Ljubljana, Jamova 39, Greece

    S. Kobe & Z. Samardzija

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Kollia, Z., Sarantopoulou, E., Cefalas, A. et al. Nanometric size control and treatment of historic paper manuscript and prints with laser light at 157 nm. Appl. Phys. A 79, 379–382 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-004-2539-8

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