Personal & Healthcare
Nanomaterials are already making significant impact in the sectors of Personal and Healthcare. Examples of current applications include the use of nanomaterials to offer stable UV protection from suncreens, to deliver antimicrobial effects in wound dressings and to products making use of the unique optical properties of gold nanoparticles in a home pregnancy testing kits.
However, the potential nanomaterials applications in the sectors of Personal and Healthcare are virtually boundless. For example, it is possible to create new diagnostic and care devices through the use of quantum dots, and functional nanoparticles to enable the earlier detection of disease, enable high throughput analysis to reduce the time it takes to bring new drug delivery platforms to market, and to Tissue and Cell Engineering which will enabled nano-scaled engineered tissue to replace, repair or regenerate damaged tissue. Existing formulations can be restructured at the nanoscale to provide different rheologies and enhanced delivery of the active components.
This section of the NanoCentral website is intended to promote the rapid adoption of nanomaterials in the many and various potential applications proposed in Personal & Healthcare. As such it seeks to engage with industry to disseminate best nanomaterial SHE practice, facilitate solution of problems impeding the introduction of nanomaterials and publicise nanomaterial product successes. Above all, NanoCentral seeks to promote the technology exchange to accelerate nanomaterial product introduction.