Nanoparticle toxicology, an emergent field, works toward establishing the hazard of
nanoparticles, and therefore their potential risk, in light of the increased use and likelihood of …

During the past 20 years, improvements in nanoscale materials synthesis and
characterization have given scientists great control over the fabrication of materials with …

The increasing use of nanomaterials in consumer and industrial products has aroused
global concern regarding their fate in biological systems, resulting in a demand for parallel …

Nanoparticles are an emerging class of functional materials defined by size-dependent
properties. Application fields range from medical imaging, new drug delivery technologies to …

The evaluation of engineered nanomaterial safety has been hindered by conflicting reports
demonstrating differential degrees of toxicity with the same nanoparticles. The unique …

Due to the rapid development of a diverse array of nanoparticles, used in a wide variety of
products, there are now many international activities to assess the potential toxicity of these …

In this report we present the findings from a nanotoxicology workshop held 6–7 April 2006 at
the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. Over 2 days, 26 …

Nanotechnology is a rapidly emerging field of great interest and promise. As new materials
are developed and commercialized, hazard information also needs to be generated to …

Nanotechnology is currently undergoing an impressive expansion in material science
research and development of systems that have novel properties due to their small size …

The number of newly engineered nanomaterials is vastly increasing along with their
applications. Despite the fact that there is a lot of interest and effort is being put into the …