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Nanotechnology : science, innovation and opportunity / Lynn E. Foster

By: Foster, Lynn E.
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c2006Description: xliii, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0131927566 (hbk.).Subject(s): Nanotechnology | Nanotechnology -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 620.5
Contents:
Foreword by Senators Joseph Lieberman and George Allen. - Preface. - Sect. One - Development Drivers. 1. Lessons in Innovation and Commercialization from the Biotechnology Revolution / Gerald Gallwas. 2. Nanotechnology and Our Energy Challenge / Dr. Richard Smalley. 3. Fads & Hype in Technology: The Sargasso Sea of "Some Day Soon" / Peter Coffee. - Section Two - The Players. 4. Nanotechnology Commercialization / Steve Jurvetson. 5. Investment in Nanotechnology / Dr. Daniel Leff and Doug Moffat. 6. Role of the US Government in Nanoscale Science and Technology / Geoff Holdridge. 7. Overview of US Academic Research / Dr. Julie Chen. 8. Understanding University Technology Transfer for Nanotechnology / Larry Gilbert and Dr. Michael Krieger. 9. Intellectual Property Policy and Impact / Chinh Pham and Charles Berman. 10. Entrepreneurs / Jeff Lawrence and Larry Bock. 11. Major Corporations: Technology, Business and the Culture of Opportunity / Dr. Hans Coufal and Jim Duncan. 12. Nanotechnology in Federal Laboratories / Dr. Meyya Meyyapan. - Section Two - Materials and Industries. 13. Nanoscale Materials / Dr. Mark Reed, Dr. ZL Wang, Dr. Brent Segal, Dr. Sheryl Ehrman, and Fiona Case. 14. Nanotechnology-Enabled Sensors / Dr. David Nagel and Dr. Sharon Smith. 15. Microelectronics / Dr. Stephen Goodnick, Dr. George Thompson, and Dr. Axel Scherer. 16. Drug Delivery / Dr. Suzie Hwang Pun and Dr. Jianjun Cheng. 17. Bio-Nano-Information Fusion / Dr. Chih-Ming Ho, Dr. Dean Ho, and Dan Garcia. - Section Four - Convergence and Integration. 18. Convergence and Integration / Dr. Mihail C. Roco. 19. Ethical Considerations in the advance of Nanotechnology / Dr. William Sims Bainbridge. - Epilogue - Foreword to chapter 20, / Michael Kreiger. 20. Infinitesimal Machinery / Dr. Richard Feynman. - Acronyms and abbreviations. - Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Foreword by Senators Joseph Lieberman and George Allen. - Preface. - Sect. One - Development Drivers. 1. Lessons in Innovation and Commercialization from the Biotechnology Revolution / Gerald Gallwas. 2. Nanotechnology and Our Energy Challenge / Dr. Richard Smalley. 3. Fads & Hype in Technology: The Sargasso Sea of "Some Day Soon" / Peter Coffee. - Section Two - The Players. 4. Nanotechnology Commercialization / Steve Jurvetson. 5. Investment in Nanotechnology / Dr. Daniel Leff and Doug Moffat. 6. Role of the US Government in Nanoscale Science and Technology / Geoff Holdridge. 7. Overview of US Academic Research / Dr. Julie Chen. 8. Understanding University Technology Transfer for Nanotechnology / Larry Gilbert and Dr. Michael Krieger. 9. Intellectual Property Policy and Impact / Chinh Pham and Charles Berman. 10. Entrepreneurs / Jeff Lawrence and Larry Bock. 11. Major Corporations: Technology, Business and the Culture of Opportunity / Dr. Hans Coufal and Jim Duncan. 12. Nanotechnology in Federal Laboratories / Dr. Meyya Meyyapan. - Section Two - Materials and Industries. 13. Nanoscale Materials / Dr. Mark Reed, Dr. ZL Wang, Dr. Brent Segal, Dr. Sheryl Ehrman, and Fiona Case. 14. Nanotechnology-Enabled Sensors / Dr. David Nagel and Dr. Sharon Smith. 15. Microelectronics / Dr. Stephen Goodnick, Dr. George Thompson, and Dr. Axel Scherer. 16. Drug Delivery / Dr. Suzie Hwang Pun and Dr. Jianjun Cheng. 17. Bio-Nano-Information Fusion / Dr. Chih-Ming Ho, Dr. Dean Ho, and Dan Garcia. - Section Four - Convergence and Integration. 18. Convergence and Integration / Dr. Mihail C. Roco. 19. Ethical Considerations in the advance of Nanotechnology / Dr. William Sims Bainbridge. - Epilogue - Foreword to chapter 20, / Michael Kreiger. 20. Infinitesimal Machinery / Dr. Richard Feynman. - Acronyms and abbreviations. - Index.