PhoHS Infrastructure and Portable Instrumentation 

Access provider: Photonics for Heritage Science, IESL, FORTH

The researchers of IESL-FORTH, respond to the need for on-site material analysis with the development of portable or transportable instrumentation that has been optimized for in situ applications. A long list of related activities includes integrated analytical approaches applied in several field campaigns at museums and archaeological sites in Greece, Europe and the Middle East. The developed portable instrumentation includes:

• Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy system
• Diffuse reflectance Spectroscopy
• micro-Raman Spectroscopy system,

Services

• Analysis and chemical characterization of materials in archaeological objects, artworks or historic monuments such as metals, stones, glass, paints and pigments, organic materials, etc.
• In-depth analysis of multilayered surfaces
• Investigation of degradation materials on different substrates

Related info

http://www.iesl.forth.gr/research/laser.aspx