Nano-Age How Nanotechnology Changes Our Future

Is the nano-age here to stay or will a bubble soon burst? This thought-provoking page-turner takes a critical glance at how nanotechnology has affected virtually all areas of our lives. From the pharmaceutical industry to energy production and storage, many fields have been truly revolutionized during the nano-age. The internationally renowned author explores the topic in nine entertaining chapters.

Mario Pagliaro is a research chemist based at the Palermo National Research Center where he heads Sicily's Photovoltaics Research Pole and the Institute for Scientific Methodology. He has conducted research on the development of functional materials at the University of Leiden, the CNRS in Grenoble, and the RWTH Aachen. Professor Pagliaro has co-invented several innovative technologies, some of which have been commercialized, and has six books, numerous scientific papers and four international patents to his name. Since 2004 he has been the organizer of the Seminar Marcello Carapezza, and in 2005 was appointed Matre de confrences associ at the Montpellier Ecole Nationale Suprieure de Chimie. Besides his academic work, Professor Pagliaro is active in management education and in promoting the role of science in society.

Preface	p. IX
About the Author	p. XIII
Capturing Sun's Energy	p. 1
Solar Power: Now	p. 1
Never Trust the Skeptics	p. 2
Solar Power for the Masses	p. 6
Why Nanoscience is Relevant to the Solar Energy Industry	p. 9
Expanding the Solar Business	p. 15
Solar Hydrogen from Water	p. 19
References	p. 24
From Chemistry to Nanochemistry	p. 27
Why Small is Different	p. 27
Nanochemistry, the Chemical Approach to Nanotechnology	p. 29
An Insight into Chemical Methodology	p. 31
Making Nanomaterials	p. 39
References	p. 43
Storing and Supplying Clean Energy	p. 45
Ending the Era of the Internal Combustion Engine	p. 45
Nanotechnology-Based Batteries	p. 49
Biological Fuel Cells	p. 54
Fuel Cells for the People	p. 58
References	p. 63
Catalysis: Greening the Pharma Industry	p. 65
Pharma: An Industry to Be Cleaned Up	p. 65
Sol-Gel Catalysts: Philosopher's Stones	p. 69
Biogels: Marriage of Glass and Life	p. 76
Nanocatalysts: Abating Polluting Emissions and Product Contamination	p. 81
References	p. 85
Organically Doped Metals	p. 87
A Watershed Development in Science	p. 87
The New Reactivity of Metal-Entrapped Molecules	p. 90
Two-for-One-Catalyst	p. 93
Chiral Metals	p. 95
References	p. 98
Protecting Our Goods and Conserving Energy	p. 101
Multifunctional Nanocoatings	p. 101
Multifunctional Textiles	p. 109
Protecting Cultural Heritage	p. 110
Protecting Goods from Light	p. 111
References	p. 117
Better Medicine Through Nanochemistry	p. 119
Nanomedicine	p. 119
Hemostasis: Change in Surgery and Emergency Medicine	p. 122
Biogels: Biotechnology Made Possible	p. 123
Small is Beautiful? Nanotech Cosmetics	p. 125
Nanotechnology in Orthopedics	p. 129
A Hybrid, Welcome Science	p. 131
References	p. 136
Getting There Cleanly	p. 139
Why Sustainable Nanotechnology?	p. 139
Regulating Nanomaterials	p. 141
Greening Nanomaterials	p. 143
Cleaning Up Water	p. 144
Biocompatible Coatings	p. 145
Green Metal Nanoparticles	p. 145
Understand the Risks and Minimize Them	p. 146
Communicating the Nanotech Risk	p. 148
Cultural Message Framing	p. 150
Contextualization	p. 150
References	p. 151
Managing (Nano)innovation	p. 153
Scholars, and not Researchers	p. 153
Renewing Management and Scientific Education	p. 155
Nexus of the Sciences	p. 159
In Praise of Scientific Culture	p. 162
Communicating Nanochemistry	p. 164
References	p. 170
Index	p. 171
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