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Reference Materials supporting characterisation of nanomaterials: Current status and future trends

17 March 2026, 14:00 – 16:00 UTC + 1

The consortium of Metrology Partnership project Establishing traceable concentration measurements of particles for a more sustainable industry (24NRM02, ConcenSus) is organising this webinar.

Agenda

14:00 - 14:05                                       

Welcome and introduction to the workshop

Vasile-Dan Hodoroaba, BAM (Germany)

Dorota Bartczak, National Measurement Laboratory, LGC Limited (United Kingdom)

14:05 - 14:30

Particles in suspension at the core of reference material processing - from atmospheric dust to microplastics

Håkan Emteborg, JRC (Belgium)

14:30 – 14:50

SI‑traceable characterisation of the first reference material for nanoparticle number concentration in suspension to support regulatory compliance

David Ojeda, National Measurement Laboratory, LGC Limited (United Kingdom)

14:50 – 15:10 Accurate size measurement of nanomaterial constituent particles using certified reference materials ERM-FD104 and ERM-FD105 Vikram Kestens, JRC (Belgium)
15:10 – 15:30 Development of Nanoplastics Reference Materials at BAM Andreas Thünemann, BAM (Germany)
15:30 – 15:55 Interactive session and panel discussion Vasile-Dan Hodoroaba, Dorota Bartczak, David Ojeda, Vikram Kestens, and Andreas Thünemann,
15:55 – 16:00 Summary and close Vasile-Dan Hodoroaba, and Dorota Bartczak

Registration Free of charge, deadline 10 March

Contact email address: Dorota.Bartczak@lgcgroup.com

Organising committee

  1. Bartczak, NML at LGC Limited (United Kingdom)
  1. Hodoroaba, BAM (Germany)

This Metrology Partnership project has received funding from the European Partnership on Metrology, co-financed by the European Union Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme and from the Participating States.

Event Information

Date
2026-03-17 to 2026-03-17
Location
Online event
Categories
EMRP / EMPIR / Partnership Training , European Partnership on Metrology