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.
Author(s): Mario Pagliaro
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 198
Nano-Age: How Nanotechnology Changes our Future......Page 6
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
About the Author......Page 16
1.1: Solar Power: Now......Page 18
1.2: Never Trust the Skeptics......Page 19
1.3: Solar Power for the Masses......Page 23
1.4: Why Nanoscience is Relevant to the Solar Energy Industry......Page 26
1.5: Expanding the Solar Business......Page 32
1.6: Solar Hydrogen from Water......Page 36
References......Page 41
2.1: Why Small is Different......Page 44
2.2: Nanochemistry, the Chemical Approach to Nanotechnology......Page 46
2.3: An Insight into Chemical Methodology......Page 48
2.4: Making Nanomaterials......Page 56
References......Page 60
3.1: Ending the Era of the Internal Combustion Engine......Page 62
3.2: Nanotechnology-Based Batteries......Page 66
3.3: Biological Fuel Cells......Page 71
3.4: Fuel Cells for the People......Page 75
References......Page 80
4.1: Pharma: An Industry to Be Cleaned Up......Page 82
4.2: Sol-Gel Catalysts: Philosopher’s Stones......Page 86
4.3: Biogels: Marriage of Glass and Life [17]......Page 93
4.4: Nanocatalysts: Abating Polluting Emissions and Product Contamination......Page 98
References......Page 102
5.1: A Watershed Development in Science......Page 104
5.2: The New Reactivity of Metal-Entrapped Molecules......Page 107
5.3: Two-for-One-Catalyst......Page 110
5.4: Chiral Metals......Page 112
References......Page 115
6.1: Multifunctional Nanocoatings......Page 118
6.2: Multifunctional Textiles......Page 126
6.3: Protecting Cultural Heritage......Page 127
6.4: Protecting Goods from Light......Page 128
References......Page 134
7.1: Nanomedicine......Page 136
7.2: Hemostasis: Change in Surgery and Emergency Medicine......Page 139
7.3: Biogels: Biotechnology Made Possible......Page 140
7.4: Small is Beautiful? Nanotech Cosmetics......Page 142
7.5: Nanotechnology in Orthopedics......Page 146
7.6: A Hybrid, Welcome Science......Page 148
References......Page 153
8.1: Why Sustainable Nanotechnology?......Page 156
8.2: Regulating Nanomaterials......Page 158
8.3: Greening Nanomaterials......Page 160
8.3.1: Cleaning Up Water......Page 161
8.3.3: Green Metal Nanoparticles......Page 162
8.4: Understand the Risks and Minimize Them......Page 163
8.5: Communicating the Nanotech Risk......Page 165
8.5.2: Contextualization......Page 167
References......Page 168
9.1: Scholars, and not Researchers......Page 170
9.2: Renewing Management and Scientific Education......Page 172
9.3: Nexus of the Sciences......Page 176
9.4: In Praise of Scientific Culture......Page 179
9.5: Communicating Nanochemistry......Page 181
References......Page 187
Index......Page 188
