Perspectives in Nanotechnology

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1. Bacterial NanoCellulose

   A Sophisticated Multifunctional Material

   Edited by Miguel Gama, Paul Gatenholm, Dieter Klemm

   Series: Perspectives in Nanotechnology

   Bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) is an emerging nanomaterial with unique properties produced by several species of ubiquitous fermentation bacteria, most importantly Gluconacetobacter xylinus, previously known as Acetobacter xylinum. BNC has been used for a variety of commercial applications including...

   Published November 12th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Nanotechnology

   Health and Environmental Risks, Second Edition

   By Jo Anne Shatkin

   Series: Perspectives in Nanotechnology

   Should you adopt nanotechnology? If you have already adopted it, what do you need to know? What are the risks? Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies are revolutionizing the ways we treat disease, produce energy, manufacture products, and attend to our daily wants and needs. To continue to capture the...

   Published November 11th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Nanotechnology

   Health and Environmental Risks

   By Jo Anne Shatkin, Jo Anne Shatkin

   Series: Perspectives in Nanotechnology

   Interested in Nanotechnology but Can’t Bear to Wade through Detailed Technical Reports? While reports on nanotechnology by research and marketing firms as well as governmental agencies are comprehensive and insightful, they can often be tedious to read, expensive to procure, and generally unknown...

   Published October 8th 2012 by CRC Press
4. Nanotechnology Intellectual Property Rights

   Research, Design, and Commercialization

   By Prabuddha Ganguli, Siddharth Jabade

   Series: Perspectives in Nanotechnology

   "We need to seamlessly integrate IPR in the standard graduate/post graduate courses in science, technology, commerce, creative arts, etc., without over burdening the students with law"—Dr Prabuddha Ganguli, CEO, VISION-IPRNanotechnology Intellectual Property Rights: Research, Design, and...

   Published June 24th 2012 by CRC Press
5. Nanotechnology and Global Sustainability

   Edited by Donald Maclurcan, Natalia Radywyl

   Series: Perspectives in Nanotechnology

   The rise of collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer systems, and not-for-profit social enterprise heralds the emergence of a new era of human collectivity. Increasingly, this consolidation stems from an understanding that big-banner issues—such as climate change—are not the root causes of our...

   Published December 11th 2011 by CRC Press
6. Nanotechnology and the Public

   Risk Perception and Risk Communication

   By Susanna Hornig Priest

   Series: Perspectives in Nanotechnology

   From nuclear power to gene therapy to the automobile, history shows that it is useful to encourage and facilitate public discussion about new technologies and their potential dangers. Part of the series Perspectives in Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology and the Public: Risk Perception and Risk...

   Published September 11th 2011 by CRC Press
7. Medical Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine

   By Harry F. Tibbals

   Series: Perspectives in Nanotechnology

   Considering the fluid nature of nano breakthroughs—and the delicate balance between benefits and consequences as they apply to medicine—readers at all levels require a practical, understandable base of information about these developments to take greatest advantage of them. Medical Nanotechnology...

   Published September 28th 2010 by CRC Press
8. Nanotechnology

   The Business

   By Michael T. Burke

   Series: Perspectives in Nanotechnology

   For the new nanotechnology entrepreneur, starting up a venture requires concise navigation through a sea of developmental red tape. This predicament is true of any startup, nano or not, but is particularly exacerbated by the fact that nanotechnology is a new and potentially disruptive technology. A...

   Published September 28th 2008 by CRC Press
9. Nanotechnology

   Ethics and Society

   By Deb Bennett-Woods

   Series: Perspectives in Nanotechnology

   From manufacturing to medicine, nanotechnology implies revolutionary change. However, the sweeping changes wrought by a technological advance of this magnitude are likely to come at a price that includes unforeseen environmental impact, disruptions in industry, displacement of workers, and deeply...

   Published April 28th 2008 by CRC Press
10. Nanotechnology

    Legal Aspects

    By Patrick M. Boucher

    Series: Perspectives in Nanotechnology

    Existing laws have a generality that permits them to be applied to nanotechnology, but eventually it will be necessary to generate legislation targeted to issues specific to nanotechnology. As nanotechnology continues to develop into commercially viable products, legal doctrines are increasingly...

    Published March 27th 2008 by CRC Press