Resources


Nanotechnology Initiative

Standard operating procedures for evaluating nanomaterials for life cycle inventory and life cycle analysis data metrics generation.


ASTM Guide

ASTM WK48313
New Guide for Standard Guide for Collection and Generation of Environment, Health, and Safety Information for Nanomaterials and Nanoenabled Products


ISO Document

ISO/TR 22293:2021
Evaluation of methods for assessing the release of nanomaterials from commercial, nanomaterial-containing polymer composites


Videos

ERDC Nano YouTube

ERDC Nano LabTube


Webinar

2019 NanoEHS Webinar Series
Nanotechnology-Related Standards: Availability and Applications


Predictive Tools & Models

NANOEXPERT TOOL SUITE
Nano Materials Experiment Based Predictor of Environmental Risk and Toxicity
Designed to guide a user through the possible risks and toxicity associated with their nanomaterial through predictor-based tools that includes toxicity thresholds, bioaccumulation, environmental modifying factors, dose metrics, number density, surface area, nanoparticle interaction modeling, comprehensive environmental assessment and biological uptake.  Demo Video | Tool

NANO NAV-PAL
Nano-Enabled Navigation for Product Acquisition and Liability
Enables businesses and others to nano-manufacturing access information needed to make informed decisions about producing or integrating nano-scale materials in products. These resources will help businesses evaluate the environmental health and safety (EHS) risks associated with nano products, and understand regulatory statutes in the United States to facilitate compliance.  Demo Video | Tool

NANOGRID
Nano Guidance for Risk Informed Deployment
Designed to guide a user through a tiered testing framework to help characterize the environmental health and safety (EHS) implications of nano-enabled products.  Demo Video | Tool

NANO INSURANCE
Insurance for Nano-focused Small Businesses
Helps nano-focused small businesses better understand the insurance process, as well as the steps they can take to reduce product uncertainties that might cause an insurer to either decline to insure or only offer a policy that is prohibitively expensive (requires Google Chrome).  Tool

NANOTRACK
Particle Tracking Model (PTM)
Designed to allow the user to simulate particle transport processes, specifically for dredging and coastal application, which appropriately represents transport, setting, deposition, mixing and resuspension processes in nearshore wave/current conditions.  Demo Video


Scientific Operating Procedures

ERDC/EL SR-23-1
Safe and rapid development of advanced materials : a research case study for safe development of nanoenabled environmental sensors

ERDC/EL SR-22-1
Determination of Nanomaterial Viscosity and Rheology Properties Using a Rotational Rheometer

EERDC/EL CR-19-1
Determination of nanomaterials’ film thickness using filmetrics F40-UV thin-film analyzer; Standard Operating Procedure Series : Characterization (C)

ERDC/EL SR-19-8
Determining the bacterial cytotoxicity of silver nanomaterials; Scientific Operating Procedure Series : Toxicity (T)

ERDC/EL SR-19-7
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Budding Yeast); Standard Operating Procedure Series : Toxicology (T)

ERDC/EL SR-19-6
Determination of contact angle and surface tension of nanomaterial solutions by optical contact angle system

ERDC/EL SR-19-3
Bioassay to assess toxicity of water-dispersed engineered nanomaterials in plants; Scientific Operating Procedure Series : Toxicology (T)

ERDC/EL SR-19-2
Determination of metal ion contents in nanomaterials solution using inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) : nano risk SOP-P

ERDC/EL SR-19-1
Determination of fluorescence emission and UV-Vis-NIR absorbance for nanomaterials solution using a HORIBA Scientific NanoLog® spectrofluorometer

ERDC/EL SR-18-6
Characterization of Carbon Nanomaterials Using the Thermogravimetric Analyzer : Standard Operating Procedure Series : Characterization (C)

ERDC/EL SR-18-3
Sediment spiking methodologies for nanomaterial powders and aqueous suspensions for aquatic toxicity bioassays : Scientific Operating Procedure series : SOP-T-3

ERDC/EL SR-15-4
Purification and concentration of nanoparticles using diafiltration : Scientific Operating Procedure Series: SOP-P-1

ERDC/EL SR-15-3
Characterization of nanomaterials using field flow fractionation and single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (FFF-ICP-MS and SP-ICP-MS) : Scientific Operating Procedure SOP-C-1

ERDC/EL SR-15-2
Environmental consequences of nanotechnologies; Nanoparticle dispersion in aqueous media : SOP-T-1

ERDC/EL SR-15-1
Determination of nanomechanical properties by atomic force microscopy : Scientific Operating Procedure SOP-C-2

ERDC/GSL SR-15-1
Sample preparation of nano-sized inorganic materials for scanning electron microscopy or transmission electron microscopy : Scientific Operating Procedure SOP-P-2