Nanotechnology research and perspectives : papers from the First Foresight Conference on Nanotechnology

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author Foresight Conference on Nanotechnology Palo Alto, Calif.
Other Authors Crandall, B. C., Lewis, James, 1945-
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1992.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780262290814
Physical Description1 online zdroj (viii, 381 p.) : ill. (some col.).

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Table of Contents:
  • Molecular systems engineering
  • Atomic imaging and positioning / John Foster
  • Design and characterization of 4-helix bundle proteins / Tracy Handel
  • Design of self-assembling molecular systems: electrostatic structural enforcement in low-dimensional molecular solids / Michael D. Ward
  • Molecular engineering in Japan: progress toward nanotechnology / Hiroyuki Sasabe
  • Strategies for molecular systems engineering / K. Eric Drexler
  • Molecular electronics / Robert Birge
  • Quantum transistors and integrated circuits / Frederico Capasso
  • Fundamental physical constraints on the computational process / Norman Margolus.
  • Nanotechnology from a micromachinist's point of view / Joseph Mallon
  • What major problems need to be overcome to design and build molecular systems? / Drexler, Foster, Handel, Merkle, Ward
  • Possible medical applications of nanotechnology: hints from the field of aging research / Gregory M. Fahy
  • The future of computation / Bill Joy
  • Economic consequences of new technologies / Gordon Tullock
  • The risks of nanotechnology / Ralph Merkle
  • Fears and hopes of an environmentalist for nanotechnology / Lester W. Milbrath
  • The weapon of openness / Arthur Kantrowitz
  • What public policy pitfalls can be avoided in the development and regulation of nanotechnology? / Drexler, Kantrowitz, Merkle, Milbrath, Schwartz, Tullock.