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From the back cover:
"Suddenly, nanotechnology isn't science fiction or mere theory: It's becoming one of the world's fastest-growing, highest-impact industries. In Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation, and Opportunity, the field's leading experts offer an up-to-the-minute briefing on where the industry stands now, how it will unfold over the coming decade, and how it will impact you.
Edited by a key industry advisor, this book covers the latest in nanotech science, technology, and applications. You'll meet the key players, and discover nanotech at work in fields ranging from drug delivery to energy efficiency. Here are the opportunities, the challenges, and the implications: all you need to know about today's nanotech business--and tomorrow's.
Coverage includes
* How the convergence of nanoscale science foreshadows revolutionary societal change
* Technical and business obstacles that still challenge the industry
* Lessons from the early "gold rush" days of biotech: managing the hype
* Nanotech as disruptive innovation: implications for investors and venture capitalists
* The evolving roles of entrepreneurs, universities, and the U.S. government
* Key application areas: materials, microelectronics, sensors, energy, and beyond
* Bio-Nano-Information fusion: the potential to transform medicine
* Relevant patent law and intellectual property issues
* The ethics of nanotechnology."


Contributors:
Foreword by Senators Joseph Lieberman and George Allen
1. Lessons in Innovation and Commercialization from the Biotechnology Revolution:
Gerald Gallwas, Beckman Instruments
2. Nanotechnology and Our Energy Challenge: Dr. Richard Smalley, Rice University
3. Fads & Hype in Technology: The Sargasso Sea of ‘Some Day Soon’: Peter Coffee, eWeek
4. Nanotechnology Commercialization: Steve Jurvetson, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
5. Investment in Nanotechnology: Dr. Daniel Leff, Harris & Harris Doug Moffat, Moffat Capital
6. Role of the U.S. Government in Nanoscale Science and Technology: Geoff Holdridge, National 7. Nanotechnology Coordination Office and WTEC, Inc.
8. Overview of US Academic Research: Dr. Julie Chen, University of Massachusetts Lowell
9. Understanding University Technology Transfer for Nanotechnology: Larry Gilbert, Caltech, Dr. Michael Krieger, UCLA
10. Intellectual Property Policy and Impact: Chinh Pham, Greenberg Traurig, Charles Berman, Greenberg Traurig
11. Entrepreneurs: Jeff Lawrence, Trillium Digital Systems, Larry Bock, Nanosys
12. Major Corporations: Technology, Business and the Culture of Opportunity: Jim Duncan, Meggitt PLC
13. Nanotechnology in Federal Laboratories: Dr. Meyya Meyyapan, NASA Ames Laboratory
14. Nanoscale Materials: Dr. Mark Reed, Yale, Dr. ZL Wang, Georgia Tech, Dr. Brent Segal, Nantero Dr. Sheryl Ehrman, Maryland, Fiona Case, Case Scientific
15. Nanotechnology-Enabled Sensors: Dr. David Nagel, George Washington University, Dr. Sharon Smith, Lockheed Martin Microelectronics, Dr. Stephen Goodnick, Arizona State, Dr. George Thompson, Intel, Dr. Axel Scherer, Caltech
16. Drug Delivery: Dr. Suzie Pun, University of Washington, Dr. JJ Cheng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
17. Bio-Nano-Information Fusion: Dr. Chih-Ming Ho, UCLA, Dr. Dean Ho, UCLA, Dan Garcia, UCLA
18. Convergence and Integration: Dr. Mike Roco, National Science Foundation
19. Ethical Considerations in the advance of Nanotechnology, Dr. Bill Bainbridge, National Science Foundation
20. Infinitesimal Machinery: Dr. Richard Feynman, Caltech

Commenti

Diritto, economia e scienza delle nanotecnologie.

Keywords

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