Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
table .
u.s. goernment supported Research on nanotechnology enironmental
Measurements
Project title
sponsor
anticipated end Year
Biological.Fate.and.Electron.Microscopy.Detection.of.
Nanoparticles.during.Wastewater.Treatment
EPA
2010
Development.of.Detection.Techniques.and.Diagnostics.for.
Airborne.Carbon.Nanotubes
DOE
2007
Fate.and.Transport.of.Carbon.Nanotubes.in.Unsaturated.and.
Saturated.Soils
EPA
2008
Identifying.and.Regulating.Environmental.Impacts.of.
Nanomaterials
NSF
2007
Monitoring.and.Characterizing.Airborne.Carbon.Nanotube.
Particles
NIOSH
2008
New.Instruments.for.Real-Time,.High.Resolution.
Characterization.of.Nanoparticles.in.the.Environment
NSF
2007
understanding.how.nanoparticles.are.released.in.the.workplace.and.how.they.can.be.
monitored.and.exposure.controlled..Research.Project.14.is.an.exposure.study.of.TiO
2
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in.manufacturing.and.end-user.facilities.using.a.variety.of.monitoring.techniques.
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u.s. goernment-sponsored Research
The.Project.on.Emerging.Nanotechnologies.of.the.Woodrow.Wilson.International.
Center. for. Scholars. in. Arlington,. Virginia,. is. developing. an. inventory. of. govern-
ment-sponsored. research. into. the. environmental,. health,. and. safety. implications.
of. nanotechnology. [56].. While. the. intent. of. this. inventory. is. to. include. research.
projects.on.an.international.basis,.the.current.listing.is.dominated.by.projects.sup-
ported.by.U.S..agencies..Included.in.these.are.several.funded.by.the.U.S..EPA,.the.
Department.of.Energy.(DOE),.the.National.Science.Foundation.(NSF),.and.NIOSH.
that.should.provide.information.on.environmental.measurements..Current.projects.
included.in.this.inventory.that.are.of.particular.relevance.to.environmental.measure-
ments.include.those.listed.in.Table.5.4.
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national institute of standards and technology (nist)
In.early.2006,.the.National.Institute.of.Standards.and.Technology.(NIST).launched.a.
new.state-of-the-art.Center.for.Nanoscale.Science.and.Technology.(CNST).[57]..The.
CNST. is. speciically. dedicated. to. developing. the. measurement. methods. and. tools.
needed. to. support. all. phases. of. the. nanotechnology. industry.. While. the. Center's.
focus. is. not. speciically. toward. environmental. methods. or. analyses,. measurement.
advances. for. discovery,. development,. and. manufacturing. of. nanoparticles. should.
have.applicability.in.monitoring.their.presence.and.effects.in.the.environment.
NIST. has. responsibility. for. the. development. and. supply. of. standard. reference.
materials. for. analyses. of. various. chemicals. and. materials.. Academic. laboratories.
