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Nanotechnologies are promising for various product applications that are accompanied with a significant market potential (Roco 2011). Innovations based on nanomaterials address global challenges like energy, health care, clean water, and climate change (Palmberg et al. 2009) promising to satisfy the economical, social and environmental needs of the society. Consequently, nanotechnologies are often declared as the key technology of the 21st century combining several research disciplines including physics, chemistry, biology and biochemistry.
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Wigger, H. (2017). Background and motivation. In: Environmental Release of and Exposure to Iron Oxide and Silver Nanoparticles. Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-16791-2_1
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