nanoEHS Series: Capstone: Risk Management Methods & Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications of Nanotechnology

Subject Area:
NNI Workshop Presentations and Materials
Instrumentation Research, Metrology and Standards for Nanotechnology
Environmental Health and Safety
Author: NSET/NEHI
Publication Date: Mar. 30 2010

Description:

This workshop was part of the nanoEHS workshop series. Below are the workshop agenda, materials, and presentations.

View the official workshop report here.

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Clayton Teague, NNCO, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office | 463 KB

Jeff Morris, EPA, Workshop Scope and Goals | 100 KB

Carlos Pena, FDA, Welcome | 314 KB

Gary Marchant, Arizona State University, Risk Management of Nanotechnology | 394 KB

Greg Lowry, Carnegie Mellon University, Challenges to Rick Assessment | 646 KB

Pilar Ossorio, University of Wisconsin Law School, ELSI Perspective | 88 KB

Barbara Herr Harthorn, University of California, Santa Barbara, ELSI Perspective | 488 KB

Case Senario | 36 KB


Nanotechnology Fact

Nanotechnology is the understanding and control of matter at dimensions between approximately 1 and 100 nanometers (nm), where unique phenomena enable novel applications not feasible when working with bulk materials or even with single atoms or molecules. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. A sheet of paper is about 100,000 nanometers thick; a single gold atom is about a third of a nanometer in diameter.

Researchers seeking to understand the fundamentals of properties at the nanoscale call their work nanoscience; those focused on effective use of the properties call their work nanoengineering.

Encompassing nanoscale science, engineering, and technology, nanotechnology involves imaging, measuring, modeling, and manipulating matter at the nanoscale.

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