Artur Neves

Research Interests

• Study and conservation of contemporary material culture
• Dynamics in the imitation/replacement of natural materials with artificial ones
• Development of innovative methodologies for the characterization and conservation of cultural heritage

PROJECTS

Participation

• “Metamorphoses of plastics – reality and multiple approaches to a material” (2022. 05086.PTDC), 2023-2026
• “REDiscovering madder colours: Science & Art for the preservation and creation of cultural heritage” (2022. 02909.PTDC), 2023-2024
• NEMOSINE, “Innovative packaging solutions for storage and conservation of 20th century cultural heritage of artefacts based on cellulose derivates”, (H2020-NMBP-2016-2017, Grant agreement ID: 760801), 2018-2022

Publications (selection)

1. Artur Neves, Robert Friedel, Maria Elvira Callapez, Scott D. Swank (2023) “Safeguarding our dentistry heritage: a study of the history and conservation of nineteenth-twentieth century dentures”, Heritage Science 11, 142. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-023-00989-2
2. Artur Neves, Ana Maria Ramos, Maria Elvira Callapez, Robert Friedel, Matthieu Réfrégiers, Mathieu Thoury & Maria João Melo (2021) “Novel Markers to Map and Quantify Degradation on Cellulose Nitrate-Based Heritage: at the Submicrometer Level Using Synchrotron UV-Visible Multispectral Luminescence” Scientific Reports 11, 20208. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99058-6
3. Abeer al Mohtar, Moisés L. Pinto, Artur Neves, Sofia Nunes, Daniele Zappi, Gabriele Varani, Ana Maria Ramos, Maria João Melo, Nadja Wallaszkovits, Juan Ignacio Lahoz Rodrigo, Kerstin Herlt & João Lopes (2021) "Decision making based on hybrid modeling approach applied to cellulose acetate based historical films conservation." Scientific Reports 11, 16074. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95373-0
4. Sofia Nunes, Francesca Ramacciotti, Artur Neves, Eva Marisole Angelin, Ana Maria Ramos, Élia Roldão, Nadja Wallaszkovits, Alfonso Alejo Armijo, and Maria João Melo (2020) "A diagnostic tool for assessing the conservation condition of cellulose nitrate and acetate in heritage collections: quantifying the degree of substitution by infrared spectroscopy." Heritage Science 8, 33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-020-00373-4
5. Artur Neves, Eva Mariasole Angelin, Élia Roldão, and Maria João Melo (2019) "New insights into the degradation mechanism of cellulose nitrate in cinematographic films by Raman microscopy." Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 50, 202-212. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.5464