Nanostructured Materials for the Catalytic Abatement of Chemical Warfare Agents

The main aim of NanoContraChem Project is to develop effective, cheap and reliable inorganic oxide systems for the catalytic decontamination of chemical warfare agents (CWA), in alternative to the current chemical detoxification systems, and to evaluate the possibility of a large-scale use of them in decontamination devices, assessing their toxicological impact on living organisms by rapid and reliable biological tests. The final solid catalysts will be based on innovative nanostructured inorganic oxides and will rely on the oxidative degradation, transforming and degrading highly toxic chemical agents into non-toxic products.