TY  - BOOK
AU  - Foster,Lynn E.
TI  - Nanotechnology: science, innovation and opportunity 
SN  - 0131927566 (hbk.)
U1  - 620.5 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, NJ
PB  - Prentice Hall
KW  - Nanotechnology
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - 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
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