Nano-society Pushing the boundaries of technology
The book covers 122 very specific research projects that are happening in laboratories around the world and provides commentaries from the scientists in their own words. However, the collection of stories in this book barely scratches the surface of the vast and growing body of research that leads u...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Royal Society of Chemistry
2009
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| Series: | RSC Nanoscience & nanotechnology
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| Collection: | RSC eBook Collection 1968-2009 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Part I: The Nanotechnologist's Toolbox
- Chapter 1: How can you 'see', 'feel' or 'hear' something so incredibly tiny?
- Chapter 2: Building nanostructures from the top down and from the bottom up
- Chapter 3: Techniques and concepts for the nanotechnologist
- Chapter 4: Learning from Mother Nature
- Chapter 5: Amazing new materials
- Chapter 6: Tiny steps towards tiny machines
- Part II: Nanomedicine - Death of the slasher
- Chapter 7: The radically different medicine of the future
- Chapter 8: Improved diagnostics - key to effective prevention
- Chapter 9: The fight against cancer
- Chapter 10: Next-generation implants, prostheses and other cures
- Chapter 11: Concepts a bit further out
- Part III: Simply Green - Environmental Applications and Risk Management
- Chapter 12: Green nanotechnology
- Chapter 13: Dealing with pollution
- Chapter 14: Energy - renewable and clean
- Chapter 15: Nanotoxicology - assessing the risks
- Part IV: A World of Novel Applications Awaits
- Chapter 16: Designing tomorrow's computer
- Chapter 17: Electronics beyond silicon
- Chapter 18: From supermarket shelf to spacecraft