Institut photonique d'analyse non-destructive européen des matériaux anciens (IPANEMA)

Laboratory presentation

The European photon-based institute of research on ancient materials (IPANEMA) is a centre for the development of advanced methodologies of material characterization in archaeology, paleo-environments, paleontology and cultural heritage, and the support of synchrotron-based research through external users hosted on the platform. To this aim, IPANEMA develops and provides advanced techniques for preparing specimens, to study artifacts and samples, and statistically analyze collected imaging datasets. The institute occupies a leading position owing to its original non-destructive approaches for collecting morphological, structural and chemical information on ancient materials.

The 19 latest publications

Title Authors Publication date Source
Adsorption location of copper on hemp shives revealed by combination of K-edge subtraction X-ray micro-tomography and X-ray micro-fluorescence Katharina Müller 01/01/24 Cellulose
Performance comparison of external IBA and SR-XRF imaging for the study of ivory L. Tranchant, Katharina Müller 12/01/23 Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
In situ mapping of biomineral skeletal proteins by molecular recognition imaging with antibody-functionalized AFM tips Luca Polacchi, Maëva L'Héronde 09/15/23 Acta Biomaterialia
Gilsonicaris from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück slate is a eunicidan annelid and not the oldest crown anostracan crustacean Pierre Gueriau 08/30/23 Biology Letters
Evidence of artefacts made of giant sloth bones in central Brazil around the last glacial maximum Thais R. Pansani, Loïc Bertrand 07/12/23 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Practical advances towards safer analysis of heritage samples and objects Mathieu Thoury 07/01/23 TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry
Improved discrimination of biogenic and diagenetic elements in Palaeolithic mammoth ivory and bone from Hohle Fels Cave in the Swabian Jura of Southwestern Germany Katharina Müller 06/30/23 Quaternary International
A multimodal study of smalt preservation and degradation on the painting “Woman doing a Libation or Artemisia” from an anonymous painter of the Fontainebleau School Clément de Mecquenem 02/01/23 European Physical Journal Plus
Fur glowing under ultraviolet: in situ analysis of porphyrin accumulation in the skin appendages of mammals Mathieu Thoury, Pierre Gueriau 01/01/23 Integrative Zoology
Proton beam irradiation induces invisible modifications under the surface of painted parchment Katharina Müller 12/01/22 Scientific Reports
Author Correction: Proton beam irradiation induces invisible modifications under the surface of painted parchment (Scientific Reports, (2022), 12, 1, (113), 10.1038/s41598-021-02993-7) Katharina Müller 12/01/22 Scientific Reports
Possible modifications of parchment during ion beam analysis Katharina Müller 12/01/22 Heritage Science
Multiscale approach to provide a better physicochemical description of women breast microcalcifications Maëva L'Héronde 09/01/22 Comptes Rendus Chimie
X-ray Raman Scattering: A Hard X-ray Probe of Complex Organic Systems Rafaella Georgiou 08/10/22 Chemical Reviews
Disentangling the chemistry of Australian plant exudates from a unique historical collection Rafaella Georgiou, Serge X. Cohen, Loïc Bertrand 05/31/22 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Degradation of historical paper induced by synchrotron X-ray technical examination Mathieu Thoury 05/01/22 Cellulose
Micro to Nano: Multiscale IR Analyses Reveal Zinc Soap Heterogeneity in a 19th-Century Painting by Corot Victòria Beltran, Mathieu Thoury 02/22/22 Analytical Chemistry
Microcomputed tomography for discriminating between different forming techniques in ancient pottery: New segmentation method and pore distribution recognition Serge X. Cohen 02/01/22 Archaeometry
Novel markers to early detect degradation on cellulose nitrate-based heritage at the submicrometer level using synchrotron UV–VIS multispectral luminescence Mathieu Thoury 12/01/21 Scientific Reports

Number of publications of the laboratory by scientific field (2016-2021)

Every paper can be classified in one or more scientific fields. The figure below shows the lab's number of publications in each scientific field, according to the ASJC classification (Elsevier)