Nanotechnology Safety (eBook)

Nanotechnology Safety, Second Edition outlines the safety, regulatory, and environmental issues related to nanotechnology by industry, offering guidelines in assessing the risks and discussing the legal and social-economical issues involved with current safety regulations. This new edition is fully revised and updated, providing in-depth information on new and current nanomaterials, their industrial applications, toxicity levels, and protections systems in various fields. This valuable resource remains an indispensable resource for academia and industries, covering detailed information on recent processes and nanosystems. It provides engineers, scientists, teachers, students, technicians, and policymakers with a general guide and information for future studies and manufacturing of nanomaterials. The usage of nanosystems, nanomaterials, nano-devices, etc. permeates all aspects of society. Cancer targeting and curing nanosystems are used in the biomedical and pharmaceutical industries, as are lightweight energy absorbing or blast-proof nanohybrid materials in the aerospace, automotive, marine industries, and high efficiency energy harvesting nanomaterials, etc. - Features new toxicity studies of nanomaterials, their impact in many industries, and future trends in nanomaterials and nanosafety - Explains the fundamentals, ethics, regulatory, and environmental issues of nanosafety and how they shape the emerging nanotechnology industry and markets - Includes an extensive lists of glossary terms, terminologies, and concepts needed for Material Data Safety Sheets - Discusses the relevance and specificity of nanosafety issues per industry and includes discussions on the 'Homeland Security and Infrastructure Industries' of interest to society in general - Outlines the legal and intellectual property ramifications of nanotechnology and its impact on productivity and society

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The second edition of Nanotechnology Safety outlines the safety, regulatory, and environmental issues related to nanotechnology per industry, offering guidelines for risk assessment and discussion of the legal and social-economic issues related to nanotechnology. This book serves as a guide to implementing nanotechnology in compliance with the current safety regulations. This revised edition is updated and provides full details of the latest advances in nanomaterials and nanotechnology, including their industrial applications, toxicity levels, and protection systems. Nanotechnology Safety remains an indispensable resource for academia and industries, offering updates on recent processes and nanosystems, the latest information about nanomanufacturing and their products for various industries, and information about legislative policies of nanomaterials, waste stream classifications, safety goals, processing facilities, and market developments for new products. The book provides researchers, academics, students, and policymakers with information for research into and the manufacturing of nanomaterials. - Offers updates on most recent advances, featuring new toxicity studies of nanomaterials, their impact in many industries, and providing future trends in nanomaterials and nanosafety and their emerging role in society- Discusses the fundamentals, ethics, and regulatory and environmental issues of nanosafety and how they shape the emerging industry and markets- Includes extensive lists of glossary terms, terminologies, and concepts needed for Material Data Safety Sheets- Discusses the relevance of nanosafety, including the "e;Homeland Security and Infrastructure Industries."e; Includes nanotechnology risk assessment and delineates and quantifies the risk assessment of nanotechnology safety- Outlines the legal and intellectual property ramifications of nanotechnology and its impact on productivity and society