Nanofiltration and nanostructured membranes-Should they be considered nanotechnology or not?

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 211-212, Issue , 2012, Pages 275-280

  Mueller, Nicole C ^a   Van der Bruggen, Bart ^b   Keuter, Volkmar ^c   Luis, Patricia ^b   Melin, Thomas ^d   Pronk, Wouter ^e   Reisewitz, Robert ^f   Rickerby, David ^g   Rios, Gilbert M ^h   Wennekes, Wilco ⁱ   Nowack, Bernd ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^f Toray Membrane Europe AG   (Switzerland)

^g JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^h European Institute of Membranes (IEM)   (France)

ⁱ Pentair X Flow BV   (United States)

Author keywords

Definition; Filtration; Membrane; Nanofiltration; Nanotechnology; Regulation

Indexed keywords

DEFINITION; DRIVING FORCES; FUNCTIONALIZED; INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRIES; NANO-STRUCTURED; REGULATION; RISK ESTIMATION;

FILTRATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK PERCEPTION; STANDARDIZATION; TERMINOLOGY;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

NANOMATERIAL;

FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROSITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRAFILTRATION;

FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84858281354     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.10.096     Document Type: Article

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