title: Gels for the conservation of cultural heritage.
abstract: Gels are becoming one of the most important tools for the conservation of cultural heritage. They are very versatile systems and can be easily adapted to the cleaning and consolidation of works of art. This perspective reviews the major achievements in the field and suggests possible future developments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and CSGI, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia 3 - Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy. piero.baglioni@unifi.it
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baglioni
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dei
authors.forename: Emiliano
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carretti
authors.forename: Rodorico
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giorgi