Deadline for manuscript submissions: *1 March 2015*

Guest Editor
Dr. Mónica Amorim
Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal


Special Issue Information

Nanomaterials (NMs) are rapidly developing and have a vast range of applications. Consequently, there is a concomitant increase in the risk of these materials being released into the environment. Reasonably, there is concern about the hazards and sustainability of nanotechnology; this concern has driven impressive progress in the field of nanotoxicology. However, there is still a considerable need for environmental data that can support modelling and the extrapolation of effects; data concerning transformed/released/aged materials is also needed.

This Special Issue aims to tackle the aforementioned needs and will focus on the effects of NMs in biological systems and their risk assessment in the environment and complex media. Results from experimental data, including exposure within various test media and biological models, with proper materials characterization, are welcome. Effect assessment ranging from standard biological endpoints at the population level to subcellular levels, and more mechanistic-based approaches, including studies concerning gene-environment interactions, epigenetics, molecular signaling, and biomarkers, are also encouraged. Papers that discuss aspects of cross-species, modelling, intelligent testing strategies, safer-by-design approaches, and innovative techniques for the measurement of materials are welcome as well.


Keywords

nanomaterials/nanoparticles
biological systems
environment
environmental risk assessment
safety
nanotoxicology
characterization of nanomaterials
detection


This Special Issue will be fully open access. We encourage authors to send us their tentative title and short abstract to the Editorial Office (ijerph@mdpi.com) for approval.

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The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH, ISSN 1660-4601) is an online, open access journal in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. IJERPH is covered by leading indexing services, including PubMed (Medline) and the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science). Full-text articles are also available through PubMed Central. The most recent Impact Factor for the year 2013 is 1.993.