Handbook of Functionalized Nanomaterials: Environmental Health and Safety discusses the reactive properties of FNMs used in a range of applications, and their toxic impact on the environment.
Nanomaterials have unique properties that can make them highly reactive. This reactivity can cause unwanted interactions with living cells, an increase in oxidative stress or damage to genetic material - resulting in damage to the environment and local wildlife. This negative impact is often further increased after surface functionalization of nanomaterials with other materials which offer unique properties of their own. To ensure environmental safety and ecological balance, rigorous toxicity testing of functionalized nanomaterials (FNMs) is necessary.
This book discusses the toxicological uncertainties of FNMs and the limitations of FNMs in a range of applications. Later chapters propose methods to reliably assess the harm that functionalized nanomaterials can cause to the environment and wildlife, as well covering recent developments in the field of environmental health safety. The book concludes with a discussion on the future prospects of safe functionalized nanomaterials.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contents - p. iii 7. Contributors - p. iii 8. Chapter one. Functionalized polymeric nanomaterials for environmental remediation - p. iii 9. Chapter TWO. Functionalized nanomaterials and the environment - p. iii 10. Chapter THREE. Graphene-functionalized carbon/glass fiber reinforced polymer nanocomposites: fabrication and characterization for manufacturing applications - p. iii 11. Chapter FOUR. NanoSolveIT integration of tools for assessment of human and environmental exposure to nanomaterials - p. iii 12. Chapter FIVE. Toxicity of functionalized nanoparticles: current trends and emerging challenges - p. iii 13. Chapter SIX. Fate and disposition of functionalized nanomaterial in vivo: implication in human health risk assessment - p. iii 14. Chapter SEVEN. Functionalized nanomaterials (FNMS) in terrestial environments: a critical review from bioavailability perspective - p. iii 15. Chapter EIGHT. Occupational health hazards of functionalized nanomaterials (FNMs) - p. iii 16. Chapter NINE. On risks and benefits of nanotechnology: the case of medical applications - p. iii 17. Chapter ten. Life cycle environmental implications of functionalized nanomaterials - p. iii 18. Chapter eleven. Monitoring and sampling of functionalized nanomaterials (FNMs) - p. iii 19. Chapter twelve. Evaluation of the risk and benefit of using functionalized nanomaterials as contrast agents in image-guided radiotherapy: a Monte Carlo study on the imaging dose and contrast enhancement - p. iii 20. Chapter thirteen. Risk assessment and risk management of functionalized nanomaterials - p. iii 21. Chapter Fourteen. Modern policy & decision-making process in the sphere of nanotechnology - p. iii 22. Chapter FIFTEEN. Carbohydrate-derived functionalized nanomaterials for drug delivery and environment remediation - p. iii 23. Chapter Sixteen. The economic contributions of nanotechnology to green and sustainable growth - p. iii 24. Index - p. iii
Handbook of Functionalized Nanomaterials: Environmental Health and Safety discusses the reactive properties of FNMs used in a range of applications, and their toxic impact on the environment.
Nanomaterials have unique properties that can make them highly reactive. This reactivity can cause unwanted interactions with living cells, an increase in oxidative stress or damage to genetic material - resulting in damage to the environment and local wildlife. This negative impact is often further increased after surface functionalization of nanomaterials with other materials which offer unique properties of their own. To ensure environmental safety and ecological balance, rigorous toxicity testing of functionalized nanomaterials (FNMs) is necessary.
This book discusses the toxicological uncertainties of FNMs and the limitations of FNMs in a range of applications. Later chapters propose methods to reliably assess the harm that functionalized nanomaterials can cause to the environment and wildlife, as well covering recent developments in the field of environmental health safety. The book concludes with a discussion on the future prospects of safe functionalized nanomaterials.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contents - p. iii 7. Contributors - p. iii 8. Chapter one. Functionalized polymeric nanomaterials for environmental remediation - p. iii 9. Chapter TWO. Functionalized nanomaterials and the environment - p. iii 10. Chapter THREE. Graphene-functionalized carbon/glass fiber reinforced polymer nanocomposites: fabrication and characterization for manufacturing applications - p. iii 11. Chapter FOUR. NanoSolveIT integration of tools for assessment of human and environmental exposure to nanomaterials - p. iii 12. Chapter FIVE. Toxicity of functionalized nanoparticles: current trends and emerging challenges - p. iii 13. Chapter SIX. Fate and disposition of functionalized nanomaterial in vivo: implication in human health risk assessment - p. iii 14. Chapter SEVEN. Functionalized nanomaterials (FNMS) in terrestial environments: a critical review from bioavailability perspective - p. iii 15. Chapter EIGHT. Occupational health hazards of functionalized nanomaterials (FNMs) - p. iii 16. Chapter NINE. On risks and benefits of nanotechnology: the case of medical applications - p. iii 17. Chapter ten. Life cycle environmental implications of functionalized nanomaterials - p. iii 18. Chapter eleven. Monitoring and sampling of functionalized nanomaterials (FNMs) - p. iii 19. Chapter twelve. Evaluation of the risk and benefit of using functionalized nanomaterials as contrast agents in image-guided radiotherapy: a Monte Carlo study on the imaging dose and contrast enhancement - p. iii 20. Chapter thirteen. Risk assessment and risk management of functionalized nanomaterials - p. iii 21. Chapter Fourteen. Modern policy & decision-making process in the sphere of nanotechnology - p. iii 22. Chapter FIFTEEN. Carbohydrate-derived functionalized nanomaterials for drug delivery and environment remediation - p. iii 23. Chapter Sixteen. The economic contributions of nanotechnology to green and sustainable growth - p. iii 24. Index - p. iii
