Health and Environmental Safety of Nanomaterials

Polymer Nanocomposites and Other Materials Containing Nanoparticles

James Njuguna, Krzysztof Pielichowski, Huijun Zhu

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2021
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9780128205105
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Industrial Health & Safety
• Index: Technology & Engineering

The first edition of Health and Environmental Safety of Nanomaterials: Polymer Nanocomposites and Other Materials Containing Nanoparticles was published in 2014, but since that time, new developments in the field of nanomaterials safety have emerged, both at release and exposure, along with the expanding applications of the nanomaterials side. Numerous studies have been dedicated to the issue of biophysical interactions of nanoparticles with the human body at the organ, cellular, and molecular levels. In this second edition, all the chapters have been brought fully up to date. There are also four brand new chapters on the biophysical interaction of nanoparticles with the human body; advanced modeling approaches to help elucidate the nanorisks; safety measures at work with nanoparticles; and the health and environmental risks of graphene. It provides key knowledge and information needs for all those who are working in the research and development sector and need to learn more about the safety of nanomaterials. - Focuses on the health and safety of polymer nanocomposites and other materials containing nanoparticles, as well as their medical and environmental implications - Discusses the fundamental nature of various biophysical interactions of nanoparticles with the human body - Looks at the physico-chemistry of nanoparticles and their uptake, translocation, transformation, transport, and biodistribution in mammalian and plant systems - Presents the structure–activity relationships and modeling of the interactions of nanoparticles with biological molecules, biochemical pathways, analysis of biomolecular signatures, and the development of biomarkers

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of contributors
• Preface
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• 1 : Nanomaterials, nanofillers, and nanocomposites: types and properties
• 2 : Mechanisms of toxicity of engineered nanoparticles: adverse outcome pathway for dietary silver nanoparticles in mussels
• 3 : Safety, regulation, and policy
• 4 : Measurement, testing, and characterization of airborne nanoparticles released from machining of nanoreinforced composites
• 5 : A study on the nanoparticle emissions into environment during mechanical drilling of polyester, polypropylene, and epoxy nanocomposite materials
• 6 : Scenario simulation at laboratory scale for the assessment of the release of engineered nanomaterials
• 7 : A life cycle perspective of the exposure to airborne nanoparticles released from nanotechnology enabled products and applications
• 8 : Nanomaterials at industrial workplace—an overview on safety
• 9 : Clay minerals and solutions for green environment and human health
• 10 : Ecotoxicology effects of carbon nanotubes
• 11 : Analysis and correlations of metal-organic frameworks: applications and toxicity
• 12 : The safety assessment of food chemicals in the nanoscale
• 13 : Effects of nanomaterials on the benthic ecosystem: a case study with the snail Lymnaea stagnalis
• 14 : Thermal degradation, flammability, and potential toxicity of polymer nanocomposites
• 15 : Nanoparticles as flame retardants in polymer materials: mode of action, synergy effects, and health/environmental risks
• 16 : QSAR and machine learning modeling of toxicity of nanomaterials: a risk assessment approach
• 17 : Life cycle assessment of engineered nanomaterials
• 18 : Recycling of materials containing inorganic and carbonaceous nanomaterials
• Index
• A