Dual Functionalities of Few-Layered Boron Nitrides in the Design and Implementation of Ca(OH) 2 Nanomaterials toward an Efficient Wall Painting Fireproofing and Consolidation

Jinmeng Zhu, Xuanhua Li, Yuanyuan Zhang, Jia Wang, Yijian Cao, Mara Camaiti, Bingqing Wei

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Preserving ancient wall paintings from damage has become a challenge over the years. Nanosized calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH) 2 ) has been identified as a promising material to preserve wall paintings. However, the synthesis of nanosized Ca(OH) 2 is extremely difficult. Here, we demonstrate a breakthrough in wall painting protection enabled by boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs) through strategic synthesis Ca(OH) 2 -BNNS nanohybrids using an aqueous method. The BNNS have two significant functionalities in the design and implementation of the Ca(OH) 2 nanomaterials. First, the introduction of BNNS results in the successful synthesis of uniform and nanosized Ca(OH) 2 (∼80 nm) in the nanohybrids, which can be attributed to the supersaturation-induced "etching-stripping" mechanism. More interestingly and importantly, a unique gradient penetration structure is strategically formed when applying Ca(OH) 2 -BNNS hybrids on the wall paintings, i.e., the BNNS-rich layer will be at the surface of wall painting, whereas Ca(OH) 2 nanomaterials prefer to penetrate deep in to the wall paintings. This gradient structure will allow the BNNS-rich layer to protect the wall paintings from fire, which is the first report to date among the protection materials for wall paintings; at the same time, nanosized Ca(OH) 2 shows superior wall painting consolidation strength compared to commercial Ca(OH) 2 material. These results endow new applications of the newly emerging two-dimensional nanomaterials for protecting cultural heritage.

源语言英语
页(从-至)11792-11799
页数8
期刊ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
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DOI
出版状态已出版 - 27 3月 2019

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