Syllabus - Smart materials for the cleaning of painted surfaces - Smart materials for the consolidation of stone surfaces - Smart materials for autocleaning, antifouling and antimicrobic behaviour of the surfaces - Smart materials as detection sensors - Smart materials for the restoration of the masonries after a hearthquake - Smart materials for design in conservation

Study material - G.Torraca, Lectures on Materials Science for Architectural Conservation, The Getty Conservation Institute 2009 - M.Laura Santarelli - Notes from the lectures about Smart Materials and their uses

- Definitions and production technology of ceramic material focusing on bricks and building material. Alteration processes and related problems in conservation. - Definition and origin of stone material used in the field of cultural heritage. Main techniques of extraction and surface treatments. Alteration processes and related conservative problems. Definition and different painted surfaces with related alteration problems. - Definition and technology production of glass. Conservation problems related to the different alteration processes. - Definition and production of metals and alteration processes - Definition and production methods of mortars and plasters. Alteration and conservation problems.

Teaching materials, including handouts, thematic websites and scientific articles will be distributed in class and posted on a dedicated Moodle page.