J. Devillers (ed.), Ecotoxicology Modeling, Emerging Topics in Ecotoxicology: Principles, Approaches and Perspectives 2, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-0197-2 5, copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009
By James Devillers, Pascal Pandard, Anne-Marie Charissou, and Antonio Bispo
Journal of Nanoparticle Research An Interdisciplinary Forum for Nanoscale Science and Technology © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 10.1007/s11051-008-9514-9
Received: 24 May 2008 Accepted: 6 September 2008 Published online: 8 October 2008
By Igor Linkov , Jeffery Steevens , Gitanjali Adlakha-Hutcheon , Erin Bennett , Mark Chappell , Vicki Colvin , J. Michael Davis , Thomas Davis , Alison Elder , Steffen Foss Hansen , Pertti Bert Hakkinen , Saber M. Hussain , Delara Karkan , Rafi Korenstein , Iseult Lynch , Chris Metcalfe , Abou Bakr Ramadan and F. Kyle Satterstrom
Journal of Nanoparticle Research Volume 11, Number 3, 513-527, DOI: 10.1007/s11051-008-9514-9 Received: 24 May 2008 / Accepted: 6 September 2008 / Published online: 8 October 2008
Igor Linkov, Jeffery Steevens, Gitanjali Adlakha-Hutcheon, Erin Bennett, Mark Chappell, Vicki Colvin, J. Michael Davis, Thomas Davis, Alison Elder, Steffen Foss Hansen, Pertti Bert Hakkinen, Saber M. Hussain, Delara Karkan, Rafi Korenstein, Iseult Lynch, Chris Metcalfe, Abou Bakr Ramadan, F. Kyle Satterstrom
NANOTECHNOLOGY IN PERSPECTIVE
www.rsc.org/jem | Journal of Environmental Monitoring
Published on 10 August 2007
By Brian Carl Englert
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the world’s first reference material for single-wall carbon nanotube soot. Distantly related to the soot in your fireplace or in a candle flame, nanotube-laden soot is the primary industrial source of single-wall carbon nanotubes, perhaps the archetype of all nanoscale materials. The new NIST material offers companies and researchers a badly needed source of uniform and well-characterized carbon nanotube soot for material comparisons, as well as chemical and toxicity analysis.
With the continual advancement of nanotechnologies and their ever-expanding use in more and more industries around the world, international standards must keep pace to ensure the safety and efficiency of this rapidly progressing technology. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently published a Technical Report (TR) that provides guidance for assessing risk when working with nanomaterials.
New research from the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates a more consistent and cost-effective method for making graphene, the atomic-scale material that has promising applications in a variety of fields, and was the subject of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics
BASF Corporation is interested in working collaboratively with other nanomaterial stakeholders and the academic community to provide the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) information on analytical methods which could be used to measure certain nanoscale materials in air, surface water, and soil. The collaborative project, -- known as the Industry Consortium for Environmental Measurement of Nanomaterials (ICEMN) will involve adapting known methods which are used to measure these substances in other media to the analysis of environmental media. The term of the consortium will be at least two years, which can be modified by mutual agreement.
We provide more information on ICEMN below, and ask that you consider joining this voluntary, dues free consortium, and sharing this information with interested others.
Nanotechnology, which refers to research and development at the atomic, molecular, and macromolecular levels, is revolutionizing virtually all technology and industry sectors. With the growth of nanotechnology-based products across multiple disciplines, ensuring the safety and environmental impact of nano products is paramount to tapping into the technology full potential.
http://www.ansi.org/news_publications/news_story.aspx?menuid=7&articleid=2783
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Nanotechnology Standards Panel (NSP) will hold a panel addressing standards for nanomedicine during its upcoming meeting on September 9, 2009, in Chicago.
The panel is being convened as a result of discussions at a March 2008 meeting of the ANSI- NSP, where members identified nanomedicine as an industry sector where the U.S. should take the lead in development of nanotechnology standards.