Faunce Nanotechnology Toward the Sustainocene

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-981-4463-77-5
Verlag: Pan Stanford Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 358 Seiten

In recent decades, nanotechnology has emerged as a technology with the potential to transform human society towards conditions of long-term environmental sustainability. This book comprises chapters by experts in various fields of nanotechnology and in related areas of governance under the theme of how this new technology can assist in the creation of a period of long-term sustainability termed the Sustainocene. Edited by Prof. Thomas Faunce, the foremost international scholar in governance of artificial photosynthesis, this book will appeal to anyone involved in nanotechnology, macromolecular science, public policy related to sustainability, renewable energy, and climate change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Faunce, Thomas Alured

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nachhaltigkeit, Grüne Technologien
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nanotechnologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword. Nanotechnology Towards the Sustainocene. The Cosmic Context of the Millennium Development Goals: Maximum Entropy and Sustainability. Nanophotonics for Light Trapping. Growth and Characterisation of GaAs Nanowires. The Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Titania Coated Silica Nanowires. Global Health and Environmental Implications of Mimicking Biological Ion Channels Using Nanotubes. Nanostructured Materials- Implications for Information Technology. Laser Trapping of Nanoparticle Agglomerates in Air. The Bhopal Disaster and Peroxide Bombs: Nanoscale Aspects of Oscillatory Thermal Instability. Fusion Power and Nano-science Challenges for Extreme Materials. Nanotechnology, Plasma, Hydrogen From Artificial Photosynthesis and Fuel Cells: Powering the Developing World To the Sustainocene. Nanotechnology-Based Artificial Photosynthesis: Promoting Animal and Ecosystem Rights in the Sustainocene. Security Regulation of Nanotechnology Towards the Sustainocene.

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Faunce has a joint position in the College of Medicine, Biology and the Environment and the ANU College of Law at the Australian National University. His research on governance of global artificial photosynthesis initially took place under an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship. He has also been chief investigator under four ARC Discovery Grants and since 2005 he has been awarded A$1,320,000 in competitive research grants by the ARC in the fields of health technology and nanotechnology regulation. He has published four books, over 20 book chapters, and over 100 articles in refereed journals in the field of health technology and renewable energy governance.