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Dr Martin CooperLaser technology research scientistSpecialist interestsDr Martin Cooper is a leading authority on the use of lasers in conservation. He has many years practical experience in the field following his doctorate from Loughborough University. On our siteEmail the conservation technologies department AddressConservation Technologies Telephone 0151 478 4904 International telephone +44 151 478 4904 PublicationsCooper, M. I., Emmony, D. C. and Larson, J. H. (1992). The use of laser energy to clean polluted stone sculpture. Journal of Photographic Science, 40, 55-57. Cooper, M. I., Emmony, D. C. and Larson, J. H. (1992). A comparative study of the laser cleaning of limestone. Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on Deterioration and Conservation of Stone, Delgado Rodrigues, J., Henriques, F. and Telmo Jeremias, F. (eds), Lisbon, Portugal, June 1992, 1307-1315. Cooper, M. I., Emmony, D. C. and Larson, J. H. (1993). Laser cleaning of limestone sculpture. Conservation Science in the UK, N. Tennent (ed), Preprints of meeting held in Glasgow, May 1993, James and James, 29-32. Cooper, M. I., Emmony, D. C. and Larson, J. H. (1993). The evaluation of laser cleaning of stone sculpture. Structural Repair and Maintenance of Historical Buildings III, Brebbia, C. and Frewer, R. (eds), Computational Mechanics Publications, 259-266. Cooper, M.I. (1994). Laser cleaning of stone sculpture. PhD thesis, Loughborough University, 188-208. Cooper, M.I. and Loton, A. (1994). Light years ahead? Natural Stone Specialist, December, 24-30. Cooper, M.I. (1994). Laser cleaning. The Building Conservation Directory, Cathedral Communications Ltd., 81. Cooper, M. I., Emmony, D. C. and Larson, J. H. (1995). Characterisation of laser cleaning of limestone. Optics and Laser Technology, 27 (1), 69-73. Larson, J. H., Cooper, M. I. and Foster, C. (1996). The use of laser energy for cleaning architectural terracotta decoration. Architectural Ceramics; Their History, Manufacture and Conservation, James and James, 92-100. Cooper, M. I. and Larson, J. H. (1996). The use of laser cleaning to preserve patina on marble sculpture. The Conservator, 20, 28-35. Cooper, M. I. (1997). Recent developments in laser cleaning. The Building Conservation Directory, Cathedral Communications Ltd., 122-124. Cooper, M. I., Fowles, S. and Schofield, J., Laser cleaning of buildings: an initial study. Restauratorenblatter, Proceedings of LACONA II (Liverpool, April 1997), Verlag Mayer, in press. Cooper, M. I. and Larson, J. H., Laser cleaning of marble sculpture. Restauratorenblatter, Proceedings of LACONA II (Liverpool, April 1997), Verlag Mayer, in press. Cooper, M. I. (1998). Laser Cleaning in Conservation: an Introduction. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford. Sportun, S., Cooper, M, Stewart, A., Vest, M. et al (2000). An investigation into the effect of wavelength in the laser cleaning of parchment. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA III (Florence, April 1999), Elsevier, 225-232. Sutcliffe, H., Cooper, M. and Farnsworth, J. (2000). An initial investigation into the cleaning of new and naturally aged cotton textiles using laser radiation. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA III (Florence, April 1999), Elsevier, 241-246. Cooper, M.I., Sportun, S., Stewart, A., Vest, M. et al. (2000). Laser cleaning of an eighteenth century parchment document. The Conservator, 24, 71-79. Larson, J., Cooper, M.I. and Sportun, S. (2000). Developments in the application of laser technology for conservation. Tradition and Innovation: Advances in Conservation, Preprints of the contributions to the Melbourne congress, 10-14 October 2000. Ed. A. Roy and P. Smith, London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 107-110. Cooper, M. I. (2001). Laser removal of paint layers from corroded copper; possible applications to bronze sculpture cleaning. Monuments and the Millenium, Proceedings of the conference organised by English Heritage and UKIC (20-22 May 1998, Victoria and Albert Museum), 109-119. Cooper, M. (2001). Laser cleaning for historic buildings. Context, 72, Institute of Historic Building Conservation, December, 22-24. Solajic, M., Cooper, M., Seddon, T., Ruppel, J., Ostapkowicz, J. and Parker, T. (2002). Colourful feathers: a multidisciplinary investigation of the Amazonian featherwork from the ethnographic collection at National Museums Liverpool - initial results. The Conservation of Fur, Feather and Skin, Postprints of UKIC Ethnology group conference, London, 11 December 2000, Archetype Publications, 69-78. Solajic, M., Pretzel, B., Cooper, M., Townsend, J., Seddon, T., Ruppel, J., Ostapkowicz, J. and Parker, T. (2002). A collaborative examination of the colourfastness of Amazonian featherwork: assessing the effects of exposure to light and laser radiation. ICOM-CC, Preprints of 13th Triennial Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, 22-27 September 2002, 701-707. Cooper, M., Fowles, P. and Tang, C. (2002). Analysis of the laser-induced discoloration of lead white pigment. Applied Surface Science, 201 (1-4), 75-84. Laser cleaning of metal surfaces: an overview. Paper presented at the UKIC Metals Section ‘Back to Basics: Surface Treatments’ conference (Liverpool, October 1999). Published in ‘Back to Basics, The Metals Section' Press, 34-39. Vest, M., Minddal, K. and Cooper, M. The effect of laser cleaning on new and old parchment documents at 532 nm: preliminary results. Recent Developments in Conservation-Restoration Research, Proceedings of ENCoRE symposium, Munich, 19-21 June 2001, in press. The application of laser technology to the conservation of a Haida totem pole. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA IV (Paris, September 2001), Elsevier, 165-173. A review of health hazards linked to the use of lasers for stone cleaning. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA IV (Paris, September 2001), Elsevier, 33-37. Laser cleaning of parchment: structural, thermal and biochemical studies into the effect of wavelength and Microfocus X-ray Diffraction of Historical Evaluation of laser cleaning of parchment documents with a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser at 1064, 532 and 266nm, Proceedings of LACONA V, (Osnabrueck, September 2003), Springer, 217-226. Laser Cleaning of Sculpture, Monuments and Architectural Detail. Cleaning Techniques in Conservation Practice, Journal of Architectural Conservation, Eds. Normandin, K. and Slaton, D., Donhead, 105-120. The Application of Laser Cleaning in the Conservation of Twelve Limestone Relief Panels on St. George’s Hall, Proceedings of LACONA 6, paper presented at conference in Vienna, September 2005, submitted for publication. The Use of Laser Scanning and Rapid Manufacturing Techniques for Museum Exhibitions. Proc. 7th Int. Symp. On Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, (VAST), 2006, 65. Applications in the field of cultural heritage using “off-the-shelf” 3d laser scanning technology in novel ways. Proc. 7th Int. Symp. On Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, (VAST), 2006, 215. In this section |