๐Ÿ”ญ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ requires actively promoting and supporting the development of dedicated initiatives, infrastructures, digital repositories, and services that facilitate ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ and the ๐…๐€๐ˆ๐‘ (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) storage of research outputs, including publications and data. Additionally, integrating these resources into the ๐„๐Ž๐’๐‚ cloud and/or trusted disciplinary platforms and databases is crucial for ensuring their visibility and long-term usability.

๐Ÿš€ Weโ€™re kicking off the year with exciting progress in our research, conducted as part of ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘-๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ“-๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ-๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“ โ€“ an initiative dedicated to advancing knowledge, promoting open science, enhancing the visibility of scientific results, and fostering open-access ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ.

๐Ÿ”ฌ As part of our efforts to expand ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ relevant for heritage science research, we have recently enriched our datasets with a comprehensive set of (multi)spectral data from a diverse set of ๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ. These laboratory samples, created under controlled conditions, replicate the layers and materials found in artworks and offer the possibility to systematically study pigment:pigment and pigment:binder interactions, as well as the influence of the preparatory layer or substrate on the ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ. ๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธ๐ŸŽจ

๐Ÿ”Ž To obtain a complementary dataset, we used:

โœ… Raman Spectroscopy

โœ… X-Ray Fluorescence

โœ… Hyperspectral Imaging

๐Ÿ“Š ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ? To ensure maximum accessibility and FAIRness, the entire resulting dataset is currently being integrated into our open-access database ๐ˆ๐๐…๐‘๐€-๐€๐‘๐“.

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