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Nanotechnology

Assessment and Perspectives

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  • An integrated text reflecting the challenges in Nanotechnology
  • The most important results are transferred into acting recommendations concerning scientific progress, industrial relevance, economic potential, educational needs, potential adverse health effects and philosophical aspects of Nanotechnology
  • Is addressing decision makers in relevant sectors of society like politics, research and industry

Part of the book series: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment (ETHICSSCI, volume 27)

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Since nanotechnology is considered a key for the 21st century, its promises have been assessed by various scientific communities. By meeting at the nanoscale, various disciplines, from physics via chemistry to biology, from engineering to medicine, contribute synergetically to the newly created knowledge base and the resulting technological advances. Considering that large societal sectors will be impacted, the unique aspect of this two-year study was to assess nanotechnology from various interrelated perspectives: scientific progress, industrial relevance, economic potential, educational needs, potential adverse health effects, and philosophical aspects.

The goal of this study was to derive integrated recommendations which consider the large range of societal implications reflecting the different views in an integrative manner. The study attempts to link previously isolated statements, bundling the various concepts and giving unified recommendations to decision makers in relevant society sectors such as politics, economy and research. Special attention was given to the European situation with respect to commercial consequences, an aspect that has not yet received the attention it deserves so far.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

    H. Brune, H. Ernst, A. Grunwald, W. Grünwald, H. Hofmann, H. Krug, P. Janich, M. Mayor, W. Rathgeber, G. Schmid, U. Simon, V. Vogel, D. Wyrwa

  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of the Physics of Nanostructures (IPN), Lausanne, Switzerland

    H. Brune

  • WHU — Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management, Vallendar, Germany

    H. Ernst

  • Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis, Research Center Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

    A. Grunwald

  • Gerlingen, Germany

    W. Grünwald

  • Ecole Polytechnique Fédéral Lausanne, Institut des Matériaux, MX-D, Lausanne, Switzerland

    H. Hofmann

  • Institut für Toxikologie und Genetik, Forschungszentrum Karslruhe, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

    H. Krug

  • Lehrstuhl 1 für Philosophie, Phillips-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany

    P. Janich

  • Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    M. Mayor

  • Institute for Nanotechnology, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany

    M. Mayor

  • European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), Wien, Austria

    W. Rathgeber

  • Universität GH Essen, Essen, Germany

    G. Schmid

  • Institut für Anorganische Chemie der RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

    U. Simon

  • Laboratory for Biologically Oriented Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    V. Vogel

  • Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Essen, Essen, Germany

    D. Wyrwa

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nanotechnology

  • Book Subtitle: Assessment and Perspectives

  • Authors: H. Brune, H. Ernst, A. Grunwald, W. Grünwald, H. Hofmann, H. Krug, P. Janich, M. Mayor, W. Rathgeber, G. Schmid, U. Simon, V. Vogel, D. Wyrwa

  • Series Title: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32820-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-32819-3Published: 04 April 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06936-9Published: 18 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-32820-9Published: 23 June 2006

  • Series ISSN: 1860-4803

  • Series E-ISSN: 1860-4811

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 496

  • Topics: Nanotechnology, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Solid Mechanics

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