The American National Standards Institute

American National Standards Institute

The American National Standards Institute is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organization also coordinates U.S. standards with international...

–Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP) enables stakeholders in nanotechnology

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...

 to work together to coordinate the development of voluntary standards. Such standards include terminology and materials properties and measurement procedures to facilitate commercialization of applications and uses of nanotechnology. ANSI established the panel in August 2004, and membership is open to all parties interested in nanotechnology standards.

Objectives

Objectives of the ANSI-NSP include:

• Providing a forum to define needs, determine work plans and establish priorities for updating standards or creating new standards.
• Soliciting participation from sectors that have not traditionally participated in the voluntary standards system.
• Facilitating the development and adoption of standards in the area of nanotechnology in general and nomenclature/terminology specifically.
• Making available the results of the panel’s work.