Nanoscience and nanotechnology are revolutionizing materials science
in a pervasive way, in a manner similar to polymer chemistry’s revolution
of materials science over the preceding century. The continuous
development of novel nanoparticle-based materials and the study of
physicochemical phenomena at the nanoscale are creating new
approaches to conservation science, leading to new methodologies that
can “revert” the degradation processes of the works of art, in most cases
“restoring” them to their original magnificent appearance.