The damage in stone heritage is a global problem which suppose a huge amount of economical, personal resources to protect the monuments that are built in soft stones. It is required an urgent and worldwide response stopping the devastating effects of aggressive weather, and the effects of climate change over the stone-based heritage materials that are exposed outdoors. For tackling such an endeavor, the key solution will be to rely on specific nanomaterials which may suppose a long-term projection of the envisioned results, offering a truly durable protective coating for carbonated stone monuments, able to endure any weather inclemency with the best efficacy and protection validity but working in an environmentally friendly and fully sustainable scenario.
I will present the studies done in my university as a new possibility to protect the stones with a responsible use of our resources, proposing several functional coatings which are affordable, non-contaminating, and without posing any kind of risk for the citizenship or nature, protecting the stones without altering in any way their original aspect and aesthetics.
This idea will surely make a tremendous impact because of the practical approach to obtain nanotechnological and sustainable coatings (minimum environmental impact, up-scalability…) being superior to the current state-of-the-art, and becoming a real contribution to a responsible production and consumption of such treatments done in stones.
