Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| Title (Primary) | The DaNa2.0 knowledge base on nanomaterials – Communicating current nanosafety research based on evaluated literature data |
| Author | Nau, K.; Bohmer, N.; Kühnel, D.; Marquardt, C.; Paul, F.; Steinbach, C.; Krug, H.F. |
| Source Titel | Journal of Materials Education |
| Year | 2016 |
| Department | BIOTOX |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Page From | 93 |
| Page To | 108 |
| Language | englisch |
| Keywords | nanomaterials, knowledge base, communication, reliability, literature quality criteria |
| UFZ wide themes | RU3; |
| Abstract |
The success of nanotechnology is particularly
based on its versatility. It will bring about fundamental changes of basic
research as well as of many sectors of industry. It will also have a great
impact on our daily life ranging from electronics to the health care system.
However, consumers and students often miss reliable and understandable
information on nanomaterials and nanotechnology and do not know where to get
such information.
Communicating scientific facts to the public is
an ambitious task, because complex issues need to be simplified and scientific
correctness needs to be ensured at the same time. Due to the multidisciplinary
nature of nanotechnology, the communication on the related safety aspects is
particularly challenging. Nevertheless, as nanomaterials already are contained
in many products of everyday-life, there is a high public interest in reliable
and easy to understand information. These points are addressed by a publicly
funded communication project called DaNa (Data and knowledge on nanomaterials;
in German: Daten und Wissen zu Nanomaterialien), which provides information
about nanomaterials and their safety assessment. DaNa and the second edition,
DaNa2.0 are activities aimed at collecting and evaluating scientific results in
an interdisciplinary approach utilizing scientists from different research
areas. Research findings from the field of human and environmental
nanotoxicology are presented together with material properties and possible
applications for interested laymen, stakeholders and scientists on the website
www.nanoobjects.info. Reliable data and information for actually 26 different
materials and many cross cutting topics (e.g. nanomedicine and toner) are
offered. The challenge of communicating complex contents in an appropriate way requires the use of different instruments. The DaNa-team developed various strategies and tools to deal with huge amounts of partly inconsistent data and summarizes them for different target groups. These general and web-specific tools are introduced and explained in detail in this article, as well as measures used to monitor success of the methodology. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=17922 |
| Nau, K., Bohmer, N., Kühnel, D., Marquardt, C., Paul, F., Steinbach, C., Krug, H.F. (2016): The DaNa2.0 knowledge base on nanomaterials – Communicating current nanosafety research based on evaluated literature data J. Mat. Educ. 38 (3-4), 93 - 108 |
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