White Paper Discusses Challenges and Opportunities in Green Nanotechnology Field

The Green Chemistry Institute of the American Chemical Society has published a white paper titled ‘Green Nanotechnology Challenges and Opportunities’, which discusses the prospect of integrating eco-friendly chemistry practices.

The co-authors of the white paper were the London School of Economics’ Kira Matus, the ACS Green Chemistry Institute’s Director Robert Peoples, Oregon State University’s professor of molecular toxicology Robert Tanguay, the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI)’s Director Skip Rung and University of Oregon chemist James E. Hutchison.

Hutchison stated that the report highlights the needs for a new science for fulfilling societal requirements, new polices and commercialization of the technology. The report discusses the prospect of green nanotechnology, which encourages the design of valuable products that decrease or eliminates the generation of adverse materials or waste, he said.

According to the report, the successful implementation of green nanotechnology will open the door to a revived and greener US chemical and materials production base. Nanoparticles can be used in energy generation, electronics, medicine and other industries.

In the Greener Nano 2010, the fifth annual conference of the Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative conducted by ONAMI’s division SNNI in Portland, Oregon, the Green Chemistry Institute had launched a line of annual summits in the areas of green engineering and green chemistry.

SNNI engineers novel nanomaterials and nanoproduction methods that provide superior performance, while minimizing risk to environment and human health. Hutchison commented that the Greener Nano 2010 in Portland, Oregon, and the Greener Nano 2011 in Cupertino, California, discussed the implementation of green chemistry principles into commercialization.