Sustainable Nanotechnology Conference 2015

Session

5C Life cycle thinking & LCA

11 Mar 2015, 11:00

NH Laguna Palace Hotel

Contribution list Timetable

85. Sustainable Nanoproducts through Life Cycle Thinking and Life-Cycle Assessment

Michael Steinfeldt (Universität Bremen)

11/03/2015, 11:00

Parallel session 5C: Life cycle thinking & LCA

Nanotechnology is frequently described as an enabling technology and fundamental innovation, i.e. it is expected to lead to numerous innovative developments in the most diverse fields of technology and areas of application in society and the marketplace with sustainable and environmental benefits [1, 2, 3]. As a result and to enable sustainable nanoproducts in a life cycle perspective, the...

86. Nanomaterials release from product´s life cycle: the GUIDEnano project

Alejandro Vilchez (LEITAT Technological Center)

11/03/2015, 11:30

Parallel session 5C: Life cycle thinking & LCA

Additional Authors: Stefano Zuin, Venice Research Consortium, Via della Libertà 12, 30175 Venice / Italy Socorro Vázquez-Campos, LEITAT Technological Center, c/ de la Innovació, 2, 08225, Barcelona / Spain Abstract: Currently the potential impacts of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) on humans and the environment have generated considerable research interest, since their use and diversity of...

87. Probabilistic modelling of prospective environmental concentrations of Gold nanoparticles from medical applications as a basis for risk assessment

Indrani Mahapatra (School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham)

11/03/2015, 12:00

Parallel session 5C: Life cycle thinking & LCA

Unique physical and chemical properties and ease of surface functionalisation of GNPs makes it attractive for widespread use in the medical field. GNPs can be used as imaging agents, targeted delivery of therapeutic agents, photodynamic and photothermal therapy, detection of biomarkers, immunoassays, antibacterial, etc. However, mass production and use might give rise to potentially new...

88. Silver nanoparticles biokinetics study by mathematical modelling of their transport in living organism

Vyacheslav A. Demin (National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, 123182 Russia, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technologies, Moscow Russia)

11/03/2015, 12:30

Parallel session 5C: Life cycle thinking & LCA

V.A. Demin 1,2, I.V. Gmoshinsky 3, V.F. Demin 1,2, A.A. Antsiferova 1,2, P.K. Kashkarov 1,2,4 1 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region, 141700 Russia 2 National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, 123182 Russia 3 RAS Scientific Research Institute of Nutrition, Moscow, 109240 Russia 4 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991 Russia In this work we...