Zabytki w laboratorium. Projekty realizowane na Wydziale Chemii UJ

Conservation science as a discipline of chemistry has not reached in Poland the status of a mature research field with its own institutes or departments. Also in the system of higher education it is not present as a subject of studies at the three Bologna cycles of education. Research funding is very limited as conservation science is not listed among the candidate disciplines for ministerial support. Despite all of the listed problems, the field attracts many scientists at Polish research institutions. The various activities of the Paper Degradation and Stability Lab (Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Krakow) illustrate this devotion. Three projects are currently carried out in the lab: paper deacidification and strengthening using aminosilanes, anoxia as a preventative measure for artworks using light-sensitive tinted paper, and archival boxes with added functionality - pollution control by sorbents incorporated into the cardboard.