Siano
Biographic Data
| ID | 97812 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Siano |
| FAMILY NAME | Siano |
| SIGNATURE | SIANO |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nello Carrara Institute of Applied Physics |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6126-2539 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Exploring How Micro-Computed Tomography Imaging Technology Impacts the Preservation of Paleontological Heritage
Museums play an essential role in preserving both cultural and natural heritage, safeguarding samples that offer invaluable insights into our history and scientific understanding. The integration of micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) has significantly advanced the study, restoration, and conservation of these priceless objects. This work explores the application of micro-CT across three critical areas of museum practice: sample virtualization, …
Lacona: A conference on applied photonics for the preservation of cultural heritage
In-depth structural and compositional assessment of aged terpenoid varnish layers by nonlinear optical microscopy
Varnishes are employed in painted artworks for protection from atmospheric pollution and oxidation and for improving the esthetic appearance by providing an even and brilliant surface finish. Also, in some cases, colored varnishes are applied intentionally to modify the chromatic appearance of paintings. Varnishes undergo complex and differentiated structural and chemical changes over time depending on their composition and conservation condition…
Quantitative spectroscopic characterization of laser-induced effects on oil paint films using 213, 266, or 2940 nm
Removal of aged varnish layers from easel paintings is a challenging task requiring methodologies capable of preventing any alteration of the underlying painted surface. Laser-ablation approaches using the fourth and fifth harmonics of a Q-Switched Nd:YAG (266 and 213 nm, 15 ns) and Free-Running Er:YAG laser (2940 nm, 160 μs pulses) can allow for very thin removal rates but their discrimination of the underlying paint film and self-termination po…
Laser cleaning of artificially soiled cotton fabric: Assessment of surface chemical effects
The effectiveness of the cleaning methods to remove soiling and stains from fabric artefacts is often limited by their complex microscopic and macroscopic structures, including fibre bundles, warp, weft, narrow folds, sewing deformations, and others. These structures may sometimes make the complete fabric cleaning very challenging, and they can easily be damaged. To approach such a problem, the potential of pulsed laser treatments of artificially…
Laser ablation treatment of soiled featherworks: The first validation study
Novel insights on the study of a fifteenth-century oro di metà/Zwischgold gilding by means of ion and electron microscopy: Characterization of the Stratigraphy Avoiding Cross-Sections Preparation
The “oro di metà” Gilding in the Fifteenth-Century: A Multi-Analytical Investigation
Few and fragmentary is the information regarding the “oro di metà” (halfway gold) gilding due to the low probability of finding it in paintings as well as its short durability because of tarnishing. However, the very rare, excellent state of conservation of the gilding found in the fifteenth-century wood panel painting of the Master of St. Ivo studied in this work along with a multi-analytical approach allowed shedding light on the structure, the…
Conservation of ethnographic artefacts: Selective laser ablation of deposits from doum palm fibers
Casting cores used to craft large bronze masterpieces of the Florentine Renaissance and Mannerism
Modern and ancient gold jewellery attributed to the Etruscans: A science-based study
A fibula with a lion and a pair of cluster earrings from the collection of the Florence National Museum of Archaeology, attributed to the Etruscans and said to originate from Populonia but suspected to be modern productions, were studied in the framework of the European project AUTHENTICO. They were compared to genuine objects from this same collection and from the collection of the National Museums Scotland. The study was carried out in situ in …
Non‐destructive Investigation of Bronze Artefacts From the Marches National Museum of Archaeology Using Neutron Diffraction
Non‐destructive neutron diffraction techniques were applied to determine composition and microstructure data, and hence to derive information on manufacturing techniques of Picenum bronze artefacts. Furthermore, texture analyses were carried out on standards and suitable ancient artefacts to investigate their potential role in archaeometallurgical studies. This is a first step towards an overall characterization of the bronze collection of the Ma…
Application of laser welding to the restoration of the ostensory of the martyr St. Ignatius from Palermo
Laser and chemical cleaning tests for the conservation of the Porta del Paradiso by Lorenzo Ghiberti
A variable pulse width Nd: YAG laser for conservation
Laser cleaning methodology for the preservation of the Porta del Paradiso by Lorenzo Ghiberti
Short free running Nd: YAG laser to clean different encrustations on Pentelic marble: procedure and evaluation of the effects
The Santi Quattro Coronati by Nanni di Banco: Cleaning of the Gilded Decorations
Toward an optimised laser cleaning procedure to treat important palaeontological specimens
Application of a new laser cleaning procedure to the mausoleum of Theodoric
Smart Clean: A New Laser System With Improved Emission Characteristics and Transmission Through Long Optical Fibres
Determination of damage thresholds to prevent side effects in laser cleaning of pliocene sandstone of Siena
Tests of laser cleaning on archeological metal artefacts
Assessment of the state of conservation of stone artworks after laser cleaning: Comparison With Conventional Cleaning Results on a Two-Decade Follow Up
Laser cleaning of fossil vertebrates: A Preliminary Report
Smart Clean: A New Laser System With Improved Emission Characteristics and Transmission Through Long Optical Fibres
Determination of damage thresholds to prevent side effects in laser cleaning of pliocene sandstone of Siena
Laser cleaning methodologies for stone façades and monuments: Laboratory analyses on lithotypes of Siena architecture
Tests of laser cleaning on archeological metal artefacts
Non‐destructive Investigation of Bronze Artefacts From the Marches National Museum of Archaeology Using Neutron Diffraction
Non‐destructive neutron diffraction techniques were applied to determine composition and microstructure data, and hence to derive information on manufacturing techniques of Picenum bronze artefacts. Furthermore, texture analyses were carried out on standards and suitable ancient artefacts to investigate their potential role in archaeometallurgical studies. This is a first step towards an overall characterization of the bronze collection of the Ma…
The “oro di metà” Gilding in the Fifteenth-Century: A Multi-Analytical Investigation
Few and fragmentary is the information regarding the “oro di metà” (halfway gold) gilding due to the low probability of finding it in paintings as well as its short durability because of tarnishing. However, the very rare, excellent state of conservation of the gilding found in the fifteenth-century wood panel painting of the Master of St. Ivo studied in this work along with a multi-analytical approach allowed shedding light on the structure, the…
Laser and chemical cleaning tests for the conservation of the Porta del Paradiso by Lorenzo Ghiberti
Application of a new laser cleaning procedure to the mausoleum of Theodoric
In-depth structural and compositional assessment of aged terpenoid varnish layers by nonlinear optical microscopy
Varnishes are employed in painted artworks for protection from atmospheric pollution and oxidation and for improving the esthetic appearance by providing an even and brilliant surface finish. Also, in some cases, colored varnishes are applied intentionally to modify the chromatic appearance of paintings. Varnishes undergo complex and differentiated structural and chemical changes over time depending on their composition and conservation condition…
Short free running Nd: YAG laser to clean different encrustations on Pentelic marble: procedure and evaluation of the effects
Laser cleaning of fossil vertebrates: A Preliminary Report
Quantitative spectroscopic characterization of laser-induced effects on oil paint films using 213, 266, or 2940 nm
Removal of aged varnish layers from easel paintings is a challenging task requiring methodologies capable of preventing any alteration of the underlying painted surface. Laser-ablation approaches using the fourth and fifth harmonics of a Q-Switched Nd:YAG (266 and 213 nm, 15 ns) and Free-Running Er:YAG laser (2940 nm, 160 μs pulses) can allow for very thin removal rates but their discrimination of the underlying paint film and self-termination po…
Laser ablation treatment of soiled featherworks: The first validation study
Conservation of ethnographic artefacts: Selective laser ablation of deposits from doum palm fibers
Casting cores used to craft large bronze masterpieces of the Florentine Renaissance and Mannerism
Modern and ancient gold jewellery attributed to the Etruscans: A science-based study
A fibula with a lion and a pair of cluster earrings from the collection of the Florence National Museum of Archaeology, attributed to the Etruscans and said to originate from Populonia but suspected to be modern productions, were studied in the framework of the European project AUTHENTICO. They were compared to genuine objects from this same collection and from the collection of the National Museums Scotland. The study was carried out in situ in …
A variable pulse width Nd: YAG laser for conservation
The Santi Quattro Coronati by Nanni di Banco: Cleaning of the Gilded Decorations
Toward an optimised laser cleaning procedure to treat important palaeontological specimens
Application of a new laser cleaning procedure to the mausoleum of Theodoric
Smart Clean: A New Laser System With Improved Emission Characteristics and Transmission Through Long Optical Fibres
Determination of damage thresholds to prevent side effects in laser cleaning of pliocene sandstone of Siena
Tests of laser cleaning on archeological metal artefacts
Assessment of the state of conservation of stone artworks after laser cleaning: Comparison With Conventional Cleaning Results on a Two-Decade Follow Up
Laser cleaning of fossil vertebrates: A Preliminary Report
Laser cleaning methodologies for stone façades and monuments: Laboratory analyses on lithotypes of Siena architecture
Application of laser welding to the restoration of the ostensory of the martyr St. Ignatius from Palermo
Laser and chemical cleaning tests for the conservation of the Porta del Paradiso by Lorenzo Ghiberti
A variable pulse width Nd: YAG laser for conservation
Laser cleaning methodology for the preservation of the Porta del Paradiso by Lorenzo Ghiberti
Short free running Nd: YAG laser to clean different encrustations on Pentelic marble: procedure and evaluation of the effects
The Santi Quattro Coronati by Nanni di Banco: Cleaning of the Gilded Decorations
Toward an optimised laser cleaning procedure to treat important palaeontological specimens
Non‐destructive Investigation of Bronze Artefacts From the Marches National Museum of Archaeology Using Neutron Diffraction
Non‐destructive neutron diffraction techniques were applied to determine composition and microstructure data, and hence to derive information on manufacturing techniques of Picenum bronze artefacts. Furthermore, texture analyses were carried out on standards and suitable ancient artefacts to investigate their potential role in archaeometallurgical studies. This is a first step towards an overall characterization of the bronze collection of the Ma…
Modern and ancient gold jewellery attributed to the Etruscans: A science-based study
A fibula with a lion and a pair of cluster earrings from the collection of the Florence National Museum of Archaeology, attributed to the Etruscans and said to originate from Populonia but suspected to be modern productions, were studied in the framework of the European project AUTHENTICO. They were compared to genuine objects from this same collection and from the collection of the National Museums Scotland. The study was carried out in situ in …
Casting cores used to craft large bronze masterpieces of the Florentine Renaissance and Mannerism
Conservation of ethnographic artefacts: Selective laser ablation of deposits from doum palm fibers
The “oro di metà” Gilding in the Fifteenth-Century: A Multi-Analytical Investigation
Few and fragmentary is the information regarding the “oro di metà” (halfway gold) gilding due to the low probability of finding it in paintings as well as its short durability because of tarnishing. However, the very rare, excellent state of conservation of the gilding found in the fifteenth-century wood panel painting of the Master of St. Ivo studied in this work along with a multi-analytical approach allowed shedding light on the structure, the…
Novel insights on the study of a fifteenth-century oro di metà/Zwischgold gilding by means of ion and electron microscopy: Characterization of the Stratigraphy Avoiding Cross-Sections Preparation
Laser ablation treatment of soiled featherworks: The first validation study
In-depth structural and compositional assessment of aged terpenoid varnish layers by nonlinear optical microscopy
Varnishes are employed in painted artworks for protection from atmospheric pollution and oxidation and for improving the esthetic appearance by providing an even and brilliant surface finish. Also, in some cases, colored varnishes are applied intentionally to modify the chromatic appearance of paintings. Varnishes undergo complex and differentiated structural and chemical changes over time depending on their composition and conservation condition…
Quantitative spectroscopic characterization of laser-induced effects on oil paint films using 213, 266, or 2940 nm
Removal of aged varnish layers from easel paintings is a challenging task requiring methodologies capable of preventing any alteration of the underlying painted surface. Laser-ablation approaches using the fourth and fifth harmonics of a Q-Switched Nd:YAG (266 and 213 nm, 15 ns) and Free-Running Er:YAG laser (2940 nm, 160 μs pulses) can allow for very thin removal rates but their discrimination of the underlying paint film and self-termination po…
Laser cleaning of artificially soiled cotton fabric: Assessment of surface chemical effects
The effectiveness of the cleaning methods to remove soiling and stains from fabric artefacts is often limited by their complex microscopic and macroscopic structures, including fibre bundles, warp, weft, narrow folds, sewing deformations, and others. These structures may sometimes make the complete fabric cleaning very challenging, and they can easily be damaged. To approach such a problem, the potential of pulsed laser treatments of artificially…
Lacona: A conference on applied photonics for the preservation of cultural heritage
Materials Science (21 works) · Optics (20 works) · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (18 works) · Laser (18 works) · Laser Material Processing Techniques (12 works) · Physics (12 works) · Conservation Techniques and Studies (11 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · Art (8 works) · Composite material (8 works)