Applied Nanotechnology (Micro and Nano Technologies)

✍ Scribed by Jeremy Ramsden

• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 157
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

An overview of nanotechnology that encompasses scientific, technological, economic and social issues - investigating the potential of nanotechnology to transform whole sectors of industry from healthcare to energy. Jeremy Ramsden provides a blueprint for those involved in the commercialization of nanotechnology. In Applied Nanotechnology Professor Ramsden takes an integrated approach to the scientific, commercial and social aspects of nanotechnology, exploring: The relationship between nanotechnology and innovation The changing economics and business models required to commercialize innovations in nanotechnology Product design challenges - investigated through case studies Applications in various sectors, including composite materials, energy and agriculture The role of government in promoting nanotechnology The potential future of molecular self-assembly in industrial production The ethics and social implications of nanotechnology As well as providing business models and practical examples of the innovation process, this book offers a vision of the role of nanotechnology in confronting the challenges facing humanity, from healthcare to climate change. About the Author Professor Jeremy Ramsden graduated (Natural Sciences) from Cambridge University and obtained his doctorate from the ?cole Polytechnique F?d?rale in Lausanne. He was appointed as Professor of Nanotechnology at Cranfield University in 2002, becoming additionally Director of Research for Bionanotechnology at Cranfield University's Kitakyushu campus in 2003.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover Page
......Page 1
Copyright
......Page 2
Dedication
......Page 3
Series Editor's Preface
......Page 4
Preface
......Page 6
What is Nanotechnology?......Page 9
Nanotechnology as Process......Page 10
Nanotechnology as Materials......Page 13
Nanotechnology as Materials, Devices and Systems......Page 14
Direct, Indirect and Conceptual Nanotechnology......Page 15
Nanotechnology—Toward a Definition......Page 16
Nanoscience......Page 17
Further Reading......Page 18
Science, Technology and Wealth......Page 19
Nanotechnology is Different......Page 24
The Evolution of Technology......Page 26
The Nature of Wealth and Value......Page 28
The Social Value of Science......Page 30
Further Reading......Page 32
Innovation......Page 33
The Time Course of Innovation......Page 37
Creative Destruction......Page 40
Can Innovation be Managed?......Page 43
The Effect of Maturity......Page 44
Further Reading......Page 45
Why Nanotechnology?......Page 46
Fabrication......Page 49
Agile Manufacturing......Page 50
Further Reading......Page 51
The Nanotechnology Business......Page 52
Nanotechnology Statistics......Page 53
The Total Market......Page 54
The Current Situation......Page 56
Consumer Products......Page 58
The Safety of Nanoproducts......Page 61
Geographical Distribution......Page 63
The Fiscal Environment for Nanotechnology......Page 64
Nanotechnology in the Developing World......Page 66
Miscellaneous Applications......Page 68
Composites......Page 69
Coatings......Page 70
Carbon-Based Materials......Page 71
Ultraprecision Engineering......Page 72
Construction......Page 73
Production......Page 74
Environment......Page 75
Food......Page 76
Metrology......Page 83
Security......Page 84
Textiles......Page 85
Information Technologies......Page 86
Silicon Microelectronics......Page 87
Data Storage Technologies......Page 88
Sensing Technologies......Page 89
Applications to Health......Page 91
Principal Applications......Page 92
Implanted Devices......Page 93
Nanoparticle Applications......Page 94
Tissue Scaffolds......Page 95
Nanobots......Page 96
Further Reading......Page 97
The Business Environment......Page 98
The Universality of Nanotechnology......Page 99
The Radical Nature of Nanotechnology......Page 102
Financing Nanotechnology......Page 103
Government Funding......Page 107
Intellectual Needs......Page 109
Company–University Collaboration......Page 112
Hyperion......Page 113
Q-Flo......Page 115
Analysis......Page 116
Temporal Evolution......Page 118
Patents and Standards......Page 119
Assessing Demand for Nanotechnology......Page 120
Products of Substitution......Page 121
Modeling......Page 122
Anticipating Benefit......Page 123
The Challenge of Vastification......Page 125
Enhancing Traditional Design Routes......Page 126
Further Reading......Page 128
The Future of Nanotechnology......Page 129
Productive Nanosystems......Page 131
Social Impacts......Page 132
Timescales......Page 134
Self-Assembly......Page 135
Molecular Electronics......Page 136
Further Reading......Page 137
Grand Challenges......Page 138
Material Crises......Page 139
Is Science Itself in Crisis?......Page 141
Nanotechnology-Specific Challenges......Page 143
An Integrated Approach......Page 144
Ethics and Nanotechnology......Page 146
Risk, Hazard and Uncertainty......Page 147
Regulation......Page 149
A Rational Basis for Safety Measures......Page 150
Should We Proceed?......Page 151
What About Nanoethics?......Page 152
Further Reading......Page 154
G......Page 155
R......Page 156
W......Page 157