Characterization of aging and solvent treatments of painted surfaces using single-sided NMR.

Typical experiments conducted with single-sided NMR are incapable of unique chemical identification and, thus, often rely on comparative measurements in scientific study. However, cultural heritage objects have unique natures and histories, making a genuine 'control' sample a rarity and complicating many scientific investigations. In this paper, we present some comparative results enabled by such a rare, control sample.