Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2025) 140: 1143
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-07102-5

Editorial

Focus point on scientific research in cultural heritage: articles from the 5th international conference on innovation in art research and technology (inArt 2022)

¹ De la Molécule Aux Nano-Objets: Réactivité, Interactions et Spectroscopies, MONARIS UMR 8233, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
² Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France, C2RMF, Ministère de La Culture, Palais du Louvre, 14 Quai François Mitterrand, 75001, Paris, France
³ Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, IRCP UMR 8247, PSL University, CNRS, Chimie ParisTech, 11 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75231, Paris, France
⁴ LAPA-NIMBE/IRAMAT, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
⁵ Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation, CRC UAR 3224, MNHN, CNRS, Ministère de la Culture, 36 Rue Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 75005, Paris, France

^a ludovic.bellot-gurlet@sorbonne-universite.fr

Abstract

After the postponement of the 2020 edition, the 5th International Conference on Innovation in Art Research and Technology - inArt 2022 was held from June 28th to July 1st, 2022, in Paris. Authors of the 47 oral presentations and 119 posters presented were invited to submit articles for publication in EPJ+. This EPJ+ Focus Point on “Scientific Research in Cultural Heritage” brings together 33 papers resulting from this process. These articles illustrate the wide range of topics covered at the conference, which fall within the scope of archaeometry or conservation science. This editorial briefly presents these articles, which have been brought together under the following three thematic headings: comprehension of materials and techniques involved in Cultural Heritage; degradation mechanisms and conservation strategies and in situ experiments and mobile instrumentation. Bearing in mind that this is only a way of presenting the articles and not a formal classification of their content, given the overlap of these different aspects in several of the studies presented.