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Applied Nanotechnology
The Conversion of Research Results to Products

Jeremy Ramsden provides a blueprint for those involved in the commercialization of nanotechnology across market sectors from drug development and healthcare to electronics and energy.

Jeremy Ramsden (Author)

9781455731893, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 24 September 2013

240 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.1 cm, 0.6 kg

Applied Nanotechnology takes an integrated approach to the scientific, commercial and social aspects of nanotechnology, exploring:

  • The relationship between nanotechnology and innovation
  • The changing economics and business models required to commercialize innovations in nanotechnology
  • Product design case studies
  • Applications in various sectors, including information technology, composite materials, energy, and agriculture
  • The role of government in promoting nanotechnology
  • The potential future of molecular self-assembly in industrial production

In this 2e, new chapters have been added on energy applications and the role of nanotechnology in sustainability. The section on the safety of nanoproducts has also been updated, and material on funding and commercialization has been updated and expanded, with new case studies illustrating the experience of new startups in a challenging economic environment.

Part I Technology Basics1 What is Nanotechnology?2 Science, Technology and Wealth3 Innovation4 Why Nanotechnology?Part II Nanotechnology Products5 The Nanotechnology Business6 Miscellaneous Applications7 Energy8 Information Technologies9 HealthPart III Organizing Nanotechnology Business 10 The Business Environment11 The Fiscal Environment12 Regulation13 Nanotechnology companies14 The Geography of Nanotechnology15 Design of Nanotechnology Products IV Wider and Longer-Term Issues16 The Future of Nanotechnology17 Society’s Grand Challenges18 Ethics and Nanotechnology

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Nanotechnology [TBN], Engineering: general [TBC], Materials / States of matter [PHF], Physics [PH]
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