Monitoring the Environmental Aging of Nanomaterials: An Opportunity for Mesocosm Testing?

• Published in: Materials Vol. 12; no. 15; p. 2447
• Main Authors: Masion, Armand, Auffan, Mélanie, Rose, Jérôme
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 31.07.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Aging; Cosmetics; Design; Environment and Society; Environmental monitoring; Environmental Sciences; Experiments; Nanomaterials; Parameters; Product design; Risk assessment; Test procedures; nanomaterial; environmental aging; material life-time; mesocosm

Traditional aging protocols typically examine only the effects of a limited number of stresses, and relatively harsh conditions may trigger degradation mechanisms that are not observed in actual situations. Environmental aging is, in essence, the complex interaction of multiple mechanical, physicoch...