Project description
Sustainable nanomaterials by design
The main goal of the EU-funded SUNSHINE project is to develop safe and sustainable-by-design strategies for multi-component nanomaterials, including those with high aspect ratio nanoparticles – nanoparticles with a length many times that of their width. To this end, the project will generate essential knowledge, tools and data on nanomaterial exposure, hazard and functionality characteristics. To facilitate the uptake and utilisation of sustainable nanomaterial design strategies by the industry, and especially SMEs, the project will deliver them as part of a user-friendly e-infrastructure. This should facilitate collaboration and information exchange between actors along the entire nanotechnology supply chain and enable a risk-benefit analysis at each stage of the innovation process to ensure that they are safe for humans and the environment.
Objective
The main goal of SUNSHINE is to develop and implement S&SbD strategies for products enabled by multi-component (advanced) nanomaterials (MCNM), including high aspect-ratio nanomaterials (HARNs). To this end, the project will generate essential knowledge, tools and data on the exposure, hazard and functionality characteristics of these materials, especially those arising from their unique properties and interactions (e.g. mixture effects due to the multi-component nature of the materials). To facilitate the uptake and utilisation of the S&SbD strategies by industry, especially SMEs, we will deliver them as part of a user-friendly e-infrastructure designed to: (1) facilitate collaboration and information exchange between actors along nanotechnology supply chains (developers, producers, downstream users) to promote the development and implementation of S&SbD strategies for MCNM-based materials, products and processes; (2) support SMEs and large industries in the selection and application of simple, robust and cost-effective experimental, modelling and grouping/read-across approaches to acquire/generate the data needed to test the effectiveness of the S&SbD strategies; (3) enable risk-benefit analysis of the S&SbD-modified materials and products at each stage of the innovation process to ensure that they are safe for the human health and the environment without compromising their technical and/or commercial probability of success The S&SbD strategies that are effective in reducing the risks from MCNMs, while retaining product performance and economic viability, will be proposed for full scale industrial implementation. In addition, the project will contribute to Regulatory Preparedness by providing recommendations on improvement and adaptation of the current regulatory hazard, exposure and risk assessment guidance (e.g. REACH, Biocides, Consumer Products, Food and Feed, Medical Technologies) and standard guidelines (OECD, ISO, CEN) for MCNMs.
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30123 Venezia
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Participants (37)
48149 Muenster
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3721 MA Bilthoven
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1049 Bruxelles / Brussel
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SA2 8PP Swansea
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30121 VENEZIA
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EH14 4AS Edinburgh
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157 80 ATHINA
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2 Dublin
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28006 Madrid
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75794 Paris
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75654 Paris
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16126 Genova
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11251 ATHINA
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EH14 4AP Edinburgh
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8600 Dubendorf
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46980 Paterna
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69003 Lyon
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1120 Bruxelles / Brussel
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20009 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN (GIPUZKOA)
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26370 Navarrete
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14014 CORDOBA
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12006 CASTELLON
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46022 Valencia
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3364 Leudelange
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00185 Roma
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5212 Hausen
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1799 Sofia
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91301 Forchheim
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42015 Correggio Re
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2125 Randburg
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27708 Durham Nc
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85281 Tempe
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305-340 DAEJEON
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100190 BEIJING
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29685 Sunset
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305606 DAEJEON
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15561 CHOLARGOS
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