Conference: 2023 Environmental Nanotechnology GRC and GRS Nanotechnology for a More Sustainable World

纳米材料和相关技术正在被广泛开发，用于许多先进的应用，包括涂料、抗菌剂、防晒霜组件、电子产品、催化剂和其他产品和工艺。特别是，纳米材料和技术在应对从清洁水到可再生能源、气候变化等严峻的环境挑战方面具有巨大的潜力。第六届戈登环境纳米技术研究会议将重点推动对这种材料和工艺的理解，以建立一个更可持续的世界，同时考虑到应用和影响。环境纳米技术戈登研究会议是关于这一主题的最具互动性的会议之一，并一直是产生创新想法的平台，这些创新想法继续对该领域产生重大影响。参与者包括来自各个背景和职业阶段的大量研究人员，包括研究生、教授、行业和政府代表以及国际科学家，他们鼓励讨论该领域的最新发展。本次会议所产生的开放的思想交流、协作和专题讨论是进一步推动该领域发展的基础。最后，戈登研究会议和戈登研究学院的预定活动为职业生涯早期的科学家提供了独特的机会，将这些新科学家纳入一个开放和欢迎的环境中，讨论他们目前的研究，并与他们的同行建立非正式的网络，从而导致终身合作和科学成就。第六届环境纳米技术戈登研究会议的组织和重点旨在成为环境纳米技术应用和影响的前沿。环境纳米技术戈登会议的目标是：1)提供一个论坛，通过纳米技术在技术开发中的作用，为利用纳米技术造福环境和社会提供一个论坛；2)产生防止这种技术开发和使用可能造成的潜在环境危害的想法和研究计划。讨论围绕着将促进对纳米材料与生物和环境介质相互作用的基本理解的研究展开。会议旨在讨论目前使用的材料以及未来可能开发和使用的新的一维到三维纳米结构、异质纳米生物杂化组件和活性纳米颗粒。具体的会议主题包括水处理、气候变化、农业、循环经济和传感等方面的新型纳米材料和工艺。戈登环境纳米技术研究会议的学术价值建立在创造和形成以环境可持续目标和理想为基础的相关工程纳米材料技术开发的想法上。就这些关键的全球主题进行公开的思想交流具有相当大的学术价值，这是戈登研究会议的一个标志。本次会议将重点介绍分析方法和实验方法，以便在纳米技术的有益方面与其对人类健康和环境的潜在不利风险之间取得平衡。由于参与领域和与会者的多样性，本次会议上产生的合作和想法对于推动新兴纳米材料和工艺领域的发展至关重要，其中包括所有类型的相关纳米级相互作用。这次会议的广泛影响是多方面的，因为会议上讨论的想法将有助于形成相关技术的可持续发展，以及关键的社会进步，包括污染物传感器、水清理和处理、气候变化以及向公众展示纳米材料科学的创新。戈登研究会议和戈登研究学院的活动；同时，通过将这些新科学家整合到一个新的、受欢迎的合作同行网络中，为不同的和职业生涯早期的科学家提供了独特的机会。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Nanomaterials and related technologies are being widely developed for use in a number of advanced applications including coatings, antimicrobials, components in sunscreens, electronics, catalysts, and other products and processes. In particular, nanoscale materials and technologies have significant potential for addressing tough environmental challenges from clean water to renewable energy to climate change, and beyond. The 6th Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Nanotechnology will focus on advancing understanding of such materials and processes towards a more sustainable world, considering both applications and implications. The Environmental Nanotechnology Gordon Research Conference is one of the most interactive conferences on this topic and has been a platform for the generation of innovative ideas that go on to heavily influence the field. Participants include a large breadth of researchers from all backgrounds and career stages, including graduate students, professors, industry and government representatives, and international scientists, who encourage discussion about the latest developments in the field. The open exchange of ideas and the collaborations and topical discussions that originate at this conference are fundamental in further advancing the field. Lastly, the scheduled activities of the Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research School provide unique opportunities for early-career scientists by integrating these new scientists into an open and welcoming environment to discuss their current research and build informal networks with their peers that can lead to a lifetime of collaboration and scientific achievement. The organization and focus of the sixth Environmental Nanotechnology Gordon Research Conference is designed to be at the leading edge of environmental nanotechnology applications and implications. The objectives of the Environmental Nanotechnology Gordon Conference are to 1) provide a forum for the generation of ideas for using nanotechnology to benefit the environment and society through its role in technology development and 2) to generate ideas and research programs towards prevention of potential environmental harm that may come from the development and use of this technology. Discussions revolve around research that will advance fundamental understandings of the interactions of nanomaterials with biological and environmental media. The conference aims to discuss materials that are in current use as well as new one- to three-dimensional nanostructures, heterogeneous nano-bio hybrid assemblies, and active nanoparticles that may be developed and used in the future. Specific conference topics include novel nanomaterials and processes for water treatment, climate change, agriculture, circular economies, and sensing, among others. The Intellectual Merit of the Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Nanotechnology is founded in the creation and nucleation of ideas towards development of related engineered nanomaterial-based technologies with a foundation in environmentally sustainable goals and ideals. There is considerable intellectual merit in the open exchange of ideas on these critical global topics, which is a Gordon Research Conference hallmark. This conference will highlight analytical methods and experimental approaches that balance the beneficial aspects of nanotechnology against their potential adverse risks to human health and the environment. Collaborations and ideas that originate at this conference, due to its diversity of participating fields and attendees, is fundamental in advancing the field of emerging nanoscale materials and processes, which includes related nanoscale interactions of all types. Broader Impacts of this conference are many, as ideas discussed at this meeting will help shape sustainable development of related technologies in addition to key societal advances including sensors for contaminants, water cleanup and treatment, climate change, and innovations for presenting nanomaterial science to the public. The activities of the Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research School; also, present unique opportunities for diverse and early-career scientists by integrating these new scientists into a new, welcoming collaborative peer network.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.