Data for this study were collected by searching for a list of nanotechnology keywords in the titles and abstracts of patents published by the USPTO, EPO and JPO between 1976 and 2006. These ...

Many efforts have been made in the last two decades using novel nanotechnology and nanoscience knowledge in order to get nanomaterials with determined functionality. This book focuses on polymer ...

It is hardly a new insight to observe that the development of nanotechnology has been accompanied by exaggeration and oversold promises. (Indeed, there is a comprehensive book documenting this ...

Nanotechnology has the potential to play a significant role in environmental protection and sustainability by enabling new and improved methods for monitoring, cleaning up, and mitigating ...

Research areas covered in the journal include: In addition to primary research, Nature Nanotechnology also publishes review articles, news and views, research highlights about important papers ...

When solids are reduced to the nanometer scale, they exibit new and exciting behaviours which constitute the basis for a new generation of electronic devices. Nanotechnology for Microelectronics and ...

Volume 1 of the multi-volume reference, BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology, focuses on synthetic nanodevices and the synthesis of nanomaterials and the generation of nanoscale features. The ...