The CTC Technology Centre is developing innovative multifunctional coatings to conserve historical and artistic heritage works. It is one of the advanced solutions being implemented in the framework of the national NANOCULT project.

CTC’s Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials area has begun developing these new nanotechnology-based coatings. The fillers integrated into the coatings used for heritage conservation render these coatings different features that better protect the works: hydrophobicity to repel water, biocide with antimicrobial capacity and resistance to ultraviolet light from the sun and its adverse effects.

The aim is to develop innovative coatings that enhance the protection of historical and artistic works of art against various environmental factors, preventing degradation and improving their durability over the years.

CTC is one of the four national organisations collaborating in the NANOCULT project, along with the Lurederra Technology Centre, which acts as coordinator, the University of the Basque Country and Garanza Rehabilitación S.L. The initiative started last November, and its main objective is to address the conservation of cultural heritage by developing innovative diagnostic methodologies, cleaning solutions, consolidation and non-invasive protection based on nanotechnology.

NANOCULT has been approved in the framework of the Call for R&D+I Projects in strategic lines in public-private collaboration of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, co-financed with European Union Next Generation EU Funds.