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National Nanotechnology Initiative : assessment and recommendations / Jerrod W. Kleike, editor.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Kleike, Jerrod W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2009]
Subjects:
National Nanotechnology Initiative (U.S.) > Evaluation.
Nanotechnology > Government policy > United States.
National Nanotechnology Initiative (U.S.)
Evaluation.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE: ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE: ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. HEARING OF: THE NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008, TESTIMONY OF ANDREW D. MAYNARD*
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • UNDERPINNING SUSTAINABLE NANOTECHNOLOGIES
  • The Promise of Nanotechnology
  • Unconventional Behavior
  • The Need for Foresight
  • Avoiding Harm
  • A New Mindset for a New Technology ""
  • Leadership
  • TAKING ACTION
  • Risk Research Strategy
  • Funding for Environment, Safety and Health Research
  • Leadership for Risk Research
  • Transparency
  • Public-Private Partnerships
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • ANNEX A. ASSESSMENT OF U.S. GOVERNMENT NANOTECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND HEALTH RESEARCH FOR 2006
  • 1. Assessment of Research Listed in the 2008 NNI Nanotechnology Risk Research Strategy24
  • 2. A Broader Assessment of U.S. Federally-Funded Risk-Relevant Research for 2006
  • 3. Comparison with European Risk Research Investments""
  • 4. Definitions of Research Relevance
  • ANNEX B. NNI-IDENTIFIED NANOTECHNOLOGY RISK-RESEARCH, LISTED BY RELEVANCE28
  • ENDNOTES
  • THE NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE: SECOND ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY ADVISORY PANEL*
  • ABOUT THE PRESIDENTâ€?S COUNCIL OF ADVISORS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • ABOUT THE NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY ADVISORY PANEL
  • ABOUT THIS REPORT
  • EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRESIDENTâ€?S COUNCIL OF ADVISORS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20502 ""
  • PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL OF ADVISORS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • Nanotechnology
  • II. PROGRESS AND STATUS: LEADING CHANGES SINCE 2005
  • Principal Findings
  • Growing Investment
  • Measuring Progress
  • Publications and Citations
  • Ideas and Inventions
  • Managing Resources and Engaging Stakeholders
  • Industry Collaboration
  • Global Coordination
  • Update of the NNI Strategic Plan
  • III. APPLICATIONS: FOSTERING PRESENT COMMERCIALIZATION AND EMERGING INNOVATION
  • Principal Findings ""
  • Context of Commercialization
  • Case Studies
  • Consumer Products
  • Biomedicine
  • Energy
  • Electronics
  • Platform Technology
  • IV. IMPLICATIONS: ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ETHICS ISSUES RESPONSIBLY
  • Principal Findings
  • Context of and Perspective on EHS Considerations
  • FEDERAL EHS ACTIVITIES
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Safety
  • Ethics
  • Managing and Coordinating Implications Research
  • V. RECOMMENDATIONS: SUSTAINING LEADERSHIP THROUGH COORDINATION, STRATEGY, COMMUNICATION ""

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