About this Research Topic
The field is still expanding, both in terms of the novelty of labeling approaches as well as their applications. We hope to bring together significant research that advances the techniques for tracing ENMs in the environment and biological surroundings which will enable a better understanding of the environmental and biological behavior. This will, additionally, improve our ability to ensure safe applications involving ENMs, at all stages of their life cycle.
In this Research Topic, we welcome Original Research and Review articles, as well as Perspectives/Opinions on the labeling of nanomaterials. We particularly encourage work that shows how the label enables a better understanding of nanomaterial behaviour in biological or environmental processes. This Research Topic will mainly focus on, but not limited to, the following subtopics:
• Stable isotope labeling;
• Fluorescent tracers;
• Radioactive isotope labeling;
• Trace element labeling;
• Nucleic acid labeling.
Keywords: Nanomaterials, stable istopes, radioisotopes, chemical labels, DNA labels
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