Michael Berger

Nano-Society (eBook, PDF)

Pushing the Boundaries of Technology

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RSC
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847559609
• Artikelnr.: 44763936

Autorenporträt

Michael Berger is the Founder of Nanowerk LLC and editor of the company's popular nanotechnology website nanowerk.com. He received his MBA from New York University. He has lived and worked in Munich, New York, D³sseldorf, London, Hong Kong and Honolulu and his career has included positions at Siemens, Citibank, Booz Allen & Hamilton, Warburg Pincus, Standard Chartered, and two start-ups.

Inhaltsangabe

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