ReviewNanoImpact2021
Towards safe and sustainable innovation in nanotechnology: State-of-play for smart nanomaterials.
Review in NanoImpact, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
57 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Optimizing the implementation of safe and sustainable by design to better enable sustainable innovation.iScience · 2025Review
- Nanomaterials for Smart and Sustainable Food Packaging: Nano-Sensing Mechanisms, and Regulatory Perspectives.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- New approach methodologies for in vitro toxicity screening of nanomaterial using a pulmonary three-dimensional floating extracellular matrix model.Journal of biological engineering · 2025Article
- Marketing Strategies in Nanomaterials for Sensor Applications: Bridging Lab to Market.Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ) · 2025Review
- "Twin-Chain" Hydrogels with Tailored Porosity, Surface Roughness, and Cleaning Capabilities.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2025Article
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- Agricultural nanotechnology for a safe and sustainable future: current status, challenges, and beyond.Journal of the science of food and agriculture · 2025Review
- Regulatory pathways and guidelines for nanotechnology-enabled health products: a comparative review of EU and US frameworks.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Nanoformulation innovations: Revolutionizing precision in migraine therapy.Iranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2025Review
- A Nano Risk Governance Portal supporting risk governance of nanomaterials and nano-enabled products.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Review
- Nanotechnology in food systems: opportunities and risks for human health.Biotechnologia · 2025Review
- RETRACTED: Nanotechnology for Healthcare: Plant-Derived Nanoparticles in Disease Treatment and Regenerative Medicine.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Lethal and Sublethal Toxicity of Nanosilver and Carbon Nanotube Composites toNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The European Green Deal, the European Commission's new Action Plan for a Circular Economy, the new European Industrial Strategy and the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability launched in October 2020 are ambitious plans to achieve a sustainable, fair and inclusive European Union's economy. In line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030, these policies require that any new material or product should be not only functional and cost-effective but also safe and sustainable to ensure compliance with regulation and acceptance by consumers. Nanotechnology is one of the technologies that could enable such a green growth. This paper focuses on advanced nanomaterials that actively respond to external stimuli, also known as 'smart nanomaterials', and which are already on the market or in the research and development phase for non-medical applications such as in agriculture, food, food packaging and cosmetics. A review shows that smart nanomaterials and enabled products may present new challenges for safety and sustainability assessment due to their complexity and dynamic behaviour. Moreover, existing regulatory frameworks, in particular in the European Union, are probably not fully prepared to address them. What is missing today is a systematic and comprehensive approach that allows for considering sustainability aspects hand in hand with safety considerations very early on at the material design stage. We call on innovators, scientists and authorities to further develop and promote the 'Safe- and Sustainable-by-Design' concept in nanotechnology and propose some initiatives to go into this direction.
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