Nanotechnology EHS: Manufacturing and Colloidal Aspects
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-2017
Abstract
The field of nanotechnology environmental health and safety (nano-EHS) that has emerged and gives potential routes through which engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) enter the environment. The first challenge to assessing nano-EHS lies in the diverse range of inorganic, organic, and hybrid nanoparticle compositions that are available or being developed for commercial application. The second challenge to assessing nano-EHS, which is determining how transformations impact in vitro or in vivo nanotoxicity studies. Manufacturing conditions can have an important impact in the Eco toxicological effects of the synthesized nanomaterials because they determine the initial size, shape, aggregation state, and dispersion characteristics of the ENM. The National Institute of Environmental Health and Safety (NIEHS) nano-EHS program supports the Centers for Nanotechnology Health Implications Research (NCNHIR) and the Nano Grand Opportunities (Nano GO) program, both of which are focused on assessing the EHS of engineered nanomaterials related to human health.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Nanotechnology Commercialization Manufacturing Processes and Products
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Bothun, Geoffrey D., and Vinka Oyanedel-Craver. "Nanotechnology EHS: Manufacturing and Colloidal Aspects." Nanotechnology Commercialization Manufacturing Processes and Products (2017). doi: 10.1002/9781119371762.ch12.