Applied nanotechnology : the conversion of research results to products

Applied Nanotechnology: The Conversion of Research Results to Products, Third Edition, 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 require...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Ramsden, Jeremy (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : William Andrew is an imprint of Elsevier, [2018]
EditionThird edition.
SeriesMicro & nano technologies.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780128133446
0128133449
9780128133439
0128133430
Physical Description1 online resource (xx, 292 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • What is nanotechnology?
  • Science, technology, and wealth
  • Innovation
  • Why nanotechnology?
  • Nanotechnology in a modern economy
  • Nanotechnology for health, food, and hygiene
  • Nanotechnology for energy
  • Information technologies
  • Miscellaneous applications
  • The design of nanotechnology products
  • The realization of nanotechnology
  • The business environment
  • The fiscal environment of nanotechnology
  • The safety of nanofacture and nanomaterials
  • Regulation
  • Some successful and unsuccessful nanotechnology companies
  • Global nanotechnology
  • The future of nanotechnology
  • Society's grand challenges
  • Ethics and nanotechnology.