A Non-Invasive Computational Investigation of the Photodegradation of Vermilion

dc.contributor.authorKidd, Lillian
dc.contributor.authorTauraso, Aria
dc.contributor.authorTrobare, Amalthea
dc.contributor.authorHeimann, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorRosenzweig, Zeev
dc.contributor.authorBennett, Joseph
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-03T15:43:05Z
dc.date.available2022-11-03T15:43:05Z
dc.description.abstractMercury sulfide (HgS), the primary component of cinnabar and vermilion, has been used in art as a pigment, a material in Chinese lacquer sculptures, and in other resin pigment inlays. The red color is known to photodegrade in the presence of chlorides, humidity, and light, causing irreparable damage. Such pieces are often recovered from caves, in proximity to chlorine containing minerals. While the method of degradation is known, the role of the chlorine in the degradation mechanism remains unknown.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was performed as part of the Baltimore SCIART Program, which is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation under Award 41500634. Additional funding was provided by the XSEDE start-up grant TG-CHE190075 and renewal allocation TG-CHE200108, which are supported by NSF grant number ACI-1548562. All calculations were performed using the UMBC HPCF and PSC Bridges2. The acquisition of equipment for the HPCF is partially supported by the NSF, whose support we gratefully acknowledge and which requires the following notice: This material is based upon work supported by the NSF under the MRI grants CNS-0821258, CNS-1228778, and OAC-1726023, and the SCREMS grant DMS-0821311.This investigation was also sponsored by the U-RISE Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), which is supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health NIGMS/NIH) under National Research Service Award T34 GM 136497.en_US
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dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m20128-wjbh
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dc.titleA Non-Invasive Computational Investigation of the Photodegradation of Vermilionen_US
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