Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Part I: Technology Basics -- 1 What is Nanotechnology? -- 1.1 Nanotechnology as Process -- 1.2 Nanotechnology as Materials -- 1.3 Nanotechnology as Materials, Devices, and Systems -- 1.4 Direct, Indirect, and Conceptual Nanotechnology -- 1.5 Nanobiotechnology and Bionanotechnology -- 1.6 Nanotechnology-Toward a Definition -- 1.7 The Nanoscale -- 1.8 Nanoscience -- References and notes -- Further reading -- 2 Science, Technology, and Wealth -- 2.1 Nanotechnology is Different -- 2.2 The Evolution of Technology -- 2.3 The Nature of Wealth and Value -- 2.4 The Social Value of Science -- References and notes -- Further reading -- 3 Innovation -- 3.1 The Time Course of Innovation -- 3.2 Creative Destruction -- 3.3 What Drives Development? -- 3.4 Can Innovation be Managed? -- 3.5 The Effect of Maturity -- 3.6 Interaction with Society -- References and notes -- Further reading -- 4 Why Nanotechnology? -- 4.1 Miniaturization of Manufacturing Systems -- 4.2 Fabrication -- 4.3 Performance -- 4.4 Agile Manufacturing -- References and notes -- Further reading -- Part II: Nanotechnology Products -- 5 The Nanotechnology Business -- 5.1 Nanotechnology Statistics -- 5.2 The Total Market -- 5.3 The Current Situation -- 5.4 Types of Nanotechnology Products -- 5.4.1 Products of substitution -- 5.4.2 Incrementally improved products -- 5.4.3 Radically new products -- 5.5 Consumer Products -- 5.6 The Safety of Nanoproducts -- References and notes -- Further reading -- 6 Miscellaneous Applications -- 6.1 Noncarbon Materials -- 6.1.1 Composites -- 6.1.2 Coatings -- 6.2 Carbon-Based Materials -- 6.3 Ultraprecision Engineering -- 6.4 Aerospace and Automotive Industries -- 6.5 Architecture and Construction -- 6.6 Catalysis -- 6.7 Environment.

6.8 Food -- 6.8.1 Packaging -- 6.8.2 Farming -- 6.8.3 Sensors -- 6.8.4 Nano-additives -- 6.8.5 Consumer choice -- 6.8.6 The social context -- 6.8.7 Nanotechnology and the food crisis -- 6.8.8 Conclusions -- 6.9 Lubricants -- 6.10 Metrology-Instrumentation -- 6.11 Minerals and Metal Extraction -- 6.12 Paper -- 6.13 Security -- 6.14 Textiles -- References and notes -- Further reading -- 7 Energy -- 7.1 Energy harvesting -- 7.2 Production and Storage -- 7.2.1 Production -- 7.2.2 Storage -- 7.2.2.1 Electrical storage devices -- 7.2.2.2 Hydrogen storage -- 7.3 Energy Efficiency -- 7.3.1 Lighting and computation -- 7.3.2 Computation -- 7.3.3 Electrical cabling -- 7.4 Localized manufacture -- References and notes -- 8 Information Technologies -- 8.1 Silicon microelectronics -- 8.2 Heat management -- 8.3 Data Storage Technologies -- 8.4 Display technologies -- 8.5 Molecule or particle sensing technologies -- References and notes -- 9 Health -- 9.1 Current Activity -- 9.1.1 Nano-objects -- 9.1.2 Other nanomaterials -- 9.1.3 Information technology -- 9.2 Longer-Term Trends -- 9.3 Implanted Devices -- 9.4 Paramedicine -- References and notes -- Further reading -- Part III: Organizing Nanotechnology Business -- 10 The Business Environment -- 10.1 The Universality of Nanotechnology -- 10.2 The Radical Nature of Nanotechnology -- 10.3 Intellectual Needs -- 10.4 Company-University Collaboration -- 10.5 Clusters -- 10.6 Assessing Demand for Nanotechnology -- 10.6.1 Modeling -- 10.6.2 Judging innovation value -- 10.6.3 Anticipating benefit -- 10.7 Technical and Commercial Readiness (Availability) Levels -- 10.8 Predicting Development Timescales -- 10.9 Nanometrology -- 10.10 Standardization of Nanotechnology -- 10.11 Patents -- References and notes -- Further reading -- 11 The Fiscal Environment of Nanotechnology -- 11.1 Sources of Funds -- 11.2 Government Funding.

11.3 Endogenous Funding -- 11.4 Geographical Differences between Nanotechnology Funding -- References and notes -- Further reading -- 12 Regulation -- References and notes -- Further reading -- 13 Some Successful and Unsuccessful Nanotechnology Companies -- 13.1 NanoMagnetics -- 13.2 MesoPhotonics -- 13.3 Enact pharma -- 13.4 Oxonica -- 13.5 NanoCo -- 13.6 Hyperion -- 13.7 CDT -- 13.8 Q-Flo -- 13.9 Owlstone -- 13.10 Generic business models -- References and notes -- 14 The Geography of Nanotechnology -- 14.1 Locating Research Partners -- 14.2 Locating Supply Partners -- 14.3 Categories of Countries -- 14.3.1 Nanotechnology in the developing world -- References and notes -- Further reading -- 15 Design of Nanotechnology Products -- 15.1 The challenge of vastification -- 15.2 Enhancing traditional design routes -- 15.3 Crowdsourcing cite.bib7[7] -- 15.4 Materials selection -- References and notes -- Further reading -- Part IV: Wider And Longer-Term Issues -- 16 The Future of Nanotechnology -- 16.1 Productive Nanosystems -- 16.1.1 The technology -- 16.1.2 Social impacts -- 16.1.3 Timescales -- 16.2 Self-assembly -- 16.3 Molecular Electronics -- 16.4 Quantum computing -- References and notes -- Further reading -- 17 Society's Grand Challenges -- 17.1 Material Crises -- 17.2 Social Crises -- 17.3 Is Science Itself in Crisis? -- 17.4 Nanotechnology-Specific Challenges -- 17.5 Globalization -- 17.6 An Integrated Approach -- References and notes -- 18 Ethics and Nanotechnology -- 18.1 Risk, Hazard, and Uncertainty -- 18.2 A Rational Basis for Safety Measures -- 18.3 Should We Proceed? -- 18.4 What about Nanoethics? -- References and notes -- Further reading -- Epilog -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.