Nanomaterials: Risks and Benefits

There are many potential questions regarding the risks associated with the development and use of wide-ranging technologies enabled through engineered nanomaterials. For example, with over 600 consumer products available globally, what information exists that describes their risk to human health and...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Linkov, Igor. (Editor), Steevens, Jeffery. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
Series:NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9491-0
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505 0 # |a Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1. Human Health Risks -- Human Health Risks of Engineered Nanomaterials: Critical Knowledge Gaps in Nanomaterials Risk Assessment -- Disposition of Nanoparticles as a Function of their Interactions with Biomolecules -- Assessment of Quantum Dot Penetration into Skin in Different Species under Different Mechanical Actions -- Nanotechnology the Occupational Health and Safety Concerns -- Biomarkers of Nanoparticles Impact on Biological Systems -- Nanocontamination of the Soldiers in a Battle Space -- Part 2. Environmental Risk -- SMARTEN: Strategic Management and Assessment of Risks and Toxicity of Engineered Nanomaterials -- Solid-Phase Characteristics of Engineered Nanoparticles: A Multi-Dimensional Approach -- Nanomaterial Transport, Transformation, and Fate in the Environment: A Risk-based Perspective on Research Needs -- Visualization and Transport of Quantum Dot Nanomaterials in Porous Media -- Developing an Ecological Risk Framework to Assess Environmental Safety of Nanoscale Products: Ecological Risk Framework -- Development of a Three-Level Risk Assessment Strategy for Nanomaterials -- Classifying Nanomaterial Risks Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis -- Part 3. Technology and Benefits -- Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology: Applications, Consumer Products, and Benefits -- Risk Reduction via Greener Synthesis of Noble Metal Nanostructures and Nanocomposites -- Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater Using Nano-Carbon Colloids -- A Novel Size-Selective Airborne Particle Sampling Instrument (WRAS) for Health Risk Evaluation -- Nanotechnologies and Environmental Risks: Measurement Technologies and Strategies -- Part 4. International Perspectives -- Processing of Polymer Nanofibers through Electrospinning as Drug Delivery Systems -- Air Pollution Monitoring and Use of Nanotechnology Based Solid State Gas Sensors in Greater Cairo Area, Egypt -- Advanced Material Nanotechnology in Israel -- Silver Nanoparticles: Environmental and Human Health Impacts -- Developing Strategies in Brazil to Manage the Emerging Nanotechnology and its Associated Risks -- The Current State-of-the-Art in the Area of Nanotechnology Risk Assessment in Russia; M. Melkonyan -- Environmental Risk Assessment of Nanomaterials -- Part 5. Policy and Regulatory Aspects -- Considerations for Implementation of Manufactured Nanomaterial Policy and Governance -- The Safety of Nanotechnologies at the OECD; P. Kearns et al -- Nanomaterials in Consumer Products: Categorization and Exposure Assessment -- Strategic Approaches for the Management of Environmental Risk Uncertainties Posed by Nanomaterials -- Nanomaterials: Applications, Risks, Ethics and Society -- Group Decision-Making in Selecting Nanotechnology Supplier: AHP Application in Presence of Complete and Incomplete Information -- Uncertainty in Life Cycle Assessment of Nanomaterials: Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Framework for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes in Power Applications -- Knowing Much While Knowing Nothing: Perception and Misperception about Nanomaterials -- List of Participants -- Author Index.-. 
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