Nanotechnology Safety
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Elsevier Science & Technology
Published:12th Jun '13
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The book written by an authority on nanosafety provides an understanding of the potential for deleterious impact of nanosystems and outlines practical ways to mitigate exposure to nanosystems
Nanotechnology is a new and emerging discipline that is multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary. This book outlines the regulatory and environmental issues related to nanotechnology per industry, offers guidelines in assessing the risks and discusses the legal and socioeconomical issues involved.Nanotechnology is a new and emerging discipline that is multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary. The usage of nanosystems, nanomaterials, nano-devices, etc. permeates all aspects of society. Cancer targeting and curing nanosystems are being introduced into the biomedical and pharmaceutical industries; so are lightweight energy absorbing or blast-proof nanohybrid material in the aerospace, automotive and marine industries and high-efficiency energy harvesting nanomaterials, etc. Society has a vested interest in knowing how these new materials, devices and systems are changing the economy and similar landscapes. The book outlines the regulatory and environmental issues related to nanotechnology per industry, offers guidelines in assessing the risks and discusses the legal and socioeconomical issues involved. Case studies will be utilized to provide examples of the positive and negative impacts of nanotechnology.
"Mechanical, chemical, and other engineers survey risks and means for reducing them in nanotechnology as it is practiced in different fields. Among the topics are safety and ethics of nanotechnology, regulatory and environmental issues, food safety applications of nanoparticles, nanotechnology safety in electronics and telecommunications, implications of nanotechnology safety of sensors for homeland security, and physical and biochemical risk phenomena in nanotechnology." --Reference and Research Book News, December 2013
ISBN: 9780444594389
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 720g
256 pages