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

会议：2023年环境纳米技术GRC和GRS纳米技术促进更可持续的世界

• 批准号: 2329640
• 负责人: John Fortner
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-06-15 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2329640&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; 2023; Environmental; Nanotechnology; GRC

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.

纳米材料和相关技术正在被广泛开发用于许多先进应用，包括涂料、抗菌剂、防晒霜成分、电子产品、催化剂以及其他产品和工艺。特别是，纳米材料和技术在解决清洁水、可再生能源、气候变化等严峻的环境挑战方面具有巨大潜力。第六届戈登环境纳米技术研究会议将重点考虑应用和影响，促进对此类材料和工艺的理解，以实现更可持续的世界。环境纳米技术戈登研究会议是该主题互动性最强的会议之一，也是产生对该领域产生重大影响的创新想法的平台。参与者包括来自不同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。本次会议发起的开放的思想交流、合作和专题讨论对于进一步推进该领域至关重要。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，讨论他们当前的研究，并与同行建立非正式网络，从而促成终生的合作和科学成就。第六届环境纳米技术戈登研究会议的组织和重点旨在处于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，以产生利用纳米技术通过其在技术开发中的作用造福环境和社会的想法；2) 产生预防潜在环境危害的想法和研究计划这可能来自于这项技术的开发和使用。讨论围绕将增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。会议旨在讨论当前使用的材料以及新的一维至三维纳米结构、异质纳米生物混合组件以及未来可能开发和使用的活性纳米颗粒。 具体会议主题包括用于水处理、气候变化、农业、循环经济和传感等的新型纳米材料和工艺。 戈登环境纳米技术研究会议的智力价值建立在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理念的创造和核心化之上。就这些关键的全球主题公开交流思想具有相当大的智力价值，这是戈登研究会议的标志。本次会议将重点介绍平衡纳米技术的有益方面与对人类健康和环境的潜在不利风险的分析方法和实验方法。由于参与领域和与会者的多样性，源自本次会议的合作和想法对于推进新兴纳米级材料和工艺领域（包括所有类型的相关纳米级相互作用）至关重要。 这次会议的更广泛影响是多方面的，因为除了污染物传感器、水净化和处理、气候变化以及向公众展示纳米材料科学的创新等关键社会进步之外，本次会议讨论的想法还将有助于塑造相关技术的可持续发展。戈登研究会议和戈登研究学院的活动；此外，通过将这些新科学家整合到一个新的、热情的合作同行网络中，为多元化和早期职业科学家提供独特的机会。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估，被认为值得支持标准。