
Applied Nanotechnology
The Conversion of Research Results to Products
Description
Key Features
- Written by an author who has direct, hands-on experience working in a large nanotechnology-based company, in academia as a professor and chair of nanotechnology, and as the co-owner and director of a nanotechnology-based start-up
- Presents comprehensive coverage in an integrated fashion, not wasting space on trivial details that, if not already known to the reader, can be readily found in generic sources
- Thoroughly revised, reflecting advances in the field
- Includes areas that have been expanded into nanotechnology, such as health, and the safety of nano products and processes
Readership
Engineers, Scientists and Entrepreneurs involved in the commercialization of nanotechnology across sectors including drug development, semiconductors / electronics, automotive / aerospace, energy
Table of Contents
PART I TECHNOLOGY BASICS
1. What is nanotechnology?
2. Science, technology and wealth
3. Innovation
4. Why nanotechnology?PART II NANOTECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS AND SYSTEMS
5. How nanotechnology fits into a modern industrial economy
6. Nanotechnology for health
7. Nanotechnology for energy
8. Nano-info technology
9. Other applications
10. The design of nanotechnology products
11. The realization of nanotechnology productsPART III ORGANIZING NANOTECHNOLOGY BUSINESS
12. The business environment
13. The fiscal environment
14. The safety of nanotechnology
15. Regulatory, legal and insurance matters
16. Case studies of successful and unsuccessful nanotechnology companies
17. Global nanotechnologyPART IV. WIDER AND LONGER-TERM ISSUES
18. The future of nanotechnology
19. Can nanotechnology meet society’s grand challenges?
20. The impacts of nanotechnology
Product details
- No. of pages: 312
- Language: English
- Copyright: © William Andrew 2018
- Published: January 20, 2018
- Imprint: William Andrew
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128133439
- eBook ISBN: 9780128133446