Is there evidence for change to collagen within parchment samples after exposure to an X-ray dose during high contrast X-ray microtomography? A multi technique investigation

Kate Patten; Lee Gonzalez; Craig Kennedy; David Mills; Graham Davis; Tim J Wess

doi:10.1186/2050-7445-1-22

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Is there evidence for change to collagen within parchment samples after exposure to an X-ray dose during high contrast X-ray microtomography? A multi technique investigation

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Is there evidence for change to collagen within parchment samples after exposure to an X-ray dose during high contrast X-ray microtomography? A multi technique investigation

Kate Patten, Lee Gonzalez, Craig Kennedy, David Mills, Graham Davis and Tim J Wess

Heritage Science, Vol.1, 22

2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/2050-7445-1-22

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parchment

collagen

X-ray microtomography (XMT)

attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infra-red Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR)

SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)

near-infrared Spectroscopy (NIR)

X-ray diffraction (XRD)

The potential use of high contrast X-ray microtomography (XMT) for the reading of fragile historic documents without the need to physically unravel them is a new analytical imaging development in the field of conservation however, it is important to first assess if there is any evidence of change in the parchment structure during scanning by XMT. Modern and historic parchment samples were exposed to X-rays using the high contrast XMT equipment. Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infra-red Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), Near-infrared Spectroscopy (NIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were utilised to investigate whether there is any evidence for change to collagen within parchment samples after exposure to XMT. Results show that the inherent differences in the parchment structure due to the material source, production and storage appear to produce larger differences than that due to the exposure to XMT. This indicates that XMT may be a suitable technique for data recovery from parchment samples that cannot be unrolled. © 2013 Patten et al.; licensee Chemistry Central Ltd.

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Title: Is there evidence for change to collagen within parchment samples after exposure to an X-ray dose during high contrast X-ray microtomography? A multi technique investigation
Authors: Kate Patten (Author) - Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Lee Gonzalez (Author) - Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Craig Kennedy (Author) - Historical Scotland, United Kingdom
David Mills (Author) - University of London
Graham Davis (Author) - University of London, United Kingdom
Tim J Wess (Author) - Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Publication details: Heritage Science, Vol.1, 22; 9
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd.
Date published: 2013
DOI: 10.1186/2050-7445-1-22
ISSN: 2050-7445
Copyright note: Copyright © 2013 Patten et al.; licensee Chemistry Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic); University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451379902621
Output Type: Journal article

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