IMAT Research Project

The IMAT project: first application of carbon nanotubes in art conservation In November 2011, the IMAT project under the European Commission’s 7th Framework Program (FP7) was launched with a kick of meeting held on November 21-22 at the University of Florence in Italy. During the three year length of the project, coordinated by the University of Florence, a European consortium of researchers from Germany, Italy, Lithuania and the Netherlands representing expertise in conservation, nanotechnology, and thermo-electrical engineering will research and develop nanotechnologies to be integrated in the creation of a series of new highly accurate, versatile and mobile “smart” mild heating technologies and devices, each designed for specific use in art conservation with extraordinary properties made possible with the innovative, yet-to-be-created, highly conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) materials.