Gellan hydrogel as a powerful tool in paper cleaning process: A detailed study.

Highlights: [•] Gellan hydrogel is proposed as a new method for wet cleaning of paper artworks. [•] Gellan hydrogel has been used to clean four different paper samples. [•] Every sample has been fully characterized before and after cleaning. [•] For our studies a multitechnique approach has been used. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]