Nano-society : pushing the boundaries of technology /: pushing the boundaries of technology. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Berger.
• Other Names: (Founder of Nanowerk), Berger, Michael
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 317 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 620.5; SCIENCE / Chemistry / General; Nanotechnology; SCIENCE -- Nanoscience; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Nanotechnology & MEMS; Nanotechnology; Forschung; Nanotechnologie; Chemistry; Nanotechnology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847559609; 1847559603; 9781847558831; 1847558836
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.