Supported projects

Raman spectroscopy has become a key analytical technique in archaeometry and conservation science. This is due in particular to advances in the analytical performance of instruments, the ability of the method to provide structural signatures for a wide range of materials, and its flexibility in terms of non-invasive analysis. The MONARIS (Sorbonne University/CNRS) and C2RMF (Ministry of Culture) laboratories have been sharing a Raman spectrometer dedicated to heritage analysis for over 20 years, and this project aims to renew it. The skills shared by the two laboratories in the field of Raman spectroscopy and their experience acquired through their involvement in research applied to collections and heritage challenges make them centres of expertise for these analyses in the Ile de France region. The planned instrument will have versatile capabilities selected to cover a wide range of problematics. It will be equipped with an external exit for analysing objects and a microscope stage exit for samples. This will allow non-invasive analysis of ancient objects with micrometric resolution, as well as non-destructive analysis of samples elaborated in the laboratory or artificially aged to understand the synthesis or modification processes of materials. This laboratory spectrometer will be regularly moved between the two partners’ sites. The users will naturally be the members of the staff of the two laboratories, but also the network collaborating with these teams and, more broadly, the DIM PAMIR community.