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Preventive Conservation Strategies for Poly(vinyl chloride) Objects

2020/39/I/HS2/00911

Keywords:

poly(vinyl chloride) synthetic polymers degradation of plastic objects preventive conservation

Descriptors:

  • HS2_009:
  • ST4_010:

Panel:

HS2 - Culture and cultural production: literary theory and comparative literature, history of literature, linguistics, library science, cultural studies, arts, architecture

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Chemii

woj. małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Krzysztof Ryszard Kruczała 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 7

Call: OPUS 20 (LAP) - announced on 2020-09-15

Amount awarded: 1 386 962 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2022-02-16

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2025-08-15

Project duration:: 42 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (8)
  1. Migration of phthalate plasticisers in heritage objects made of poly(vinyl chloride): Mechanical and environmental aspects
    Authors:
    Sonia Bujok, Tomasz Pańczyk, Kosma Szutkowski, Dominika Anioł, Sergii Antropov, Krzysztof Kruczała, Łukasz Bratasz
    Academic press:
    Journal of Environmental Management (rok: 2025, tom: 375, strony: 124234), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124234 - link to the publication
  2. Damage function for poly(vinyl chloride) in heritage collections
    Authors:
    T. Rijavec, M. Strlič, I. Kralj Cigić
    Academic press:
    Polymer Degradation and Stability (rok: 2023, tom: 211, strony: 110329 (1-9)), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2023.110329 - link to the publication
  3. Non-destructive detection and identification of plasticizers in PVC objects by means of machine learning-assisted Raman spectroscopy
    Authors:
    M. Saad Hamido Yassin Mohamed, S. Bujok, K. Kruczała*
    Academic press:
    Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (rok: 2024, tom: 322, strony: 124769), Wydawca: ELSEVIER
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.saa.2024.124769 - link to the publication
  4. The impact of heat and humidity on unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride)
    Authors:
    Marwa Saad, Marek Bucki, Sonia Bujok, Dominika Pawcenis, Tjaša Rijavec, Karol Górecki, Łukasz Bratasz, Irena Kralj Cigić, Matija Strlič, Krzysztof Kruczała
    Academic press:
    Polymer Degradation and Stability (rok: 2025, tom: 238, strony: 11334), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2025.111334 - link to the publication
  5. Poly(vinyl chloride) degradation: identification of acidic degradation products, their emission rates, and implications for heritage collections
    Authors:
    Špela Pok, Irena Kralj Cigić, Matija Strlič, Tjaša Rijavec
    Academic press:
    npj Heritage Science (rok: 2025, tom: 13, strony: 382), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s40494-025-01955-w - link to the publication
  6. Non-destructive mass spectrometry of historical poly(vinyl chloride) object surfaces with swab analysis
    Authors:
    Tjaša Rijavec, Leah Bright, Jessica Walthew, Irena Kralj Cigić, Matija Strlič & G. Asher Newsome
    Academic press:
    npj Heritage Science (rok: 2025, tom: 13, strony: 403), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s40494-025-01969-4 - link to the publication
  7. The significance of sample preparation of historical and contemporary poly(vinyl chloride) objects to investigate the distribution and changes of molar mass by SEC-MALS-dRI
    Authors:
    T. Rijavec, D. Pawcenis, K. Kruczała, M. Strlič, I. Kralj Cigić
    Academic press:
    Heritage Science (rok: 2023, tom: 11, strony: 155 (1-12)), Wydawca: Springer Open
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s40494-023-01003-5 - link to the publication
  8. Heritage PVC objects: Understanding the diffusion-evaporation of plasticizers
    Authors:
    Tjaša Rijavec, Sonia Bujok, Sergii Antropov, G. Asher Newsome, Josep Grau-Bové, Irena Kralj Cigić, Krzysztof Kruczała, Łukasz Bratasz, Matija Strlič
    Academic press:
    Polymer Degradation and Stability (rok: 2025, tom: 235, strony: 111270), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2025.111270 - link to the publication