Growing Use Of Nanomaterials Spurs Research To Investigate Possible Downsides

Potential risks from the use of nanomaterials will be explored by three Arizona State University engineering faculty in a project supported by a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Biological and Environmental Research. Nanomaterials are becoming more prevalent in our lives each day. These are particles of less than 100 nanometers - less than one one-thousandth the width of a human hair - composed of metals, carbon, polymers or semiconductors.

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Filed under: Medical Devices on June 19th, 2008