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ClearNanoteknolojinin Tıp ve Mühendislik Uygulamaları
This review covers nanotechnology applications in medicine and engineering, summarizing advancements in nanomaterial development and their utilization across biomedical and engineering domains.
Special Issue “Functional Nanomaterials: Structures, Compositions and Various Applications”
Researchers presented a special issue overview connecting fundamental structure-property relationships of functional nanomaterials to their performance in real-world technological devices and processes across a range of application domains.
An Overview of Nanoparticle Properties and Their Bioactivity
This systematic review summarized the properties and bioactivity of nanoparticles (1-100 nm), covering how their size, shape, and surface characteristics influence their behavior in biological systems and their potential applications in microbiology.
Could Nanotechnology Help to End the Fight Against COVID-19? Review of Current Findings, Challenges and Future Perspectives
This review assessed the potential role of nanotechnology in combating COVID-19, covering nano-enabled diagnostics, drug delivery systems, and vaccines, while noting that most applications were still in early development stages and faced significant regulatory and safety challenges.
Global Trends in the Structuring of the World Nanotechnology Market
This article examines global trends in the nanotechnology market, documenting rapid capitalization growth and deep structural asymmetries between nations in research and development investment. Researchers found that nanotechnology involvement in the world economy is generating powerful synergistic effects and that nations' international competitiveness will increasingly be stratified by their level of nanotechnological and scientific development.
Safe Nanoparticles: Are We There Yet?
This review evaluates the current state of nanoparticle safety research across medical, cosmetic, and industrial applications. Researchers found that despite two decades of progress, significant questions remain about the long-term effects of nanoparticle exposure, and the study calls for standardized testing methods and better understanding of how these tiny particles interact with biological systems.
Nanoparticles for Biomedical Science and Research
This overview reviews nanoparticles—clusters of atoms ranging 1–100 nm—for biomedical science and research applications, covering their compositions, environmental burden, and the distinct challenges posed by plastic-derived nanoplastics compared to engineered nanoparticles.
Nanosafety: An Evolving Concept to Bring the Safest Possible Nanomaterials to Society and Environment
Researchers reviewed the evolving field of nanosafety, examining approaches to evaluate the potential toxicity and risks of nanomaterials used across industries including cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food, and agriculture. The study discusses how traditional toxicological methods are being adapted alongside new nanotoxicology approaches to assess immunotoxicity and genotoxicity of nanomaterials. The review highlights the need for comprehensive safety frameworks as the rapid development of new nanomaterials continues to outpace our understanding of their potential health effects.
Nanomedicines and nanocarriers in clinical trials: surfing through regulatory requirements and physico-chemical critical quality attributes
Researchers reviewed the regulatory landscape and critical quality attributes for nanomedicines in clinical trials, finding that increasing structural complexity and gaps in international guidelines create inconsistencies in how nanoparticle drugs are characterized and approved, potentially slowing therapeutic development.
Editorial for the Special Issue “Nanomaterials Ecotoxicity Evaluation”
This editorial introduces a special issue on ecotoxicology assessment methods for nanomaterials including engineered nanoparticles. The editorial acknowledges overlap with nanoplastic research as both involve sub-micron particles with unknown long-term environmental and health effects.
Nano-Enabled Medicinal Products: Time for an International Advanced Community?
This commentary calls for better international coordination in developing and regulating nanoparticle-based medicines, as the field is advancing faster than regulatory frameworks. While focused on medicinal nanotechnology, the discussion of nanoparticle behavior in the body has parallels with nanoplastic research.
A Concise Review of The Role of Nanotechnology, Nanoparticles and Nanomedicine Play in The Diagnostics, Vaccination and Treatment Options For COVID-19
This paper is not about microplastics; it reviews nanotechnology and nanomedicine applications for COVID-19 diagnosis, vaccination, and treatment.
An updated overview of some factors that influence the biological effects of nanoparticles
This review provides an updated look at how the size, shape, chemical composition, and surface properties of nanoparticles influence their biological effects when they enter the body. Researchers summarize how these physical characteristics determine how nanoparticles interact with proteins, cell receptors, and other biological molecules. The study highlights the importance of understanding these factors for both the safe design of medical nanoparticles and for assessing environmental nanoparticle risks.
Emerging Frontiers in Nanotechnology for Precision Agriculture: Advancements, Hurdles and Prospects
This review explores how nanotechnology is being used in precision agriculture, from nano-based fertilizers and pesticides to tiny sensors that monitor soil quality and plant health. While promising for reducing chemical use in farming, the paper notes that the environmental, health, and safety risks of nanomaterials -- similar to concerns about nanoplastics -- need thorough evaluation before widespread adoption.
Nanomaterial's toxicity and its regulation strategies
This review examines the toxicity of nanomaterials used across biomedical, agricultural, and industrial applications, discussing how their unique physicochemical properties differ from bulk counterparts and evaluating regulatory strategies to manage risks to end-users and the environment.
Environmental Impact of Nanoparticles’ Application as an Emerging Technology: A Review
This review examines the environmental impact of engineered nanoparticles across their life cycle, from production to environmental release and effects on living organisms. The study highlights that while nanoparticles offer valuable industrial applications due to their unique properties, evidence indicates potential ecotoxicity across organisms from bacteria to complex animals, underscoring the need for more detailed safety regulations.
Advancements in environmental nanoplastics research
This review synthesises advances in environmental nanoplastics research, discussing distinctions between nanoplastics and microplastics in physicochemical properties, limitations in current analytical methods for environmental samples, and gaps between laboratory exposure studies and real-world concentrations. The authors highlight emerging evidence of nanoplastics in human organs and excretions and argue that methodological breakthroughs will usher in a 'nano era' of plastic pollution research.
Developments in the Application of Nanomaterials for Water Treatment and Their Impact on the Environment
This review covers the application of nanomaterials for water treatment and remediation, evaluating how nanomaterial properties enable removal of pollutants including heavy metals, organic contaminants, and microplastics. It surveys the current state of research and discusses practical challenges for scaling up nanomaterial-based water treatment.
Nanotechnology in Packaging for Food Industry: Past, Present, and Future
This review covers how nanotechnology is being used in food packaging to extend shelf life, detect spoilage, and improve food safety. While nanomaterials offer benefits like antimicrobial properties and better barrier protection, there are concerns about nanoparticles migrating into food and their potential effects on human health. The authors note that regulations for nanotechnology in food packaging are still developing and need to keep pace with the rapid adoption of these materials.
One Year of ACS Nanoscience Au
This editorial reviews the first full year of ACS Nanoscience Au, reporting that the open-access journal published 44 contributions across 6 issues in Volume 2, accumulated over 88,000 article views from researchers worldwide, and covered the breadth of nanoscience topics reflecting the journal's global reach.
Nanoparticles in the Environment and Nanotoxicology
This review examines the environmental fate and toxicological risks of nanomaterials, including engineered nanoparticles and microplastics/nanoplastics, as these materials are increasingly released into ecosystems. The paper surveys current understanding of nanotoxicology and highlights the potential risks that nanoparticle contamination poses to both ecological and human health.
Advanced Science and Technology of Polymer Matrix Nanomaterials
This review examines the advanced science and technology of polymer matrix nanomaterials, covering synthesis, characterization, and application of nanomaterials embedded within polymer matrices across a range of rapidly developing fields.
The Challenges of 21st Century Neurotoxicology: The Case of Neurotoxicology Applied to Nanomaterials
This perspective paper examines the unique challenges of applying neurotoxicology to engineered nanomaterials, arguing that assessing nanomaterial neurotoxicity requires integrating nanotoxicology, neuroscience, and specialized testing frameworks that account for nanomaterial-specific physicochemical properties.
"Nano Packaging and its Potential Application: A Review"
This review examines nano packaging technologies and their potential applications in food preservation and other industries, discussing nanomaterial types, barrier properties, antimicrobial functions, and the regulatory and safety considerations surrounding the use of nanoscale materials in food contact applications.