Paper and Cellulose

• the study of paper degradation and its modeling, at the scale of the biopolymers, fibers and sheets
• the impact of museum/archives climate on cellulose heritage objects
• new methods for long-term preservation of cellulose heritage objects using green technologies
• microanalytical methods providing precise information on the degradation processes and damage assessment

Test papers inserted into an 18th-century archival bundle in a wooden box (French National Archives) to assess the impact of VOCs on paper. 2014.

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A-L Dupont

Tubes de vieillissement avec papiers tests et cartons de conservation pour l’étude
de la contamination croisée des matériaux de conservation sur le papier

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A-L Dupont

fibres de coton en cours de dissolution dans le solvant chromatographique : début de destructuration de la fibre en faisceaux de microfibrilles

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A-L Dupont

(2019) Tétreault, J., Bégin, P., Paris-Lacombe, S., Dupont, A.-L. Modelling considerations for the degradation of cellulosic paper. Cellulose 26, 3, 2013–2033. DOI: 10.1007/s10570-018-2156-x

(2020) Ferrandin-Schoffel, N., Haouas, M., Martineau-Corcos, C., Fichet, O., Dupont, A.-L. Modeling the reactivity of aged paper with aminoalkylalkoxysilanes as strengthening and deacidification agents. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2, 1943−1953. DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.0c00132

(2020) Gimat, A., Schoeder, S., Thoury, M., Missori, M., Paris-Lacombe, S., Dupont, A.-L. Short- and Long-Term Effects of X‑ray Synchrotron Radiation on Cotton Paper. Biomacromolecules, 21, 2795−2807. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00512

(2021) Ferrandin-Schoffel, N., Martineau-Corcos, C., Piovesan, C., Paris-Lacombe, S., Fichet, O., Dupont, A.-L.  Long-term stability of lignocellulosic papers strengthened and deacidified with aminoalkylalkoxysilanes. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 183, 109413. DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2020.109413

(2022) Gimat, A., Schoeder, S., Thoury, M., Dupont, A.-L. Degradation of historical paper induced by synchrotron X-ray technical examination. Cellulose 29, 4347–4364. DOI:10.1007/s10570-022-04552-3. 

(2023) Ferrandin-Schoffel, N., Dupont, A.-L., Martineau-Corcos, C., Fichet, O. Routes to improve the strengthening of paper with aminoalkylalkoxysilanes. Cellulose 30, 539–556. DOI:10.1007/s10570-022-04906-x

(2023) Desbrière, A., Dupont, A.-L., Bajon-Bouzid, T., Drieu la Rochelle, I. Mineral Clays for Cleaning Tidelines on Paper-Based Artworks. Restaurator. International Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material. DOI:10.1515/res-2022-0025

(2023) Maraghechi, S., Dupont, A.-L., Cardinaels, R., Paris Lacombe, S., , Hoefnagels, J.P.M., Suiker, A.S.J., Bosco, E. Assessing rheometry for measuring the viscosity-average degree of polymerisation of cellulose in paper degradation studies. Heritage Science 11:15, 1-9. DOI:10.1186/s40494-022-00855-7

(2023) Vibert, C., Fayolle, B., Ricard, D., Dupont, A.-L. Decoupling hydrolysis and oxidation of cellulose in permanent paper under atmospheric conditions. Carbohydrate Polymers 310, 120727. DOI:10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.12072

(2023) Tétreault, J., Vedoy, D., Bégin, P., Paris-Lacombe, S., Dupont, A.-L. Modelling the degradation of acidic and alkaline printing paper. Cellulose, DOI:10.1007/s10570-023-05529-6

Anne-Laurence Dupont, Sabrina Paris Lacombe, Caroline Vibert

Caroline VIBERT will defend her PhD thesis titled **Durabilité du papier permanent en conditions d’archivage** supervised by Bruno FAYOLLE (PIMM, ENSAM) and  Anne-Laurence DUPONT (CRCC, MNHN) Friday 17 November 2023 at 14h00 at Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle - 36 rue Geoffroy St Hilaire, 75005 Paris. Room : Amphithéâtre Rouelle. A link to the video broadcast will be sent at a later date.