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1 NANOMICEX
Mitigation of risk and control of exposure in
nanotechnology based inks and pigments
NanoSafetyCluster - Compendium 2012
Contract Agreement: Under Negotiation Website: http://www.nanomicex-fp7.eu
Coordinator: Carlos Fito, Packaging, Transport and Logistics Research Center , Valencia, Spain
No. Beneficiary name Short name Country
1 Packaging, Transport and logistics research center ITENE Spain
2 LEITAT Technological Centre LEITAT Spain
3 Institute of Occupational Medicine IOM United Kingdom
4 Heriot-Watt University HWU United Kingdom
5 Yeditepe University Y.U. Turkey
6 University of Aveiro U.A. Portugal
7 Nanotechnology Industries Association NIA Belgium
8 Tec Star S.r.l. TECStar Italy
9 Ardeje Ardeje France
10 Pinturas Montó, S.A.U. MONTÓ Spain
11 Plasmachem GmbH PLASMACHEM Germany
12 Torrecid, S.A. TORRECID Spain
Contents
1 NANOMICEX .............................................................................. 141
1 Summary .................................................................................... 141
2 Background ............................................................................... 142
3 Concept and Objectives ............................................................ 143
3.1 Project Concept ...................................................................... 143
3.2 Project Objectives .................................................................. 143
4 Overall view of the Workplan ................................................... 143
1 Summary
Nanotechnology and in particular, the use of nanoparticles in ink
and pigment formulations have a great potential for new
applications, leading to products with new or enhanced properties,
and opening new market opportunities. Consequently, many
promising applications emerge nowadays, based on the use of
nanoparticles such as FexOy, TiO2, ZnO, Quantum dots or Mixedmetal
oxides at the nanoscale, which confer a wide range of
properties to the final products, covering the most requested
properties in pigment/inks applications for the nearest future.
The workpackages and their interdependence are shown
schematically below: .................................................................144
5 Advances over the state of the art ........................................... 145
6 Impact ....................................................................................... 146
7 Directory ................................................................................... 146
8 Copyright ................................................................................... 147
Project Duration: 1 March 2012 – 29 February 2014
Project Funding: 3.5 Mio. EUR
Due to the extraordinary possibilities derived from the application
of nanotechnologies the use of engineered nanoparticles is
steadily increasing, however their use raise many questions and
generate concerns due to the fragmentary scientific knowledge of
their health and environmental impacts. The uncertainties are
great because the properties exhibited by such particles are often
exceedingly different to those demonstrated by bulk forms,
affecting their physicochemical and biological behaviour, which
results, in more toxic properties. In this sense, It is known that
exits a causal association between exposure to NPs with human
diseases, as well as environmental pollution, considering that NPs
can be released to the ecosystem. Moreover, airborne NPs can be
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