Florian Part

Florian Part
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna | boku · Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment

Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.
Risk and sustainability assessment in a circular economy

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Introduction
Dr. Florian Part is a Senior Scientist at BOKU University, Department of Water-Atmosphere-Environment, Institute of Waste Management and Circularity. He holds a habilitation for the subject Environmental Chemistry. The research group focuses on the transport, environmental behavior and fate of potentially toxic chemicals and emerging pollutants, such as advanced materials incl. engineered nanomaterials, in line with the circular economy and the safe- and sustainable-by-design principle.
Additional affiliations
February 2022 - July 2022
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung
Position
  • Researcher
March 2017 - January 2022
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Position
  • Senior Researcher
September 2016 - February 2017
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Position
  • Research Associate
Education
February 2022 - January 2024
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Field of study
  • Habilitation in Environmental Chemistry
June 2012 - February 2017
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Field of study
  • Environmental Chemistry and Waste Management
September 2008 - February 2010
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Field of study
  • Environmental Engineering

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Publications (75)
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Despite the fact that nanomaterials have been in use for decades and chemicals legislation is largely harmonised within the EU, quantitative and safety-relevant information on nanomaterials is still scarce. In particular, information about production volumes, their unique physicochemical properties (size, specific surface area, etc.) and nanomateri...
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The presence of manufactured nano-objects (MNOs) in various consumer or their (future large-scale) use as nanoagrochemical have increased with the rapid development of nanotechnology and therefore, concerns associated with its possible ecotoxicological effects are also arising. MNOs are releasing along the product life cycle, consequently accumulat...
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The emissions of tyre wear particles (TWPs) into the environment are increasing and have negative impacts on the environment and human health. The aim of this study was therefore to establish a mass balance for vehicle tyres und TWP emissions in Austria using static material flow analysis, which enabled a quantification of mass flows of rubber incl...
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Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) show high energy densities and are therefore used in a wide range of applications: from portable electronics to stationary energy storage systems and traction batteries used for e-mobility. Considering the projected increase in global demand for this energy storage technology, driven primarily by growth in e-vehicles, a...
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Plastics are a ubiquitous material with good mechanical, chemical and thermal properties, and are used in all industrial sectors. Large quantities, widespread use, and insufficient management of plastic wastes lead to low recycling rates. The key challenge in recycling plastic waste is achieving a higher degree of homogeneity between the different...
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Engineering plastics, such as polyoxymethylene (POM), are high-performance thermoplastics designed to withstand high temperature or mechanical stress and are used in electronic equipment, the automotive industry, construction, or specific household utensils. POM is immiscible with other plastics but due to a low volume of production, no methods wer...
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The energy demand of private households contributes globally to 36.5% of the total CO2 emissions. To analyze the emissions reduction potential, we conducted a comparative life cycle assessment of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell in a residential application and a conventional system with a stand-alone gas condensing boiler and electricity from...
Technical Report
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This report summarizes the current state of knowledge on nanocarriers. Nanocarriers are innovative materials ("advanced materials") with unique physicochemical properties that can pose particular challenges for chemical regulation and regulatory risk assessment. To this end, a literature review of existing nanocarriers or those under development an...
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Nanocarrier sind innovative Transport- und Verkapselungssysteme unterschiedlicher chemischer Zusammensetzung und Struktur und werden zu den Advanced Materials gezählt. Sie werden in verschiedenen Anwendungsbereichen eingesetzt, vor allem in der Medizin, in Kosmetikprodukten oder der Landwirtschaft, ebenso wie in Nahrungsergänzungsmitteln und Hausha...
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Today, plastic is a ubiquitous material with good mechanical, chemical, and thermal properties and therefore used in many industrial sectors. The biggest challenge in recycling plastic waste is to separate the different types of plastic to a high degree of homogeneity. Waste sorting plants use automated sensorbased sorting systems to separate diffe...
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The remarkable optoelectronic capabilities of perovskite structures enable the achievement of astonishingly high-power conversion efficiencies on the laboratory scale. However, a critical bottleneck of perovskite solar cells is their sensitivity to the surrounding humid environment affecting drastically their long-term stability. Internal additive...
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Investigations of the behavior and effects of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) on human health and the environment need detailed knowledge of their fate and transport in environmental compartments. Such studies are highly challenging due to low environmental concentrations, varying size distribution of the particles and the interference with the nat...
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As industrial demand for graphene-based materials (GBMs) grows, more attention falls on potential environmental risks. The present article describes a first assessment of the environmental releases of GBMs using dynamic probabilistic material flow analysis. The model considered all current or expected uses of GBMs from 2004 to 2030, during which ti...
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Emerging photovoltaic systems (EPVs) such as organic solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, perovskite solar cells, and quantum dots solar cells are currently under development, opening up new fields of application due to their lightweight and flexible design and low-cost production. To assess the environmental sustainability of innovations or ad...
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Quantenpunkte (engl. quantum dots, kurz QDs) finden in der Medizin und Umweltforschung immer häufiger Verwendung. Aufgrund ihrer spezifischen optischen Charakteristika können QDs mittels Fluoreszenzanalysen gezielt auch in komplexen Medien, wie Umwelt oder Gewebeproben, detektiert werden. Diese einzigartigen Eigenschaften der QDs machen sie für ein...
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The production and use of engineered nanomaterials and nano-enabled products is increasing, enabling innovations in many application areas, e.g., in the sector of food contact materials. However, nanosafety-relevant information for chemical risk assessment is still scarce, leading to a high level of uncertainty and making the early integration of s...
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Dear Colleagues, Plastics or synthetic polymers are omnipresent in our daily lives because they are characterized by their advantageous material properties, such as lightweight, plasticity, and durability of thermoplastics and thermosets. In addition, elastomers like rubber with cross-linked longer polymer chains have enabled reversible elasticity...
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Um die Pariser Klimaziele für 2050 zu erreichen, werden neben klassischen, siliziumbasierten Technologien auch neuartige „Emerging Photovoltaics“ (EPVs) zum Einsatz kommen, die flexible, ultradünne und vor allem leichte Photovoltaik (PV)-Module ermöglichen. Hier eröffnen innovative Werkstoffe und Materialien, sogenannte „Advanced Materials“, neue A...
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Um die ökologische Nachhaltigkeit von „Ad? vanced Materials“ (AdMs) in innovativen So? larzelltechnologien (Emerging Photovoltaics, EPVs) abschätzen zu können, ist die Betrach? tung des gesamten Lebenszyklus notwendig. Lebenszyklus?Analysen (Life Cycle Analysis, LCAs) können jene Materialien in einem Pro? dukt identifizieren, die in Relation zu and...
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Organic aromatic compounds used for dyeing and coloring in the textile industry are persistent and hazardous pollutants that must be treated before they are discharged into rivers and surface waters. Therefore, we investigated the potential of the white rot fungus Phanerochaete velutina to decolorize commonly used reactive dyes. The fungus decolori...
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Zusammenfassung Bis 2040 soll die Stromversorgung in Österreich laut aktuellem Regierungsprogramm klimaneutral sein und somit zu 100 % aus erneuerbarer Energie erfolgen. Dieses Ziel ist mit großen Ambitionen im Ausbau der Anlagen zur Erzeugung von erneuerbarer Energie, vor allem im Bereich der Photovoltaik und Windkraft, verbunden. Ziel dieses Beit...
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Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are nanocrystals used in diverse optoelectronics and at the end of their useful life they are likely to end up in landfills, where they could be leached by infiltrating rain water. In this context, spectroscopic and light scattering techniques were employed in this work to investigate the environmental fate of QDs e...
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Various additives are added to plastics to either improve processability, change product properties or protect them against thermal, UV or light influences. In the case of a polymer nanocomposite, the additives have at least one dimension of less than 100 nm and can be found in the form of platelets, fibres or particles. They primarily serve to imp...
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Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) can contain brominated flame retardants (BFRs) that pose a threat to human health and the environment. In addition, Br-containing plastics reduce the recycling potential of WEEE. In order to gain a better insight into the distribution of Br in plastics from WEEE, the total concentration of Br was mea...
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Erratum zu: Österr Wasser- und Abfallw 2019 10.1007/s00506-019-00639-7 Leider befindet sich in Abb. 4 ein Fehler. Sie finden die korrigierte Abbildungen …
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Zusammenfassung Kunststoffe in Elektroaltgeräten (EAG) enthalten häufig bromierte Flammschutzmittel (BFR), die unbeabsichtigt freigesetzt und somit zu negativen Umwelt- und Gesundheitsauswirkungen führen können. Zusätzlich vermindern BFR die Qualität von Rezyklaten, wobei Grenzwerte gemäß RoHS-Richtlinie (1000 ppm je BRF-Typ) und Abfallbehandlungsp...
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Kunststoffen werden unterschiedliche Additive zugesetzt, um entweder die Verarbeitbarkeit zu verbessern, die Produkteigenschaften zu verändern oder um sie gegen Wärme, UVbzw. Lichteinflüsse zu schützen. Bei einem Polymer-Nanokomposit weisen die Additive zumindest in einer Dimension eine Größenordnung von unter 100 nm auf und können plättchen-, fase...
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Kunststoffen werden unterschiedliche Additive zugesetzt, um entweder die Verarbeitbarkeit zu verbessern, die Produkteigenschaften zu verändern oder um sie gegen Wärme, UVbzw. Lichteinflüsse zu schützen. Bei einem Polymer-Nanokomposit weisen die Additive zumindest in einer Dimension eine Größenordnung von unter 100 nm auf und können plättchen-, fase...
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In the last decade, in many European Countries more and more measures have been initiated aiming at the prevention of food losses and wastes along the entire value chain. In order to evaluate or monitor such important measures it is crucial to obtain quantitative information on generated food waste amounts, subsequently enabling the quantitative ev...
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The film provides information on the importance of organic waste management and peri-urban agriculture especially in urban agglomerations of low-income countries. The biodegradation process is explained and what factors of influence have to be considered in day to day composting activities. The movie was made in the course of a small-scale compost...
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Nanomaterials can improve the properties of food contact materials. Innovations of this kind are of particular interest for food packaging made out of plastic materials. The purpose of their use is to improve food storage and so to guarantee both freshness and quality. A further goal is to improve the technical properties of materials in order to m...
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Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are widely used for optical applications and bioimaging. In comparison to organic dyes used for fluorescent labelling, QDs exhibit very high photostability and can be further surface modified. Equipping QDs with magnetic properties (mQDs) enables to combine fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging analyses. For t...
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Significant knowledge and data gaps associated with the fate of product-embedded engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) in waste management processes exist that limit our current ability to develop appropriate end-of-life management strategies. This review paper was developed as part of the activities of the IWWG ENMs in Waste Task Group. The specific obj...
Technical Report
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It is critical to develop appropriate end-of-life management strategies for discarded materials and/or products that contain engineered nanomaterials (ENM) to ensure human and/or environment exposure is minimized. Significant knowledge and data gaps associated with the fate of ENMs incorporated in consumer products in waste management processes (e....
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To date construction materials that contain engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are available at the markets, but at the same time very little is known about their environmental fate. Therefore, this study aimed at modeling the potential fate of ENMs by using the example of the Japanese construction sector and by conducting a dynamic material flow anal...
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Nanomaterialien können die Eigenschaften von Lebensmittelkontaktmaterialien verbessern. Insbesondere für Lebensmittelverpackungen aus Kunststoff sind derartige Innovationen von großem Interesse. Sie zielen darauf ab, die Lagerungsfähigkeit von Lebensmitteln zu erhöhen und damit die Frische sowie Qualität zu gewährleisten. Auch die technischen Eigen...
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Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are already used for a myriad of product applications as such novel materials allow for increasing its performance (e.g. ENM-enhanced thin film solar cells or wall paints having antibacterial properties). Due to their small size and relatively high reactivity, ENMs can behave differently from their bulk counterparts....
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Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are in a size range of 1 to 100 nm and are already part of our daily life. ENMs are incorporated as semiconductor materials, additives, antibacterial agents etc. in diverse consumer products, such as quantum dot-containing LED applications, nanoclay-containing food packaging or nanosilver-containing surface coatings....
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Synthetisch hergestellte Nanomaterialien sind in der Industrie bereits ein fester Bestandteil und haben zu neuen Produktentwicklungen geführt. Auf der einen Seite versprechen Nanomaterialien aufgrund ihrer Größe sowie spezifischen und chemisch sehr reaktiven Oberflächen vielversprechende Anwendungsgebiete. Auf der anderen Seite lassen sich über der...
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Seit geraumer Zeit finden künstlich hergestellte und oberflächenmodifizierte Nanomaterialien in diversen Alltagsprodukten Anwendung. Für die gegenständliche Materialflussanalyse wurden 6 Nanokonsumprodukte ausgewählt, die am österreichischen Markt erhältlich sind und vorwiegend metallische Nanomaterialien enthalten (d. h.: Nano-SiO2, -TiO2, -Ag ode...
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Fluorescent nanomaterials and semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are already in use in different fields such as electronic devices or for bioimaging due to their outstanding optical properties and high photostability. For example, QDs are applied as semiconductors for LED-applications or solar cells 1. To enhance their colloidal stability as well as...
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Despite the intensive efforts that the People’s Republic of China has invested in the improvement of municipal solid waste management, Municipal Solid Waste collection is still heavily contested by the informal sector. These informal stakeholders divert recyclables such as waste metals, plastics, paper and glass out of municipal solid waste and sel...
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The informal recycling sector plays an active role in the collection, processing and trading of recyclables in urban China. The Chinese ever growing cities face the problem of keeping the balance between public and private interests: for residual waste, large-scale processing / treatment and disposal technologies have been implemented, whereas in t...
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The number of products containing engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) has increased due to their high industrial relevance as well as their use in diverse consumer products. At the end of their life cycle ENMs might be released to the environment and therefore concerns arise regarding their environmental impact. In order to track their fate upon dispos...
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High quantum yields, colloidal stability and surfaces amenable to diverse chemical modifications are critical objectives for quantum dot (QD) synthesis. We present an approach of QD preparation developed for achieving these criteria. In addition, the nascent QDs are already water-soluble. We then partially exchanged the N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) liga...
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This section is meant to give readers an insight into the emerging field of nanotechnologies and risk regulation. It informs and updates readers on the latest European and international developments in nanotechnologies and risk regulation across different sectors (e.g., chemicals, food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals) and policy areas (e.g., environmen...
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Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are currently used in over 1,600 consumer products. As these ENM-laden materials and/or products reach the end of their useful life, the development of appropriate end-of-life management strategies to manage the ENMs is crit ical to minimize human and/or environment exposure. Currently, there are significant knowledg...
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Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are already extensively used in diverse consumer products. Along the life cycle of a nano-enabled product, ENMs can be released and subsequently accumulate in the environment. Material flow models also indicate that a variety of ENMs may accumulate in waste streams. Therefore, a new type of waste, so-called nanowaste...
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Synthetisch hergestellte Nanomaterialien (Engineered Nanomaterials – ENM) können potentiell entlang des gesamten Lebenszyklus eines Produktes freigesetzt werden. Die Nutzung von Produkten mit suspendierten ENM, wie Sonnenschutzmittel, führt mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit zu einem unmittelbaren Umwelteintrag. Hingegen können fest in eine Produktmatrix...
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Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) can potentially be released during all waste treatment processes and can accumulate in residual materials, scrap materials, secondary raw materials or composts. Nonetheless, only few studies are available on the fate and behavior of ENMs during recycling and disposal. In Austria more than half of the waste produced b...
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Synthetically produced nanomaterials (Engineered Nanomaterials – ENMs) can potentially be released along the entire lifecycle of a product. The use of products with suspended ENMs, such as sunscreen lotions, almost certainly leads to an immediate environmental input. In contrast, ENMs that are solidly integrated in a product matrix can only be rele...
Conference Paper
ABSTRACT: The objective of this study is to clarify the material flow of specific nanomaterials with focus on construction materials to deviate its release scenarios for the end-of-life phase. The waste stream of construction and demolition (C&D) waste is very interesting because it is generated by both households and industry. Furthermore, the vol...
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Nanotechnology and engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are already established in high-tech consumer products. Currently the Nanowerk Nanomaterial DatabaseTM contains over 3’000 ENMs which can be used for R&D and commercialization. As a result, metal-based ENMs, such as nano-TiO2, -SiO2, -ZnO, -Ag etc., are applied, e.g., for cosmetics and construction...
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With the advent of the 21th century, China’s economic model experienced profound modifications: Away from the exclusive emphasis on economic growth towards a more balanced development pattern with an enhanced perception for environmental and societal concerns. These changes of ‘greening' in the growth paradigm are manifested in China’s latest five...
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ACHTUNG -- In der Erst-Version, online vom 8. bis 18. September 2014, wurde auf S. 3 Abs. 1 ein Zahlensturz festgestellt. Dies wurde mittlerweile korrigiert [Stand 02.10.2014]. Aufgrund ihrer speziellen chemischen und physikalischen Eigenschaften werden synthetisch hergestellte Nanomaterialien bereits in einer Vielzahl verschiedener Produkte und A...
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Based on their special chemical and physical properties, synthetically produced nanomaterials are currently being used in a wide range of products and applications. At the end of their product life cycle, nanomaterials can enter waste treat ment plants and landfills via diverse waste streams. Little, however, is known about how nanomaterials behave...

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