The various aspects of natural and accelerated ageing of cellulose and paper are presented
and discussed. Accelerated ageing constitutes the major methodological tool for the …

Wireless, passive, and cost-efficient monitoring of moisture within packaged food and
medicine is important to ensure their safety and freshness. This paper presents paper-based …

The degradation of archive materials is related to irreversible phenomena induced by light,
temperature, humidity, air pollution, micro-organisms, and use. Among biological factors …

Hygroscopicity affects the chemical and physical stabilities of paper-based historical relics.
In this research, the moisture sorption behavior of naturally aged bamboo paper dating from …

Handmade papers, as carriers of paper-based cultural relics, have played a crucial role in
the development of human culture, knowledge, and civilization. Understanding the intricate …

The prominent degradation mechanism of cellulose is the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of
glycosidic bonds, which results in the decrease of the degree of polymerization (DP) and …

The second part of a study (Part I: Restaurator 27: 219–274) is presented that evaluate
important test methods traditionally used for the determination of paper properties. The …

Regarding the underlying special relaxation feature of a water-plasticized hydrophilic
polymer during performance evolution with water content change, we report the water …

The isothermal dehydration of aqueous biosystems is a relevant topic in food,
pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry and has been recently investigated for the …

Cellulose‐based artefacts are highly prone to degradation, especially in the presence of
acidic compounds, which trigger the depolymerization of cellulose chains and lead to a loss …