Nanocharacterization, Materials Modeling, and Research Integrity as Enablers of Sound Risk Assessment: Designing Responsible Nanotechnology.
Small
; 16(36): e2001590, 2020 09.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32656997
ABSTRACT
Nanotechnology, as a mature enabling technology, has great potential to boost societal welfare. However, nanomaterials' current and foreseen applications raise serious concerns about their impact on human health and the environment. These concerns emerge because a reliable risk assessment in nanotechnology is yet to be achieved. The reasons for such a shortcoming are the inherent difficulties in characterizing nanomaterials properties. The interaction of characterization with modeling is an open issue and, due to overarching concerns about the reliability of research results, usually framed within the context of research integrity. This essay explores the connection between these different, but deeply intertwined concerns and the way they enable the production of responsible nanotechnology, i.e., nanotechnology devoted to societal welfare.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Risk Assessment
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Nanotechnology
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Nanostructures
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Small
Journal subject:
ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Greece