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Nanotechnology : research and perspectives : papers from the First Foresight Conference on Nanotechnology
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Nanotechnology : research and perspectives : papers from the First Foresight Conference on Nanotechnology

Author: B C Crandall; James Lewis
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1992.
Edition/Format:   Book : Conference publication : English
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Genre/Form: Palo Alto (Calif., 1989)
Congresses
Material Type: Conference publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: B C Crandall; James Lewis
ISBN: 0262031957 9780262031950
OCLC Number: 25964373
Description: viii, 381 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents: Molecular systems engineering --
Atomic imaging and positioning / John Foster --
Design and characterization of 4-helix bundle proteins / Tracy Handel --
Design of self-assembling molecular systems: electrostatic structural enforcement in low-dimensional molecular solids / Michael D. Ward --
Molecular engineering in Japan: progress toward nanotechnology / Hiroyuki Sasabe --
Strategies for molecular systems engineering / K. Eric Drexler --
Molecular electronics / Robert Birge --
Quantum transistors and integrated circuits / Frederico Capasso --
Fundamental physical constraints on the computational process / Norman Margolus. Nanotechnology from a micromachinist's point of view / Joseph Mallon --
What major problems need to be overcome to design and build molecular systems? / Drexler, Foster, Handel, Merkle, Ward --
Possible medical applications of nanotechnology: hints from the field of aging research / Gregory M. Fahy --
The future of computation / Bill Joy --
Economic consequences of new technologies / Gordon Tullock --
The risks of nanotechnology / Ralph Merkle --
Fears and hopes of an environmentalist for nanotechnology / Lester W. Milbrath --
The weapon of openness / Arthur Kantrowitz --
What public policy pitfalls can be avoided in the development and regulation of nanotechnology? / Drexler, Kantrowitz, Merkle, Milbrath, Schwartz, Tullock.
Responsibility: edited by B.C. Crandall and James Lewis.

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