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Is the nano-age here to stay or will a bubble soon burst? This thought-provoking page-turner takes a critical glance at how nanotechnology has affected virtually all areas of our lives. From the pharmaceutical industry to energy production and storage, many fields have been truly revolutionized during the nano-age. The internationally renowned author explores the topic in nine entertaining chapters.
Contents
Preface CAPTURING SUN'S ENERGY Solar Power: Now Never Trust the Skeptics Solar Power for the Masses Why Nanoscience is Relevant to the Solar Energy Industry Expanding the Solar Business Solar Hydrogen from Water FROM CHEMISTRY TO NANOCHEMISTRY Why Small is Different Nanochemistry, The Chemical Approach to Nanotechnology An Insight into Chemical Methodology Making Nanomaterials STORING AND SUPPLYING CLEAN ENERGY Ending the Era of the Internal Combustion Engine Nanotechnology-Based Batteries Biological Fuel Cells Fuel Cells for the People CATALYSIS: GREENING THE PHARMA INDUSTRY Pharma: An Industry to Be Cleaned Up Sol-Gel Catalysts: Philosopher's Stones Biogels: Marriage of Glass and Life Nanocatalysts: Abating Polluting Emissions and Product Contamination ORIGINALLY DOPED METALS A Watershed Development in Science The New Reactivity of Metal-Entrapped Molecules Two-for-One-Catalyst Chiral Metals PROTECTING OUR GOODS AND SAVING ENERGY Multifunctional Nanocoatings Multifunctional Textiles Protecting Cultural Heritage Protecting Goods from Light BETTER MEDICINE THROUGH NANOCHEMISTRY Nanomedicine Hemostasis: Change in Surgery and Emergency Medicine Biogels: Biotechnology Made Possible Small is Beautiful? Nanotech Cosmetics Nanotechnology in Orthopedics A Hybrid, Welcome Science GETTING THERE CLEANLY Why Sustainable Nanotechnology? Regulating Nanomaterials Greening Nanomaterials Understand the Risks and Minimize Them Communicating the Nanotech Risk MANAGING (NANO)INNOVATION Scholars, and not Researchers Renewing Management and Scientific Education Nexus of the Science In Praise of Scientific Culture Communicating Nanochemistry