NIA Projects

SAFETY ASSESSMENT:

RIP-oNs - REACH Implementation Plans on Nanomaterials: 'Scientific and technical Support for Nanomaterials'

NANEX - Development of Exposure Scenarios for Manufactured Nanomaterials

PROSPEcT - Ecotoxicology Test Protocols for Representative Nanomaterials in Support of the OECD Sponsorship Programme

CNT - Life-Cycle Analysis - Research into the likelihood and possible pathway of human exposure via inhalation arising throughout the lifecycle of a selection of commercially available articles containing carbon nanotubes

NanoImaging - Detection of Engineered Nanomaterials in the Environment: Available techniques and potential for applied techniques from nanomedicine and nanotoxicology

RefNanoCLAYM - Lead-Sponsorship, Characterisation and Testing of Reference Nanoclay Materials within the OECD Sponsorship Programme

Global-NanoMaPPP - Global PPP for the Integrated Measurement and Testing of Reference NanoMaterials in support of the OECD WPMN Sponsorship Programme


BENEFITS OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES:

Valuing Nanotechnologies - Methodology for estimating, in monetary terms, the benefits of nanotechnology


COMMUNICATION:

INGENIOUS - Public Communication & Applied Ethics of Nanotechnology


COMMERCIALISATION:

Nano2Market - Best Practices for IPR and Technology Transfer in Nanotechnology Development


MARKET-SPECIFIC R&D:

NanoHex - Transforming the Future of Heat Management



NanoImaging - Detection of Engineered Nanomaterials in the Environment: Available techniques and potential for applied techniques from nanomedicine and nanotoxicology

The aim of the NanoImaging project is to recommend a way forward on how to tackle the challenge of engineered nanomaterial detection in the environment. To achieve this aim a review of available analytical techniques for the characterisation and detection of engineered nanomaterials as well as labelling and tagging tools used in nanomedicine and nanotoxicology will be performed. 

This will be supported by a telephone survey of manufacturers on applied surface coatings of nanomaterials to harmonize possible techniques with relevant nanoparticle properties. In a final report the data will be collated and advantages and limitations of the identified techniques will be discussed and the most promising techniques to detect engineered nanomaterials in the environment will be highlighted. Suggestions for future research will be given.

(Funded by DEFRA)