Applied Nanotechnology
- 1st Edition - April 1, 2000
- Author: Jeremy Ramsden
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 5 1 9 1 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 8 1 5 5 - 2 0 2 4 - 5
Applied Nanotechnology: The Conversion of Research Results to Products examines the commercial and social aspects of nanotechnology. The book is organized into four parts. Part 1… Read more
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Request a sales quoteApplied Nanotechnology: The Conversion of Research Results to Products examines the commercial and social aspects of nanotechnology. The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 presents an overview of nanotechnology. It discusses the definition of nanotechnology; the relationship between wealth, technology, and science; the relationship between nanotechnology and innovation; and the question of why one might wish to introduce nanotechnology. Part 2 explains the nanotechnology business and the applications of nanotechnology in a wide range of industries, including engineering, aerospace, automotive, food, textiles, information technologies, and health. Part 3 deals with specific commercial and financial aspects. These include business models for nanotechnology enterprises, demand assessment for nanotechnology products, and the design of nanotechnology products. Part 4 looks at the future of nanotechnology. It examines how nanotechnology can contribute to the big challenges faced by humanity, such as climate change and terrorism. Ethical issues are also considered, including risk, uncertainty, and regulation.
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Series Editor’s PrefacePrefacePart 1 Technology Basics Chapter 1 What is Nanotechnology? 1.1 Nanotechnology as Process 1.2 Nanotechnology as Materials 1.3 Nanotechnology as Materials, Devices and Systems 1.4 Direct, Indirect and Conceptual Nanotechnology 1.5 Nanobiotechnology and Bionanotechnology 1.6 Nanotechnology—Toward a Definition 1.7 The Nanoscale 1.8 Nanoscience Further Reading Chapter 2 Science, Technology and Wealth 2.1 Nanotechnology is Different 2.2 The Evolution of Technology 2.3 The Nature of Wealth and Value 2.4 The Social Value of Science Further Reading Chapter 3 Innovation 3.1 The Time Course of Innovation 3.2 Creative Destruction 3.3 What Drives Development? 3.4 Can Innovation be Managed? 3.5 The Effect of Maturity Further Reading Chapter 4 Why Nanotechnology? 4.1 Fabrication 4.2 Performance 4.3 Agile Manufacturing Further ReadingPart 2 Nanotechnology Products Chapter 5 The Nanotechnology Business 5.1 Nanotechnology Statistics 5.2 The Total Market 5.3 The Current Situation 5.4 Consumer Products 5.5 The Safety of Nanoproducts 5.6 Geographical Distribution Chapter 6 Miscellaneous Applications 6.1 Noncarbon Materials 6.2 Carbon-Based Materials 6.3 Ultraprecision Engineering 6.4 Aerospace and Automotive Industries 6.5 Catalysis 6.6 Construction 6.7 Energy 6.8 Environment 6.9 Food 6.10 Metrology 6.11 Paper 6.12 Security 6.13 Textiles Chapter 7 Information Technologies 7.1 Silicon Microelectronics 7.2 Data Storage Technologies 7.3 Display Technologies 7.4 Sensing Technologies Chapter 8 Applications to Health 8.1 Principal Applications 8.2 Implanted Devices 8.3 Nanoparticle Applications 8.4 Tissue Scaffolds 8.5 Paramedicine 8.6 Nanobots 8.7 Toxicology Aspects Further ReadingPart 3 Organizing Nanotechnology Business Chapter 9 The Business Environment 9.1 The Universality of Nanotechnology 9.2 The Radical Nature of Nanotechnology 9.3 Financing Nanotechnology 9.4 Government Funding 9.5 Intellectual Needs 9.6 The Cost of Nanotechnology 9.7 Companies 9.8 Temporal Evolution 9.9 Patents and Standards Chapter 10 Assessing Demand for Nanotechnology 10.1 Products of Substitution 10.2 Incrementally Improved Products 10.3 Radically New Products 10.4 Modeling 10.5 Judging Innovation Value 10.6 Anticipating Benefit Chapter 11 Design of Nanotechnology Products 11.1 The Challenge of Vastification 11.2 Enhancing Traditional Design Routes 11.3 Materials Selection Further ReadingPart 4 Wider and Long-Term Issues Chapter 12 The Future of Nanotechnology 12.1 Productive Nanosystems 12.2 Social Impacts 12.3 Timescales 12.4 Self-Assembly 12.5 Molecular Electronics 12.6 Quantum Computing Further Reading Chapter 13 Grand Challenges 13.1 Material Crises 13.2 Social Crises 13.3 Is Science Itself in Crisis? 13.4 Nanotechnology-Specific Challenges 13.5 Globalization 13.6 An Integrated Approach Chapter 14 Ethics and Nanotechnology 14.1 Risk, Hazard and Uncertainty 14.2 Regulation 14.3 A Rational Basis for Safety Measures 14.4 Should We Proceed? 14.5 What About Nanoethics? Further ReadingIndex
- No. of pages: 200
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 1, 2000
- Imprint: William Andrew
- eBook ISBN: 9780080951911
- eBook ISBN: 9780815520245
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Jeremy Ramsden
Jeremy Ramsden was educated at the Universities of Cambridge and Princeton and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he obtained his doctorate in the Institute of Chemical Physics for research into photocatalytic semiconductor nanoparticles. He was a visiting scientist at the Biocenter (Institute of Biophysics) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Szeged (1987), after which he worked at the Biocenter (Institute of Biophysical Chemistry) of the University of Basle (member of the Faculty of Natural Philosophy) until being appointed (2002) Professor and Chair of Nanotechnology at Cranfield University in the UK. From 2003–9 he was also Research Director for Nanotechnology at Cranfield University at Kitakyushu in Japan. In 2012 he moved to the University of Buckingham (UK) as Honorary Professor of Nanotechnology. His main research focus nowadays is on nanosensors. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (London) and a IUPAC Fellow.
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