European Commission furthers nano research

Published: 27-Jun-2012

Announces launch of SMART-NANO and radiolabelled TiO2


The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has made two advancements in the field of nanoparticle research. The JRC has announced it is part of a four year long, €3.5m research project under the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission, which has been created with a view to developing an innovative, cost effective platform for the measurement of engineered nanoparticles.

The R&D effort behind SMART-NANO – which stands for Sensitive MeAsuRemenT detection and identification of engineered NANOparticles – brings together three non-profit and five SME partners from eight countries: Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique, JRC, FeyeCon, Postnova Analytics, Avid Nano, AHAVA, Ruder Boskvic Institute and ABICH. It is hoped that the project will result in a miniaturised, modular cartridge based technology platform integrating all analytical steps needed for the separation, detection and quantification of engineered nanoparticles.

In other news, scientists from the JRC have used proton irradiation to produce radiolabelled titanium dioxide nanoparticles, designed for further use by researchers. For this purpose they developed a system that allows the ‘thermally safe’ irradiation of nanoparticle powder batches of 30-50mg, sufficient for many in-vitro radiotracer studies.
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