Author: Jo Anne Shatkin
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: nanotechnology, perspectives, risks, environmental, health
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2008-04-24
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1420053639
ISBN-13: 9781420053630

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 to nonexperts interested in this technology. Offering a reader-friendly and affordable alternative to these options, Nanotechnology: Health and Environmental Risks introduces risk analysis as a tool for responsible environmental decision making in nanotechnology development and provides examples of

Author: Maher S. Amer
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Keywords: nanotechnology, rsc, nanoscience, fullerenes, spectroscopy, raman
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2010-04-12
List price: $199.00
ISBN-10: 1847552404
ISBN-13: 9781847552402

This unique book is the first treatment of nanotechnology as the science controlled by the behaviour of thermodynamic small systems. It provides comprehensive discussions on fullerenes as building blocks, Raman spectroscopy as a powerful diagnostic tool, and nanotechnology as the technology bridging the gap between human-made and biological materials systems. Aimed at graduate students, scientists, researchers, and educators interested in academia, government and industry, the text is divided into four chapters. The first covers the potential of nanotechnology to develop a better, deeper under

Author: Patrick M. Boucher
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: nanotechnology, perspectives, legal, aspects
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2008-03-28
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1420053477
ISBN-13: 9781420053470

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 likely to play an important role in protecting intellectual property, facilitating financial transactions, and handling health, safety, and environmental issues. Nanotechnology:  Legal Aspects provides thorough, yet comprehensible overview of different legal doctrines that are relevant to nanotech

Author: Rainer Waser
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Keywords: nanotechnology, vch, technology, information, volume
Number of Pages: 414
Published: 2008-08-11
List price: $215.00
ISBN-10: 3527317376
ISBN-13: 9783527317370

The entire reference set of 9 volumes provides an excellent, in-depth overview of everything you need to know about nanotechnology and nanoscience with each volume dedicated to a specific topic which is covered in detail by experts from that particular field. Adaptation of nanoscience to electronics is the hot topic discussed in this cross-disciplinary reference. Transistors, logic devices and quantum mechanics are just a couple of the subjects explained in this final volume by leading professionals in the field.

Author: Deb Bennett-Woods
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: nanotechnology, perspectives, ethics, society
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2008-04-29
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1420053523
ISBN-13: 9781420053524

Nanotechnology promises to be the next great human technological revolution, but such change often comes at the price of unforeseen consequences. Nanotechnology: Ethics and Society explores several of the practical and ethical dilemmas presented by this technological leap. This book provides a framework for deciding how to best take advantage of nanotechnology opportunities while minimizing potential negative effects. After an overview of the nanotechnology revolution, this text illustrates key concepts in the assessment model and then applies this model to a case study related to human enhanc

Author: Harry F. Tibbals
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: nanotechnology, perspectives, nanomedicine, medical
Number of Pages: 527
Published: 2010-09-29
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 1439808740
ISBN-13: 9781439808740

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 and Nanomedicine meets that need by introducing non-experts to nanomedicine and its evolving organizational infrastructure. This practical reference investigates the impact of nanotechnology on applications in medicine and biomedical sciences, and the broader societal and economic effects. Esch

Author: Lifeng Chi
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Keywords: nanotechnology, vch, surfaces, nanostructured, volume
Number of Pages: 457
Published: 2010-09-07
List price: $215.00
ISBN-10: 3527317392
ISBN-13: 9783527317394

This front line reference investigates nanostructured surfaces, invisible to the naked eye. Machinery and processes explained in a logical fashion. Students and professionals will benefit from the knowledge imparted by the prominent authors.