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Nanotechnologies, Hazards and Resource Efficiency

A Three-Tiered Approach to Assessing the Implications of Nanotechnology and Influencing its Development

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Authors:
  1. Michael Steinfeldt

    1. Faculty Production Engineering FG 10 Technological Design and Development, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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  2. Arnim Gleich

    1. Faculty Production Engineering FG 10 Technological Design and Development, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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  3. Ulrich Petschow

    1. Institute for Ecological Economy Research, Berlin, Germany

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  4. Rüdiger Haum

    1. SPRU-Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Summary

    Pages 1-15

  3. Methodological approaches to the prospective assessment

    Pages 17-38

  4. Technology-specific impacts of nanotechnology

    Pages 39-63

  5. Assessment of sustainability effects in the context of specific applications

    Pages 65-180

  6. Formative approaches to a sustainable nanotechnology

    Pages 181-213

  7. Conclusions, the outlook, and need for action

    Pages 215-221

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 223-271
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Nanotechnology is frequently described as an enabling technology and 1 fundamental innovation, i.e. it is expected to lead to numerous innovative developments in the most diverse fields of technology and areas of app- cation in society and the marketplace. The technology, it is believed, has the potential for far-reaching changes that will eventually affect all areas of life. Such changes will doubtlessly have strong repercussions for society and the environment and bring with them not only the desired and intended effects such as innovations in the form of improvements to products, pr- esses and materials; economic growth; new jobs for skilled workers; relief for the environment; and further steps toward sustainable business, but also unexpected and undesirable side effects and consequences. With respect to the time spans in which nanotechnology’s full potential 2 will presumably unfold, M. C. Roco (2002:5) identified the following stages or generations for industrial prototypes and their commercial expl- tation: Past and present: The “coincidental” use of nanotechnology. Carbon black, for example, has been in use for centuries; more specific, isolated applications (catalysts, composites, etc.) have been in use since the early nineties. First generation: Passive nanostructures (ca. 2001). Application p- ticularly in the areas of coatings, nanoparticles, bulk materials (nan- tructured metals, polymers, and ceramics). Second generation: Active nanostructures (ca. 2005). Fields of appli- tion: particularly in transistors, reinforcing agents, adaptive structures, etc.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty Production Engineering FG 10 Technological Design and Development, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Michael Steinfeldt, Arnim Gleich

  • Institute for Ecological Economy Research, Berlin, Germany

    Ulrich Petschow

  • SPRU-Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK

    Rüdiger Haum

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