Nanotechnology challenges : implications for philosophy, ethics, and society /

Nanotechnology challenges : implications for philosophy, ethics, and society /

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Imprint:	River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, ©2006.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 468 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Nanotechnology -- Philosophy. Nanotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects. Nanotechnology -- Social aspects. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11213064

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Other authors / contributors:	Schummer, Joachim. Baird, Davis.
ISBN:	9789812773975 9812773975 9789812567291 9812567291 1281919217 9781281919212 9812567291
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book introduces the latest methods for the controlled growth of nanomaterial systems. The coverage includes simple and complex nanomaterial systems, ordered nanostructures and complex nanostructure arrays, and the essential conditions for the controlled growth of nanostructures with different morphologies, sizes, compositions, and microstructures. The book also discusses the dynamics of controlled growth and thermodynamic characteristics of two-dimensional nanorestricted systems. The authors introduce various novel synthesis methods for nanomaterials and nanostructures, such as hierarchical growth, heterostructures growth, doping growth and some developing template synthesis methods. In addition to discussing applications, the book reviews developing trends in nanomaterials and nanostructures.
Other form:	Print version: Nanotechnology challenges. River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, ©2006

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Summary:	Nanotechnology is an emerging and rapidly growing field whose dynamics and prospects pose many great challenges not only to scientists and engineers but also to society at large. This volume includes the state-of-the-art philosophical, ethical, and sociological reflection on nanotechnology, written by leading scholars from the humanities and social sciences in North America and Europe. It unravels the philosophical underpinnings of nanotechnology, its metaphysical and epistemological foundations, and its conceptual complexity. It explores the ethical issues of nanotechnology, its impact on human, environmental, and social conditions, and the options for reasonable risk management. It examines the public discourse on nanotechnology and its related visions and provides both lessons from the past and outlooks for the future.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (vii, 468 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9789812773975 9812773975 9789812567291 9812567291 1281919217 9781281919212