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Nanomaterial research strategy /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Purcell, Earl B (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2010]
Colección:Nanotechnology science and technology series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""NANOMATERIAL RESEARCH STRATEGY""; ""NANOMATERIAL RESEARCH STRATEGY""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""DRAFT NANOMATERIAL RESEARCH STRATEGY (NRS) ""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ""; ""1.0. INTRODUCTION1 ""; ""2.0. BACKGROUND ""; ""2.1. US National Nanotechnology Initiative""; ""2.2. Environment, Health, and Safety Focus""; ""2.3. EPA Regulatory Role""; ""2.4. ORB Research Accomplishments ""; ""2.4.1. ORB Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program""; ""2.4.2. ORDâ€?s In-house Research Program""; ""2.5. Collaboration/ Leveraging ""; ""3.0. RESEARCH STRATEGY OVERVIEW""
  • ""3.1. ORB Scientific Expertise Applied to Nanomaterials2""""3.1.1. Fate and Transport Expertise and Capabilities""; ""3.1.2. Human and Ecological Effects Expertise and Capabilities""; ""3.1.3. Computational Toxicology Expertise and Capabilities""; ""3.1.4. Risk Assessment Expertise and Capabilities ""; ""3.1.5. Source Characterization and Risk Management Expertise and Capabilities ""; ""3.1.6. Exposure Expertise and Capabilities""; ""3.2. Strategic Direction of Research Themes and Science Questions ""; ""4.0. RESEARCH THEMES ""
  • ""4.1. Research Theme: Sources, Fate, Transport, and Exposure """"4.1.1. Key Science Question 1: Which nanomaterials have a high potential for release from a life-cycle perspective? ""; ""4.1.1.1. Background/Program Relevance""; ""4.1.1.2. Research Activities""; ""4.1.1.3. Anticipated Outcomes ""; ""4.1.2. Key Science Question 2: What technologies exist, can be modified, or must be developed to detect and quantify engineered nanomaterials in environmental media and biological samples? ""; ""4.1.2.1. Background/ Program Relevance""; ""4.1.2.2. Research Activities ""
  • ""4.1.2.3. Anticipated Outcomes """"4.1.3 Key Science Question 3: What are the major processes/properties that govern the environmental fate of engineered nanomaterials, and how are these related to physical and chemical properties of those materials? ""; ""4.1.3.1. Background/Program Relevance ""; ""4.1.3.2. Research Activities""; ""4.1.3.3. Anticipated Outcomes""; ""4.1.4. Key Science Question 4: What are the exposures that will result from releases of engineered nanomaterials? ""; ""4.1.4.1. Background/ Program Relevance""; ""4.1.4.2. Research Activities ""
  • ""4.1.4.3. Anticipated Outcomes """"4.2. Research Theme: Human Health and Ecological Effects Research to Inform Risk Assessments and Test Methods ""; ""4.2.1. Key Science Question 5: What are the effects of engineered nanomaterials and their applications on human and ecological receptors, and how can these effects best be quantified and predicted? ""; ""4.2.2. Background/Program Relevance""; ""4.2.3. Research Activities""; ""Ecological effects""; ""4.2.4. Anticipated Outcomes""; ""4.3. Research Theme: Developing Risk Assessment Methods""