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dc.contributor.advisorJeffrey C. Grossman and Nicola Ferralis.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLin, Sally, S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-17T19:02:44Z
dc.date.available2015-09-17T19:02:44Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98657
dc.descriptionThesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2015.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 48-49).en_US
dc.description.abstractIn art conservation, color is essential to understanding a society's culture and history-as an indicator of beauty, status, religion, and more-but has a tendency to fade and diminish over time. Analytical techniques, particularly that of pigment identification, can reveal the artifact's original color and appearance and give new insights to an artist's intentions, techniques, date of creation, and more. However, most identification procedures are invasive and destroy the samples in the process. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has recently been identified as a technique that is minimally invasive and also solves the issue of fluorescence that is found in many other techniques. In this paper, a specific SERS procedure has been developed for the identification of yellow organic dyes from 18th century Japanese Woodblock prints. Several SERS spectra of nine dyes both in solution and applied on artist paper have also been documented in hopes of assisting with pigment identification in the future.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Sally Lin.en_US
dc.format.extent63 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectMaterials Science and Engineering.en_US
dc.titleInvestigation into the use of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for organic dye analysisen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.B.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
dc.identifier.oclc920678417en_US


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