TY - GEN A1 - Bleeker, E. A1 - Visser, M. A1 - Groenewold, M. A1 - Blab, G. A1 - Brouwer, D. A1 - Sultan, Y. A1 - Gagnon, C. A1 - Wilkinson, K. A1 - Doa, M. A1 - Boyes, W. A1 - Kiyota, Y. A1 - Yanase, K. A1 - Holmqvist, J. A1 - Rasmussen, K. A1 - Sumrein, A. A1 - Clancy, S. A1 - Brown, S. A1 - Carlander, D. A1 - Murphy, L. A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Hund-Rinke, K. A1 - Igarashi, T. A1 - Riego-Sintes, J. A1 - Tentschert, J. T1 - Physical-chemical properties of nanomaterials: Evaluation of methods applied in the OECD-WPMN Testing Programme T2 - Series on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials N2 - The Sponsorship Programme for the Testing of Manufactured Nanomaterials (further referred to as “the Testing Programme”) was concluded in March 2013, and the publication of the dossiers via the OECD website (www.oecd.org/science/nanosafety) started in June 2015. As indicated in the “Guidance manual for the testing of manufactured nanomaterials: OECD’s sponsorship programme”, after conclusion of the Testing Programme a next step is to consider “the status, need for, and coordination of further test development”. Parallel to concluding the final stages of the Testing Programme, a series of workshops have taken place, in which for different topics the applicability of existing OECD test guidelines for nanomaterials was discussed and the need for new ones analysed. One workshop focussed on physico-chemical methods, addressing in detail the relevance of each physico-chemical endpoint proposed in the Testing Programme for the regulation of nanomaterials. The methods were discussed in more general terms. However, as most of the proposed endpoints are new to the OECD Test Guidelines Programme, a much more detailed evaluation of the applied methods would be highly relevant. To this extent,the Netherlands volunteered to lead an initial detailed evaluation of the applicability of the test methods applied to determine the physico-chemical properties of different types of nanomaterials in the Testing Programme. This initial focus on physico-chemical properties was prompted by the essential need for an adequate and complete characterisation of nanomaterials to enable a further evaluation of their (toxicological) properties. A number of experts from several delegations volunteered to review and evaluate the methods applied to determine the physico-chemical properties of the nanomaterials in the Testing Programme. CY - Paris KW - Nanomaterialien KW - Nano KW - Nanopartikel KW - Charakterisierung KW - OECD KW - Nanomaterials PY - 2016 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/38495 AN - OPUS4-38495 UR - http://www.oecd.org/env/ehs/nanosafety/publications-series-safety-manufactured-nanomaterials.htm IS - 65 SP - 1 EP - 43 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany