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.
1. Nanotechnology Safety - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. i 4. Table of Contents - p. i 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedications - p. v 7. Contributors - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xvii 9. Chapter 1 Nanotechnology emerging trends, markets and concerns - p. 1 10. Chapter 2 Fundamentals of safety - p. 23 11. Chapter 3 Safety and ethics of nanotechnology - p. 43 12. Chapter 4 Regulatory and environmental issues of nanotechnology safety - p. 59 13. Chapter 5 Nanotechnology safety in the automotive industry - p. 77 14. Chapter 6 Nanotechnology safety in biomedical industry - p. 97 15. Chapter 7 Nanotechnology safety in aerospace industry - p. 115 16. Chapter 8 Nanotechnology safety in construction and infrastructure industries - p. 135 17. Chapter 9 Nanoparticle approaches for food safety applications: Historical and current perspectives - p. 157 18. Chapter 10 Nanotechnology safety in energy industry - p. 187 19. Chapter 11 Nanotechnology safety in the electronics and telecommunications industries - p. 207 20. Chapter 12 Nanotechnology safety in the marine industry - p. 229 21. Chapter 13 Nanotechnology safety in sensors and security industries - p. 251 22. Chapter 14 Nanotechnology risk assessment - p. 283 23. Chapter 15 Nanotechnology safety certification - p. 297 24. Chapter 16 Nanotechnology safety in semiconductor industry - p. 311 25. Chapter 17 Nanotechnology safety in solar energy industry - p. 321 26. Chapter 18 Physical and biochemical risk phenomena in nanotechnology - p. 335 27. Index - p. 353
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.
1. Nanotechnology Safety - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. i 4. Table of Contents - p. i 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedications - p. v 7. Contributors - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xvii 9. Chapter 1 Nanotechnology emerging trends, markets and concerns - p. 1 10. Chapter 2 Fundamentals of safety - p. 23 11. Chapter 3 Safety and ethics of nanotechnology - p. 43 12. Chapter 4 Regulatory and environmental issues of nanotechnology safety - p. 59 13. Chapter 5 Nanotechnology safety in the automotive industry - p. 77 14. Chapter 6 Nanotechnology safety in biomedical industry - p. 97 15. Chapter 7 Nanotechnology safety in aerospace industry - p. 115 16. Chapter 8 Nanotechnology safety in construction and infrastructure industries - p. 135 17. Chapter 9 Nanoparticle approaches for food safety applications: Historical and current perspectives - p. 157 18. Chapter 10 Nanotechnology safety in energy industry - p. 187 19. Chapter 11 Nanotechnology safety in the electronics and telecommunications industries - p. 207 20. Chapter 12 Nanotechnology safety in the marine industry - p. 229 21. Chapter 13 Nanotechnology safety in sensors and security industries - p. 251 22. Chapter 14 Nanotechnology risk assessment - p. 283 23. Chapter 15 Nanotechnology safety certification - p. 297 24. Chapter 16 Nanotechnology safety in semiconductor industry - p. 311 25. Chapter 17 Nanotechnology safety in solar energy industry - p. 321 26. Chapter 18 Physical and biochemical risk phenomena in nanotechnology - p. 335 27. Index - p. 353
