NANOTECHNOLOGY STANDARDS DEVELOPING AS AUTO SECTOR USES MORE NANO-COMPONENTS
July 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL and MARK ROWE
AS auto manufacturers start to realise the utility of incorporating parts and components using nanotechnology to improve their performance, the European Union (EU) is looking hard at special regulations to protect the public and the environment from nanoparticles. These miniscule materials are a double-edged sword. They allow plastics, textiles, alloys and coatings incorporating them to have new and highly marketable properties, but they also can behave in unexpected ways, passing through the skin into the blood or even brain. How ...
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