GRC Environmental Nanotechnology: Preventing and Solving Problems with Environmental Nanotechnology

纳米材料正在被开发用于多种应用，包括涂料、抗菌剂、防晒霜成分、电子产品、催化剂和其他产品。随着它们越来越多的使用，这些材料可能会对环境造成危害。然而，纳米材料的其他用途包括监测环境健康、环境清理和水处理技术，这些技术最终将对环境产生积极影响。第五届戈登环境纳米技术研究会议将聚焦于推进对纳米材料如何与环境系统相互作用的理解，以及如何将纳米材料开发成有益的用途，以帮助管理我们的水和环境。环境纳米技术GRC是该主题中最具互动性的会议之一，并且通常是产生新思想的平台，这些新思想将继续对该领域产生重大影响。与会者包括从研究生到教授的研究人员，行业和政府代表以及国际科学家，这鼓励了关于全球该领域最新发展的讨论。环境纳米技术GRC的相关研究是该技术可持续发展的关键。开放的思想交流是GRC的标志，在本次会议上产生的合作和想法对于推进纳米材料的生物和环境相互作用的科学是至关重要的。GRC及其附属的研究生研究研讨会的活动为早期职业科学家创造了机会，将这些新科学家整合到一个不令人生畏的环境中，讨论他们当前的研究，并与同行建立非正式的网络，这可能会导致一生的合作和科学成就。第五届GRC将讨论该领域的下一步，重点关注纳米材料设计的进展、下一代材料的开发以及与环境相关的新的先进应用，包括纳米传感技术、环境清理、水和废水处理。使用纳米材料对环境的潜在影响将继续成为本次会议的主题，并特别关注纳米材料与生物组分界面的相互作用。2019年的GRC还将包括一个关于建模和开发预测工具的会议，这些工具可以探测纳米颗粒的行为、运输和转化。此外，将探索原位表征技术的发展和应用，以可靠地测量纳米材料在复杂的周围环境中的存在、运输和相互作用。会议将于2019年6月2日至7日在缅因州纽里（周日河滑雪胜地）举行。这也是我们第三次开发和推广相关的研究生研究研讨会（GRS），它将研究生和早期职业科学家聚集在一起，就研究和开发中的科学进展进行讨论。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行了评估，认为值得支持。

Nanomaterials are being developed for use in several applications including coatings, antimicrobials, components in sunscreens, electronics, catalysts, and other products. With their growing use is the potential that these materials may cause environmental harm. However, other uses of nanomaterials include technologies for monitoring the health of the environment, environmental cleanup, and water treatment which will ultimately positively impact the environment. This 5th Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Nanotechnology will focus on advancing the understanding of how nanomaterials may interact with environmental systems and how they may be developed toward beneficial uses to help manage our water and environment. The Environmental Nanotechnology GRC is one of the most interactive conferences on this topic, and often is a platform for the generation of new ideas that go on to heavily influence the field. Participants include researchers from graduate students to professors, industry and government representatives, and international scientists which encourages stimulating discussions concerning the latest developments in the field from across the globe. The research presented and developed in relation to the Environmental Nanotechnology GRC is key to the sustainable development of this technology. The open exchange of ideas is a GRC hallmark and the collaborations and ideas that originate at this conference is fundamental in advancing the science of the biological and environmental interactions of nanoscale materials. The activities of the GRC and the affiliated Graduate Research Seminar build opportunities for early-career scientists by integrating these new scientists into a non-intimidating environment to discuss their current research and build informal networks with their peers that may lead to a lifetime of collaboration and scientific achievement. This 5th GRC on the topic will discuss the next steps in the field and focus on topics such as advances in nanomaterial design, developments towards creating the next generation of materials, as well as new, advanced applications related to the environment including nano- enabled sensing technologies, environmental cleanup, and water and wastewater treatment. The potential environmental impacts of the use of nanomaterials continues to be a theme in this meeting with special attention to the interaction at the interfaces of nanomaterials and biological components. The 2019 GRC will also include a session on modeling and the development of predictive tools that probe nanoparticle behavior, transport and transformation. In addition, the development and application of in situ characterization techniques to reliably measure nanomaterial presence, transport, and interaction in the often-complex surrounding environment, will be explored. The meeting will be held from June 2-7, 2019 in Newry, Maine (Sunday River Ski Resort). This will also be the third time we develop and promote the associated Graduate Research Seminar (GRS), which brings together graduate students, and early career scientists to engage in discussions concerning the scientific advances in research and development. Opportunities for career development and mentoring will also be available at the seminar..This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.