Nanomaterials Safer-by-Design: An Environmental Safety Perspective

Sijie Lin; Tianyu Yu; Zhenyang Yu; Xialin Hu; Daqiang Yin

doi:10.1002/adma.201705691

Nanomaterials Safer-by-Design: An Environmental Safety Perspective

Adv Mater. 2018 Apr;30(17):e1705691. doi: 10.1002/adma.201705691. Epub 2018 Feb 13.

Authors

Sijie Lin¹, Tianyu Yu¹, Zhenyang Yu¹, Xialin Hu¹, Daqiang Yin¹

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.

PMID: 29436017
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201705691

Abstract

Designing safer nanomaterials and nanostructures has gained increasing attention in the field of nanoscience and technology in recent years. Based on the body of experimental evidence contributed by environmental health and safety studies, materials scientists now have a better grasp on the relationships between the nanomaterials' physicochemical characteristics and their hazard/safety profiles. Therefore, it is expected that an integration of design synthesis and safety assessment will foster nanomaterials safer-by-design by considering both applications and implications. From the environmental safety perspective, the most recent advances that demonstrate effective nanomaterials safer-by-design are highlighted.

Keywords: environmental safety; nanomaterials; safer-by-design.

Publication types

Review