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，电子产品，催化剂和其他产品和工艺中的组件。特别是，纳米材料和技术在解决从清洁水到可再生能源到气候变化等坚韧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关注推进对这些材料和工艺的理解，以实现更可持续的世界，同时考虑应用和影响。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一，一直是产生创新思想的平台，这些思想将对该领域产生重大影响。与会者包括来自所有背景和职业阶段的广泛研究人员，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。在这次会议上发起的开放的思想交流、合作和专题讨论是进一步推进该领域的基础。最后，戈登研究会议和戈登研究学院的预定活动为早期职业科学家提供了独特的机会，将这些新科学家融入一个开放和热情的环境中，讨论他们目前的研究，并与同行建立非正式网络，从而实现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，为使用纳米技术通过其在技术发展中的作用造福环境和社会的想法的产生和2）产生想法和研究计划，以防止潜在的环境危害，可能来自开发和使用这种技术。讨论围绕着研究，将推进与生物和环境介质的纳米材料的相互作用的基本理解。该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，异质纳米生物混合组件和活性纳米颗粒。 具体的会议主题包括新型纳米材料和水处理工艺，气候变化，农业，循环经济和传感等。 戈登环境纳米技术研究会议的智力价值建立在创造和发展相关工程纳米材料技术的想法的核心上，这些技术以环境可持续目标和理想为基础。就这些关键的全球性议题公开交换意见有相当大的知识价值，这是戈登研究会议的标志。本次会议将突出分析方法和实验方法，平衡纳米技术的有益方面对人类健康和环境的潜在不利风险。由于参与领域和与会者的多样性，本次会议产生的合作和想法对于推进新兴纳米材料和工艺领域至关重要，其中包括所有类型的相关纳米相互作用。 本次会议的更广泛的影响有很多，因为在这次会议上讨论的想法将有助于塑造相关技术的可持续发展，除了关键的社会进步，包括污染物传感器，水清洁和处理，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校的活动;也，通过将这些新的科学家整合到一个新的，欢迎合作的同行网络中，为多样化和早期职业科学家提供了独特的机会。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

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.