| Title: | Volatile organic compounds in paper--an approach for identification of markers in aged books |
| Author(s): | Gaspar EM; Santana JC; Lopes JF; Diniz MB; |
| Address: | "CQFB-Requimte, Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, FCT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal. emg@dq.fct.unl.pt. CQFB-Requimte, Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, FCT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00216-010-3520-3 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1618-2650 (Electronic) 1618-2642 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Volatile organic compounds emitted from historical books made from cotton/linen rag and wood pulp paper have been studied. Different profiles were obtained using different solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fibres to access the compounds involved in the decomposition reactions occurring in cotton/linen rag and wood pulp paper upon natural ageing and precocious/accelerated degradation. Contact headspace solid-phase extraction coupled with gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC-TOF-MS) was improved as a non-destructive methodology for the analysis of historical books. Potential markers of cellulose degradation-linear hydrocarbons, linear aldehydes, and 2-furfural-together with potential markers of cotton/linen rag paper (isopropylic esters) were identified. Chiral analysis (SPME-c-GC-TOF-MS) showed that only the enantiomer (S)-2-ethyl-1-hexanol is present as an emanation compound in both types of paper. Validation studies for a larger number of books are being done" |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEGaspar, Elvira M Santana, Jose C Lopes, Joao F Diniz, Marcos B eng Germany 2010/02/25 Anal Bioanal Chem. 2010 May; 397(1):369-380. doi: 10.1007/s00216-010-3520-3. Epub 2010 Feb 24" |
