Publications & Talks

2024

38. DePolo, G., Iedema, P., Shull, K., Hermans, J. J. (2024). Comprehensive Characterization of Drying Oil Oxidation and Polymerization Using Time-Resolved Infrared SpectroscopyMacromolecules 57(17): 8263–8276. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01164

37. Barannikov, R., Vykydalová, A., Bezdička, P., Hermans, J. J., Plocek, J., Švarcová, S. (2024). Thermal behavior of mercury carboxylates as paintings’ degradation products, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. DOI: 10.1007/s10973-024-13463-3

36. DePolo, G., Lesaine, A., Faustini, M., Laporte, L., Thillaye du Boullay, C., Barthel, E., Hermans, J. J., Iedema, P. D., de Viguerie, L., Shull, K. R., (2024). Using the Quartz Crystal Microbalance to Monitor the Curing of Drying Oils,
Analytical Chemistry 9(26): 10551–10558. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c00938

35. Richard, F., Hermans, J. J., Angelova, L. (2024). Rigid Solvent-Gels in Paper Conservation: A New Approach to Sticky Problems, Journal of Paper Conservation 25(2): 86-106. DOI: 10.1080/18680860.2024.2343671

34. van ‘t Hoff, T. E., Harmon, R. E., Orlova, Y., Hermans, J. J., Gambardella, A., Iedema, P. D. (2024). Experimental validation of a reaction network model for autoxidation of linoleate esters. Progress in Organic Coatings 189: 108363. DOI: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2024.108363

2023

33. Duivenvoorden, J. R., Caporaletti, F., Woutersen, S., Keune, K., Hermans, J. J.
(2023). Nanoconfined Water Clusters in Zinc White Oil Paint. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127(38): 19269–19277. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04720

32. Hermans, J. J., Helwig, K., Woutersen, S., Keune, K. (2023). Traces of water catalyze zinc soap crystallization in solvent-exposed oil paint. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 25: 5701-5709. DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04861b

31. Gonzalez, V., Fazlic, I., Cotte, M., Vanmeert, F., Gestels, A., De Meyer, S., Broers, F., Hermans, J. J., Van Loon, A., Janssens, K., Noble, P., Keune, K. (2023) Lead(II) Formate in Rembrandt’s Night Watch: Detection and Distribution from the Macro- to the Micro-scale. Angewandte Chemie 62(16): e202216478. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202216478

30. Duivenvoorden, J. R., Kramer, R. P., van Eikema Hommes, M. H., Iedema, P. D., Hermans, J. J., Keune, K. (2023) The distribution and transport of water in oil paintings: A numerical moisture diffusion model. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 202: 123682. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2022.123682

29. Eumelen, G. J. A. M., Bosco, E., Suiker, A. S. J., Hermans, J. J. (2023). Chemo-mechanical model for degradation of oil paintings by amorphous and crystalline metal soaps. European Journal of Mechanis – A Solids 97: 104827. DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2022.104827

2021

28. Hermans, J. J., Zuidgeest, L., Iedema, P. D., Woutersen, S., Keune, K. (2021). The kinetics of metal soap crystallization in oil polymers. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 23: 22589-22600. DOI: 10.1039/D1CP03479K

27. Wolzak, L. A., Hermans, J. J., de Vries, F. , van den Berg, K. J., Reek, J. N. H., Tromp, M., Korstanje, T. J. (2021). Mechanistic elucidation of monoalkyltin(IV)‐catalyzed esterification. Catalysis Science & Technology 11: 3326-3332. DOI: 10.1039/D1CY00184A

2020

26. Beerse, M., Keune, K., Iedema, P. D., Woutersen, S., Hermans, J. J. (2020). Evolution of Zinc Carboxylate Species in Oil Paint Ionomers. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2(12): 5674-5685. DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.0c00979

25. Hermans, J. J., Helwig, K. (2020). The identification of multiple crystalline zinc soap structures using Infrared spectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy 74(12): 1505-1514. DOI: 10.1177/0003702820935183

24. Álvarez-Martín, A., de Winter, S., Nuyts, G., Hermans, J. J., Janssens, K., van der Snickt, G. (2020). Multi-modal approach for the characterization of resin carriers in Daylight Fluorescent Pigments, Microchemical Journal 159: 105340. DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.105340

23. Eumelen, G. J. A. M., Bosco, E., Suiker, A. S. J., Hermans, J. J., van Loon, A., Keune, K., Iedema, P. D. (2020). Computational modelling of metal soap formation in historical oil paintings: the influence of fatty acid concentration and nucleus geometry on the induced chemo-mechanical damage, SN Applied Sciences 2: 1310. DOI: 10.1007/s42452-020-3038-z

22. Baij, L., Buijs, J., Hermans, J. J., Raven, L., Iedema, P. D., Keune, K., Sprakel, J. (2020). Quantifying solvent action in oil paint using portable laser speckle imaging, Scientific Reports 10: 10574. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67115-1

21. Baij, L, Hermans, J. J., Ormsby, B., Noble, P., Iedema, P. D., Keune, K (2020). A review of solvent action on oil paintHeritage Science 8: 43. DOI: 10.1186/s40494-020-00388-x

2019

20. Baij, L., Chassouant, L., Hermans, J. J., Keune, K., Iedema, P. D. (2019). The concentration and origins or carboxylic acid groups in oil paintRSC Advances 9: 35559–35564. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06776k

19.  Hermans, J. J., Baij, L., Koenis, M., Keune, K., Iedema, P. D., Woutersen, S., (2019). 2D-IR spectroscopy for oil paint conservation: Elucidating the water-sensitive structure of zinc carboxylate clusters in ionomers, Science Advances 5(6): eaaw3592. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw3592

18. Baij, L., Astefanei, A, Hermans, J. J., Brinkhuis, F., Groenewegen, H., Chassouant, L., Johansson, S., Corthals, G., Tokarski, C., Iedema, P., Keune, K., (2019). Solvent-mediated extraction of fatty acids in bilayer oil paint models: a comparative analysis of solvent application methods, Heritage Science 7: 31. DOI: 10.1186/s40494-019-0273-y

17. Hermans, J. J., Keune, K., van Loon, A., Iedema, P. D., (2019). Towards a molecular model for the formation of metal soaps in oil paints, in Metal Soaps in Art: Conservation & Research, F. Casadio et al. (Eds.), Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90617-1_3

16. Raven, L. E., Bisschoff, M., Leeuwenstein, M., Geldof, M., Hermans, J. J., Stols- Witlox, M. J. N., Keune, K., (2019). Delamination due to zinc soap formation in an oil painting by Piet Mondriaan (1872-1944), in Metal Soaps in Art: Conservation & Research, F. Casadio et al. (Eds.), Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90617-1_20

15. Thoury, M., van Loon, A., Keune, K., Réfrégiers, M., Hermans, J. J., Berrie, B. H., (2019). Visualization of different phases in the development of metal soaps using synchrotron photoluminescence micro-imaging, in Metal Soaps in Art: Conservation & Research, F. Casadio et al. (Eds.), Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90617-1_12

14. van Loon, A., Hoppe, R., Keune, K., Hermans, J. J., Diependaal, H., Bisschoff, M., Thoury, M., van der Snickt, G., (2019). Paint delamination as a result of zinc soap formation in an early Mondriaan painting, in Metal Soaps in Art: Conservation & Research, F. Casadio et al. (Eds.), Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90617-1_21

2018

13. Baij, L.,* Hermans, J. J.* (* equal contribution), Keune, K., Iedema, P. D., (2018). Time-dependent ATR-FTIR spectroscopic studies on solvent diffusion and film swelling in oil paint model systems, Macromolecules 51(18): 7134-7144. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00890

12. Hermans, J. J., van Loon, A., Iedema, P. D., Osmond, G., Webb, R., Drennan, J., Jack, K., Rasch, R., Morgan, G., Zhang, Z., Monteiro, M., Keune, K. (2018). Electron microscopy imaging of zinc soaps nucleation in oil paintMicroscopy & Microanalysis 24: 318-322. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927618000387

11. Baij, L.,* Hermans, J. J.* (* equal contribution), Keune, K., Iedema, P. D., (2018). Time-dependent ATR-FTIR studies on fatty acid diffusion and the formation of metal soaps in oil paint model systems Angewandte Chemie 57: 7351-7354. DOI: 10.1002/ange.201712751

2017

10. Hermans, J. J., (2017). Metal soaps in oil paint: Structure, mechanisms and dynamics, University of Amsterdam, PhD thesis.

9. Baij, L., Keune, K., Hermans, J. J., Noble, P., & Iedema, P. D. (2017). ‘Time-resolved ATR-FTIR studies on the release of solvents from cleaning gels into model systems of oil paint binding media.,’ in Gels in the Conservation of Art, B. Ormsby, J. H. Townsend, & R. Wolbers (Eds.), Archetype Publications.

2016

8. Hermans, J. J., Keune, K., van Loon, A., Corkery, R. W., Iedema, P. D., (2016). Ionomer-like structure in mature oil paint binding media, RSC Advances 6: 93363–93369. DOI: 10.1039/C6RA18267D

7. Hermans, J. J., Keune, K., van Loon, A., Iedema, P. D., (2016). The crystallization of metal soaps and fatty acids in oil paint model systems, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18: 10896-10905. DOI: 10.1039/C6CP00487C

6. Kryven, I., Duivenvoorden, J., Hermans, J. J., Iedema, P. D., (2016). Random graph approach to multifunctional molecular networks, Macromolecular Theory and Simulations 25(5): 449-465. DOI: 10.1002/mats.201670013

2015

5. Hermans, J. J., Keune, K., van Loon, A., Iedema, P. D., (2015). An infrared spectroscopic study of the nature of zinc carboxylates in oil paintings, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 30: 1600-1608. DOI: 10.1039/C5JA00120J

2014

4. Hermans, J. J., Keune, K., van Loon, A., Corkery, R. W., Iedema, P. D., (2014). The molecular structure of three types of long-chain zinc(II) alkanoates for the study of oil paint degradation, Polyhedron 81: 335–340. DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2014.06.030

3. Hermans, J. J., Keune, K., van Loon, A., Stols-Witlox, M. J. N., Corkery, R. W., Iedema, P. D., (2014). ‘The synthesis of new types of lead and zinc soaps: A   source of information for the study of oil paint degradation’, in J. Bridgland (Ed.), ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference Preprints, Melbourne, 15-19 September 2014 (p. art. 1603). Paris: International Council of Museums.

2. Iedema, P. D., Hermans, J. J., Keune, K., van Loon, A., Stols-Witlox, M. J. N., (2014). ‘Mathematical modeling of mature oil paints’, in J. Bridgland (Ed.), ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference Preprints, Melbourne, 15-19 September 2014 (p. art. 1604). Paris: International Council of Museums.

1. Hermans, J. J., Iedema, P. D., (2014) Comment on the paper “Odd-​even alternation in a homologous series of Zn(II) n-​alkanoates” by P.N. Nelson, H.A. Ellis and R.A. Taylor [J. Mol. Struc. 986 (2011) 10-​15], Journal of Molecular Structure 1070: 43-44. DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2014.04.026

Invited conference talks:

Molecular Transformations in Oil Paint Symposium (public lecture, Paris, June 2022)

Lorentz Workshop ‘Green Conservation Materials for European Heritage’ (keynote lecture, online, November 2021)

Technart conference (keynote lecture, Brugge, May 2019)

Jong-Diligentia-lezing, Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Natuurkunde (Den Haag, October 2018) (video of the lecture)

A History of Soap and Detergents, Symposium Chemie Historische Groep (Utrecht, October 2017)

RCE Picture Meeting (Amersfoort, January 2017)

Metal Soaps in Art symposium (Amsterdam, March 2016)

PAC Symposium (Amsterdam, March 2015)

Contributed conference talks:

NextGenChem day (Utrecht, June 2023)

IRUG14 conference (Amersfoort/online, May 2021)

Bessensap 2019 (Amsterdam, June 2019)

GRS: Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research (Barcelona, July 2018)

CMDS: International Conference on Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy (Seoul, June 2018)

CHAINS (Veldhoven, December 2017)

ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference (Melbourne, September 2014)

Chemistry for Cultural Heritage (Vienna, July 2014)