Nanosciences and Nanotechnology: Evolution or Revolution?

✍ Scribed by Jean-Michel Lourtioz, Marcel Lahmani, Claire Dupas-Haeberlin, Patrice Hesto (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 447
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides information to the state of art of research in nanotechnology and nano medicine and risks of nano technology. It covers an interdisciplinary and very wide scope of the latest fundamental research status and industrial applications of nano technologies ranging from nano physics, nano chemistry to biotechnology and toxicology. It provides information to last legislation of nano usage and potential social impact too. The book contains also a reference list of major European research centers and associated universities offering licences and master of nano matter. For clarity and attractivity, the book has many illustrations and specific inserts to complete the understanding of the scientific texts.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Introduction....Pages 1-19
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Overview of the Field....Pages 23-93
Applications I. From Nanometers to Megawatts: Photovoltaic Applications....Pages 95-101
Applications II: The Secret Revolution of Magnetic Sensors....Pages 103-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Overview of the Field....Pages 113-174
Applications I: Nanolubricants....Pages 175-181
Applications II: Nanocrystallites in Cement: What Future After Two Thousand Years?....Pages 183-198
Applications III. Nano-TiO (_2) ....Pages 199-205
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Nanobiosciences: New Ideas and Tools for Investigating and Manipulating Living Systems....Pages 209-218
Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology for Medicine....Pages 219-252
Squalenoylation: A Novel Technology for Anticancer and Antibiotic Drugs with Enhanced Activity....Pages 253-272
Health Impacts of Nanomaterials....Pages 273-286
Environmental Risks of Nanotechnology: A New Challenge?....Pages 287-311
Front Matter....Pages 313-313
Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: The French Research System....Pages 315-324
Training in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology....Pages 325-338
Nanotechnology and Industry....Pages 339-356
Societal Approach to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: When Technology Reflects and Shapes Society....Pages 357-404
Back Matter....Pages 405-438

✦ Subjects

Nanoscale Science and Technology; Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Nanotechnology; Nanochemistry; Societal Aspects of Physics