NanoInnovation: What Every Manager Needs to Know

The innovative, easy–to–read guide to the "nanoscale revolution", this book provides essential knowledge of nanotechnology and clearly explains the fundamentals of nanomaterials and properties.
Written by a technology pioneer, the book shows feasible strategies for managers in nanotech companies, including how to communicate with nanotech engineers and developers, coupled with examples of emerging technologies and innovations. A level–headed discussion of critical issues for decision makers and stakeholders rounds off the contents.
The result is a vivid, yet realistic look at nanotechnology, providing orientation in the nanoworld: major lines of research, key players in R&D, as well as social, economic and political issues.


Spis treści:
Championing the Nano–future
I. Your Nano Need to Know
Quick! –
Name Something Nano...
10 Things You Need to Know About Nanotechnology
Welcome to the Nanoscale Industry
II. An Introduction to the Nanoworld
Shapes and Structures of the Nanoworld
Quantum Properties: Why Nano is Really Different
Imaging the Unseen: Nanobama, Butterflies and Forests of Nanotubes
III. NanoInnovations on the Near Horizon
Nanoskins, Nanobots, Paper Batteries and More
What Nanoscientists are Working on Now
Nanobiotechnology: Pushing the Frontiers of Medicine
Nanofiction: Myth vs. Reality
IV. NanoInnovation Strategies for Companies & Entrepreneurs
Questions to Ask Your Nanotech Team
Becoming a "Nanodextrous" Organization
Third World Solutions
Who are the Nanopioneers?
V. Critical Issues
Regulating the Invisible World
Is Nanotechnology "Safe?" –
How Will We Know?
The Far Horizon


Nota biograficzna:
Michael Tomczyk is Managing Director of the William and Phyllis Mack Center for Technological Innovation at The Wharton School, Pennsylvania, USA, where he works closely with some of the world′ s leading faculty and industry leaders in the field of technological innovation. His interests range from advanced computing and biosciences to eco–technologies and nanoinnovation. For more than a decade, he has hosted the Emerging Technologies Update Day, showcasing radical innovations looming on the near horizon that have the potential to transform industries, markets and strategies.