Project description
An open e-infrastructure to making nanomaterials safer by design
As the use of functional engineered nanomaterials and nano-enabled products becomes more widespread, so too will concerns around their safety and impact on humans and the environment. The EU-funded NanoUptake project plans to develop an open e-infrastructure that will help guide the development of 'safe-by-design' nanomaterials. The platform will foster dialogue and collaboration among various actors involved in the nanomaterial supply chain. It will provide resources that will aid the design of high-performance nanomaterials with minimal hazard and development costs. Cost–benefit analysis algorithms will help find the best compromise between safety and technical performance in line with industrial requirements. NanoUptake offers a unique opportunity to promote open science for nanomaterials and explore exposure risk, considering their sheer number and diversity.
Objective
A major challenge for the global nanotechnology sector is the development of safe and functional engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and nano-enabled products (NEPs). In this context, the application of the Safe-by-Design (SbD) concept has been adopted recently by the nanosafety community as a means to dampen human health and environmental risks, applying preventive safety measures during the design stage of a facility, process, material or product. However and despite its importance, SbD prescriptions are still in their infancy, and are hampered among other things by the lack of comprehensive data about the performance, hazard and release potential of the great variety of NEPs in use.
SbD4Nano addresses that problem creating a comprehensive new e-infrastructure to foster dialogue and collaboration between all actors in the supply chain for a knowledge-driven definition of SbD setups that optimize hazard, technical performance and economic costs. Our project developes a validated rapid hazard profiling module, coupled to a new exposure-driven modelling framework to reduce toxicity. This safe-born material also undergoes a cost-benefit analysis algorithm to find the best compromise between safety and a industrially convenient technical performance. Finally, a new software interface where product information can be exchanged between the supply chain participants is the tool that wraps up, finishing the collaborative spirit of SbD4Nano between regulators, researchers and industry. Coherently with its goals, our SbD4Nano project is international and open-scienced in essence, with the clear aim of impacting the EU policies as well as directly and clearly benefiting the citizen.
Fields of science
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
46980 Paterna
Spain
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
Participants (23)
34956 Istanbul
See on map
75015 PARIS 15
See on map
2629 HD Delft
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
4715-330 Braga
See on map
2595 DA Den Haag
See on map
40129 Bologna Bo
See on map
8010 Graz
See on map
91301 Forchheim
See on map
Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
PR3 3JP Longridge Preston
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
09007 Burgos
See on map
26370 Navarrete
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
73010 Arnesano (Lecce)
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
10144 Torino
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
Participation ended
03001 Alicante
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
40050 Monte San Pietro Bo
See on map
1000 Sofia
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
144 51 METAMORFOSIS
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
43003 Tarragona
See on map
44121 Ferrara
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
46022 Valencia
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
Participation ended
46980 Paterna, Valencia
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
6200 MD Maastricht
See on map
EH14 4AP Edinburgh
See on map
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.