Nanotechnology

Science, Innovation, and Opportunity

Lynn E. Foster

284 pages, parution le 13/02/2006

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Résumé

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

L'auteur - Lynn E. Foster

Lynn E. Foster is the Emerging Technologies Director of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP. He authored the first trade study on nanotechnology and has organized numerous nanotechnology conferences and trade missions. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Mr. Foster held technology industry positions in corporate, entrepreneurial, and government settings. He serves on advisory boards for the Nano Science & Technology Institute and the International Engineering Consortium, as well as the Executive Committee of the Caltech Enterprise Forum.

Sommaire

Development Drivers
- Lessons in Innovation and Commercialization from the Biotechnology Revolution
- Nanotechnology and Our Energy Challenge
- Fads & Hype in Technology: The Sargasso Sea of 'some Day Soon
The Players
- Nanotechnology Commercialization
- Investment in Nanotechnology
- Role of the U.S. Government in Nanoscale Science and Technology
- Overview of US Academic Research
- Understanding University Technology Transfer for Nanotechnology
- Intellectual Property Policy and Impact
- Entrepreneurs
- Major Corporations: Technology, Business and the Culture of Opportunity
- Nanotechnology in Federal Laboratories
Materials And Industries
- Nanoscale Materials
- Nanotechnology-Enabled Sensors
- Microelectronics
- Drug Delivery
- Bio-Nano-Information Fusion
Convergence and Integration
- Convergence and Integration
- Ethical Considerations in the advance of Nanotechnology
- Epilogue: Infinitesimal Machinery
- Infinitesimal Machinery

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Prentice Hall
Auteur(s)	Lynn E. Foster
Parution	13/02/2006
Nb. de pages	284
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	710g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780131927568
ISBN13	978-0-13-192756-8