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Safer Nanoformulation for the Next Decade

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Green Processes for Nanotechnology

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Nanotechnology is one of the exciting, albeit infrequent, technological change that can influence all industries. It holds the potential for pervasive and revolutionary changes. These changes can either follow a path leading to waste, pollution and energy inefficiency or follow a path of green nanotechnology to a more sustainable future. It is our choice while the window of opportunity still remains open. Green nanotechnology offers the opportunity to head off adverse effects before they occur. It can proactively influence the design of nanomaterials or products by eliminating or minimizing pollution from the production of the nanomaterials, taking a life cycle approach to nanoproducts to estimate and mitigate where environmental impact might occur in the product chain, designing toxicity out of nanomaterials and using nanomaterial to remediate existing environmental problem.

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Abbreviations

AgNP:

Silver nanoparticle

AuNP:

Gold nanoparticle

DRAM:

Dynamic random access memory

ENM:

Engineered nanomaterial

HF:

Hydrogen fluoride

HTS:

High throughput screening

IGC:

Inert gas condensation

LDH:

Lactate dehydrogenase

MNP:

Magnetic nanoparticle

MTS:

3-(4,5 Dimethylthiazol-2yl)-5-(3-carbonymethyl-2-(4sulphonyl)-2H-tetrazolium salt

MTT:

3-(4,5 Dimethylthiazol-2yl)-2,5 diphenyltetrazolium bromide

QNTR:

Quantitative nanostructure toxicity relationship

QSAR:

Quantitative structure-activity relationship

REACH:

Registration evaluation and authorization of chemicals

Sb2O3 :

Antimony trioxide

SRAM:

Selective random access memory

SRM:

Standard reference nanomaterials

TiO2 :

Titanium dioxide

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We acknowledge the Vice Chancellor, Prof. R.L. Hangloo for his interest in this work and PURSE programme, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, for their support.

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