Nanotechnology Assessment and Perspectives /

• Main Authors: Brune, H. (Author), Ernst, H. (Author), Grunwald, A. (Author), Grünwald, W. (Author), Hofmann, H. (Author), Krug, H. (Author), Janich, P. (Author), Mayor, M. (Author), Rathgeber, W. (Author), Schmid, G. (Author), Simon, U. (Author), Vogel, V. (Author), Wyrwa, D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung, Schriftenreihe der Europäischen Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-technischer Entwicklungen Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH, 27
• Subjects: Materials science.; Continuum mechanics.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Nanotechnology.; Materials Science.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.

"Nanotechnology. Assessment and Perspectives" tackles the subject of Nanotechnology in a new and unique way. Accounting for the fact that the differences between classical academic disciplines disappear at the nanoscale, a truly interdisciplinary approach is chosen. Authors from areas like...

Table of Contents:

• and Summaries
• Nanotechnology and Philosophy of Science
• Fields of Research and Technology
• Commercial Perspectives of Nanotechnology — An Assessment Based on Patent Data
• Risk Assessment and Risk Management
• Ethical Aspects of Nanotechnology
• Knowledge Transfer in Nanotechnology.