AVS 51st International Symposium
    Technology for Sustainability Thursday Sessions
       Session TS-ThM

Invited Paper TS-ThM7
Designing More-sustainable Technologies through Green Chemistry and Nanoscience

Thursday, November 18, 2004, 10:20 am, Room 303D

Session: Sustainable Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, and Environmental Policy
Presenter: J.E. Hutchison, University of Oregon
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Traditionally, materials design and utilization has been guided primarily by product/process performance and economic considerations. However, some of the materials used and manufactured today pose threats to human health, the environment, worker safety, and security. There is an increasing need for products and manufacturing processes that are measurably more sustainable than those currently available. Green chemistry and engineering principles can be adopted to guide the early stages of product and process development to meet this demand. Nanotechnology provides another important opportunity for the development of sustainable technologies. This is because nanotechnology (i) is in the early stages of development and (ii) it offers the promise of new material properties that can be tapped for innovation. In this presentation, I will discuss how green chemistry and engineering principles can guide the responsible development of nanotechnology and how nanoscience can enable the discovery of greener products and processes. Examples of greener materials, processes and applications developed through nanoscience will be presented.