Tewodros Asefa
(Rutgers University at New Brunswick)
10/03/2015, 11:00
Parallel session 3A: Safer by design products, production and processes
The lack of sustainable and efficient catalysts for many renewable energy applications (e.g., fuel cells and water splitting) and the unabated negative environmental impacts of fossil fuels remain among the most pressing issues facing the world today. In this talk I will discuss my research group’s recent effort s on the synthesis of heteroatomdoped metalfree or noble...
Martin Mullins
(University of Limerick)
10/03/2015, 11:30
Parallel session 3A: Safer by design products, production and processes
Despite the widespread use of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies, little is known about the characteristics of the firms that comprise the industry. For instance, despite many studies opening with forecasts of a rapidly evolving industry with projected revenues of billions of euro, the industry’s boundaries are not clearly delineated. By virtue of dealing with materials or technologies on a...
Simona Ortelli
(ISTEC-CNR, Italy)
10/03/2015, 12:00
Parallel session 3A: Safer by design products, production and processes
The growing importance of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and their applications justifies the European successful promotion and growth of a nano-safety research. It is widely accepted that material designers, engineers, health and safety professionals, business leaders, should converge efforts to develop “Safety by design” (SbD) tools and implementing safer manufacturing processes. The...
Valentina Marassi
(University of Bologna)
10/03/2015, 12:30
Parallel session 3A: Safer by design products, production and processes
Colloidal silver nanoparticles are known for their antimicrobial applications in everyday life items, and their use in commercial products is increasing; to investigate how and if nanoparticles may present harm for the environment and organisms, a characterization of their behavior in environmental/physiological media is required besides size, shape, activity and stability assessment....