The semiconductor industry uses a growing variety of materials, as companies seek to further improve devices’ performance to meet increasing market demand in a constant process of innovation. Understanding properties of these innovative materials and nanoforms, and how they behave in living systems, such as the human body, often comes years after the materials have been adopted. Such an inherent uncertainty brings about multiple challenges in the governance of the occupational and environmental risks. This is a common challenge of many technology-intensive sectors, which requires a systematic risk reduction approach.
The goal of the NanoStreeM project is to promote good practices by identifying and implementing standards, identify gaps in methodologies and directions for further investigations in order to support governance of the occupational risk induced by the use of nanomaterials in semiconductor industry. The NanoStreeM consortium combines unique expertise throughout the research and development chain: from the academic labs via technology development through semiconductor application side. We aim to identify all cases of concern and propose a systematic strategy of prioritization and management of risk. The consortium combines the expertise of the industry and research organizations in material science, toxicology, environmental science and occupational medicine, providing a critical mass for a coordinated action on a European scale.
NanoStreeM at a glance: NanoStreeM_flyer
Public project information: NanoStreeM project info
Project Newsletters
- Issues 1 and 2: newsletter_12
- Issues 3 and 4: newsletter_34
- Issues 5 and 6: newsletter_56
Public Outreach
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- Open Access Government issue Jan 2019: OAG_2019_Jan_final
- Open Access Government issue Oct 2018: OAG_2018_Oct
- Open Access Government issue Jul 2018 : OAG_2018_Jul
- Open Access Government issue May 2018: OAG_2018_May
- Imec Magazine article Apr 2018: Assessing Nanorisks in The Semiconductor Industry
- SciTech Europa issue 26 2018: SciTechEuropa_2018issue26
- Open Access Government issue Feb 2018 OAG_2018_Feb
- EU Research issue Winter 2017
- ESIA Newsletter artcie 2018: ESIA_Feb2018
- NanoSafety Cluster Newsletter 2017: NSC_Newsletter_SPRING2017
- New Tech Europe article March 2016: New Tech Europe article 2016
- Imec Magazine article March 2016
Information from partners
Premed
- Project information
VITO
Tyndall
LFoundry
STM
- listed in ST approach to sustainability: here
CORDIS
- The CORDIS page of the project can be found here.