Week 8 Nanotech + Art

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    Art has been created for thousands of years . But over time certain artworks have decayed  due to environmental change and other things. Nanotechnology is the use  of matter on a near-atomic scale to produce new materials and devices. This technology has significant potential in all sorts of fields  such as medicine, art, energy,  and manufacturing. To put into perspective just how small nanotechnology really is ,there are 25,400,000 nanometers in an inch.  One area where nanotechnology  and art have been doing great work is in art conservation. Art conservation remains important because it helps keep an important part of history alive.

    Nanotechnology is actually used in a multitude of ways to help art conservation. First of all we have nanodroplets which are used for removing oils. These nanodroplets are called micelles and microemulsions and are used to remove dirt and grime from wall paintings. These nanodroplets are much more efficient than any alternative cleaning process. Secondly there are also nanocontainers for flaky paints. Flaking can often occur on old paintings. Early in the 1900’s people used synthetic polymers to restore paintings but it turned out they did more harm than good. Nanocontainers are used in order to remove polymer coating from the surface. And lastly another example includes nanoparticles which restore artifacts and bones. Nanoparticles can stimulate and strengthen bone structures helping keep old bones from decaying. They can also restore properties of old artifacts because of their small size, keeping old artifacts to live much beyond their time.  Nanotechnology has a lot of potential going forward which will make it a bigger field as time passes by.


Sources ( Images)

1. “Nanotechnology Digital Art.” Pixels, https://pixels.com/art/digital+art/nanotechnology.

2. Baglioni, Piero, et al. “Nanomaterials in Art Conservation.” Nature News, Nature Publishing Group, 9 Apr. 2015, https://www.nature.com/articles/nnano.2015.38.

3. MichaelBerger–. “As Good as New - Nanotechnology Art Conservation.” Nanotechnology, Nanowerk, 26 Oct. 2009, https://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=13206.php.

Other Sources

1. “Art for Science.” Nature News, Nature Publishing Group, 7 May 2019, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-019-0459-1.

2. Israelhayom.com, https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/07/05/what-does-nanotechnology-have-to-do-with-art/.

3. Sunipapramanik. “Art Conservation and Nanotechnology: A Wonderful Confluence of Arts and Sciences.” Sustainable Nano, 12 May 2017, https://sustainable-nano.com/2017/05/12/art-conservation-and-nanotechnology/.

4. Tate. “Nano What?” Tate, https://www.tate.org.uk/about-us/projects/nanorestart/nano-what.

5. “What Is Nanotechnology?” National Nanotechnology Initiative, https://www.nano.gov/nanotech-101/what/definition.








Comments

  1. Shyam Patel Desma 9May 23, 2022 at 11:43 PM

    Really enjoyed reading your blog post this week! I really liked the point that nanotechnology is really important for art conservation and it helps keep an important part of history alive. I also enjoyed reading more about how nanotech works to keep art from decaying and restores it. I think this a great way to be able to conserve art that has become weathered with age so it can be in good condition and shown for thousands of more years.

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