Nanotechnology Safety

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.

• Features new toxicity studies of nanomaterials, their impact in many industries, and future trends in nanomaterials and nanosafety
• Explains the fundamentals, ethics, regulatory, and environmental issues of nanosafety and how they shape the emerging nanotechnology industry and markets
• Includes an extensive lists of glossary terms, terminologies, and concepts needed for Material Data Safety Sheets
• Discusses the relevance and specificity of nanosafety issues per industry and includes discussions on the "Homeland Security and Infrastructure Industries" of interest to society in general
• Outlines the legal and intellectual property ramifications of nanotechnology and its impact on productivity and society