Assessing emerging technologies-Methodological challenges and the case of nanotechnologies

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Technology Assessment reflecting on R&D and technological trends in the area of nanotechnology and its implications is confronted with the problem that most scientific endeavours of nanotechnology can be allocated to basic research while most of the technological visions related to nanotechnology are far (>10 years) in the future. Since technology assessment has to integrate the socio-economic context of a technical product in order to be comprehensive, in the case of nanotechnology a preparing step is necessary which connects the ongoing basic research with the visions communicated either by the scientist themselves or by the media. In this paper we propose to adapt the well known tool ‘roadmapping’ to contribute to the solution of this problem. This poses new challenges for roadmapping methodology in terms of level of aggregation and timeframe.

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Clusters and Nanomaterials: Theory and Experiment

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The field of cluster sciences is currently attracting considerable interest, not only from a fundamental viewpoint but also in relation to future applications to electronic, optical and magnetic devices. Synthesizing specific clusters as a component of useful nanostructures or controlling them as an assembly of nanocomposites is the ultimate aim. In order to understand how to synthesize individual clusters or to investigate properties such as chemical reaction, structural stability, response to external fields, aggregation and phase transitions, a variety of first-principles and empirical calculations and related computer simulations have been performed alongside numerous experiments. This book compiles and collates recent theoretical and experimental advances in the field and demonstrates how the harmony between theory and experiment is contributing to the continuing rapid progress. It will be of interest to both researchers as well as students and newcomers seeking an up-to-date review.

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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology ’02: Nanostructured Materials Application & Innovation Transfer

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This book is a record of the proceedings of the Third Workshop Nanostructured Materials Application and Innovation Transfer, taking place November 30 – December 1, 2001 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Contents include: Fullerene structures and clusters obtained from cyclic hydrocarbon; Factors influencing the aggregation of silica nanoparticles produced by thermal arc plasma method; Photochemical deposition of nanosize CdS layers; Synthesis of boron nitride nano-sized particles; Differential impedance analysis of systems with diffusion limitations; IR Spectroscopy study of copper nanoparticles; Nanocomposites based on lead-borate gel glasses; Nanosized cobalt oxides as bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and evolution.

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