International Workshop on “Engineered Nanoparticles in Environmental: Fate, Transport, Effects and Analytics” which will be held in Landau, Germany on October 19-21th, 2016.
The workshop is intended to stimulate discussions in the field of aging, fate , transport and toxicological effects of nanoparticles in the environment and to bring together leading researchers, experts and specialists from nanoparticle and colloid science, soil and environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology and neighbouring disciplines.
The workshop includes following topics:
- Stability reactivity, speciation
- Biological impact
- Transport
- Analytics
- Mesocosm and field experiments
You are welcome to submit your abstract for an oral or poster presentation. The deadline for abstract submission has been postponed to Juli 31th, 2016.
For more information, including abstract submission and registration details please visit the workshop website: http://www.internano-conference.de
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