Article | REF: NM8010 V1

Safety aspects of manufactured nanomaterials and nanoparticles

Author: Eric GAFFET

Publication date: January 10, 2009

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1. Terminology and production

Eric GAFFET is Research Director and head of the NRG (Nanomaterials Research Group) of UMR CNRS 5060, at the Sévenans site (UTBM) in Belfort.

  • To define the concept of nanoparticles, we will use the terminology defined by the ISO, published at the end of September 2008, namely :

    • the nanometric definition considers the dimensional range between 1 and 100 nm ;

    • nano-objects are materials with one, two or three external dimensions in the nanometric range. Among these nano-objects, nanoparticles comprise their three dimensions in the nanometric range, nano-plates have one nanometric dimension, while nanofibers are nano-objects with two nanometric dimensions, the third dimension being significantly longer.

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