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INSTANT
Innovative Sensor for the fast Analysis of
Nanoparticles in Selected Target Products
NanoSafetyCluster - Compendium 2012
Contract Agreement: NMP4-SE-2012-280550 Website:
Coordinator: Günther gauglitz, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Tübingen, Germany
No. Beneficiary name Short name Country
1 Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen EKUT Germany
2 Biametrics GmbH BM Germany
3 University of Umeå UmU Sweden
4 University of Vienna UNIVIE Austria
5 University of Cordoba, Department of Analytical Chemistry UCO Spain
6 Sitex45 SITEX Romania
7 Sociedad de Investigación en Nanoestructuras S.L SIANTEC Spain
8 BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing BAM Germany
9 Corpus Datamining CD Sweden
10 Nanordic NANO Finland
Contents
1 Summary ..................................................................................... 53
2 Background ................................................................................ 54
3 What is INSTANT ........................................................................ 54
3.1 Summary of INSTANT`s key strengths ................................... 54
4 Organization of INSTANT ........................................................... 54
5 INSTANT Events and Reports ................................................... 55
1 Summary
Project Duration: 1 March 2012 – 31 August 2015
Project Funding: 3,772 Mio. EUR
INSTANT will face the challenge of the detection, identification and
quantification of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in complex
matrices such as cosmetic products and engineered food and
drinks. Therefore, new detection methods and technologies are
mandatory. This is completely in line with the Call FP7-
NMP.2011.1.3-1 which deals especially with innovative, practically
implementable and cost effective measurement approaches for
ENPs in complex matrices. Recently emerging ENPs include Ag,
SiO2, TiO2, ZnO, and organic NPs. The “Opinion of the Scientific
Committee on the Potential Risks Arising from Nanoscience and
Nanotechnologies on Food and Feed Safety” released by the
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (2009) also highlights the
urgent need for such a tool. Accordingly, the interdisciplinary
project INSTANT will develop an innovative and integrated
technology for monitoring the exposure of consumers to ENPs
5.1 Events ...................................................................................... 55
5.1.1 Workshops ........................................................................ 55
5.1.2 Public midterm seminar .................................................... 56
6 Directory ..................................................................................... 56
7 Copyright .................................................................................... 57
using a label free opto-electrochemical sensor array in combination
with novel recognition elements.
The SME driven INSTANT will develop an innovative, cost effective,
and easy to use analytical tool to extract, detect and identify ENPs
typically used in cosmetic products (e.g. sunscreen, toothpaste,
deodorant, ...) and engineered food (e.g. instant soups, ketchup,
ice cream, ...) and drinks (e.g. fruit juice, energy drinks, bottled
water, ...). A crucial point of measuring in these complex matrices
is the sample preparation and extraction. Therefore, INSTANT will
develop and integrate tailored extraction methods. Especially the
size distribution of ENPs in the sample and the influence of the
matrix on chemical and physical properties of the ENPs have to be
taken into account. The INSTANT device will be designed to be
used as a cost effective monitoring tool which is suitable for
characterization and classification of ENPs for the future
implementation of quantitative structure-activity relationship
studies.
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