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A Framework for Responsible Nanotechnology Standards

Walsh S., Medley T., Environmental Defense and DuPont, US

Environmental Defense and DuPont will discuss their work together to develop a framework for the responsible development, production, use and disposal of nano-scale materials. The intent of this framework is to define a systematic and [...]

Nanotechnology and the Environmental: Will Emerging Environmental Regulatory Programs Stifle the Promise?

Kalpin M.C., Hoffer M.A., Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, US

This paper discusses and contrasts the environmental regulatory programs that are emerging in the United States and the European Union with respect to nanomaterials and nanoproducts, and provides recommendations for addressing potential inconsistencies that may [...]

Whole Cell Biosensors For (Eco)Toxicity Screening: Alternatives For The Future

Robbens J., Maras M., Laureyn W., De Coen W., University Antwerp, BE

As a response to the emerging environmental threats, the European Parliament introduced tough new rules for the testing and approval of thousands of chemicals. Questions are raised towards the practicality of the new legislation as [...]

A New Semiconductor-Wafer Market Based on the Deepening of Surface Undulations to Form Strongly Textured Atomic Ridges (STAR) With Pitches from 0.6 to 5.4 nm: Model Demonstrations in Electronics and the Physical and Life Sciences

Kendall D.L., Kendall M., Kendall D.L., Kendall M., StarMega Corp, US

A broad patent position has been established that produces semiconductor wafers containing physically-deepened grooves, ridges and quantum-dots on particular crystal planes with perfectly spaced pitches of 0.9 to 5.4 nm determined by the inherent crystal [...]