NanoInnovation: What Every Manager Needs to Know is the most comprehensive book written to-date on innovative technologies and applications in the field of nanotechnology. Author Michael Tomczyk conducted more than 150 interviews with nano-insiders to present the inside story of scientific discoveries, research breakthroughs, and commercial products and applications that are already changing our lives, thanks to the remarkable ability to manipulate atoms and molecules at the nanoscale.

Lebendig und unterhaltsam, aber nichtsdestoweniger realistisch ist diese Einführung in die Nanowelt, geschrieben von einem erfahrenen Technologie-Pionier. Forschung, Unternehmen, soziale, wirtschaftliche und politische Aspekte werden unter einem Dach behandelt.

PrefacePART I: What You Know (or Don't Know) about NanoinnovationQUICK - NAME SOMETHING "NANO"Your Nano I.QA QUICK-START GUIDE: 10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT NANOINNOVATION10 Things You Should Know about NanoinnovationPART II: The Science of NanoinnovationWHAT NANOSCIENTISTS ARE WORKING ONUsing Nanoscience to Solve Puzzles and Unlock InnovationsSolid Smoke: Catching the Comet's TailTurning DNA into Boxes, Lattices, and PyramidsHow Nanoinnovation is Extending Moore's LawInvisibility Cloaks, Optical Tweezers, and NanophotonicsNanoscience Wild Cards: Will Tree Lights Replace Streetlights?Science Genius versus Commerical ChallengeNanoscience Pioneers are Mapping the FutureIMAGING THE UNSEEN: VIEWING STRUCTURES SMALLER THAN LIGHT WAVESWhat Nano Images RevealUsing Electrons Instead of Light to View Nanoscale StructuresA Short History of Nanoscale ImagingDifferent Types of Nanoscale MicroscopesBringing Biological Nanostructures into FocusUsing Optical Imaging Systems to View Nanoscale StructuresProbing the FutureNanoscopes on MarsThe Future of Nanoscale ImagingWHERE NANOSCIENCE BECOMES NANOARTHolistic Nano at the Convergence of Nanobliss, Nanoform, and NanofunctionInnovating at the Convergence of Biomimetics, Nanoart, and NanoscienceUsing Art to Conceptualize the FuturePART III: The Business of NanoinnovationLESSONS FROM THE FIRST WAVE OF NANOVENTURESThe First Wave of NanoventuresZyvex: Divide and ConquerZyvex Piranha: The First Carbon Nanotube BoatNantero: Patent, Fabricate, OutsourceQuantumSphere: Competitive CatalystsInsituTec: From Grad Students to Commercial VentureNanocomp: Taking Nanotubes to Jupiter and BeyondNanosys: Resurrection and RedemptionGraphene Frontiers: Commercializing GrapheneCarbon Nanotechnologies: Early Promise, Not FulfilledIMPLEMENTING YOUR NANOINNOVATION STRATEGYA Sense-Making Framework for Nanoinnovators10 Strategic Questions that Nanoinnovators Need to AskWhere to Learn About NanoinnovationINTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVESThe Critical Role of Nanoinnovation EcosystemsNanoinnovation in the Asia-Pacific RegionNanoinnovation in Latin AmericaNanoinnovation in the European CommunityInsights from Selected Nanoinnovation EcosystemsCritical Issues for International NanoinnovationNanoinnovation for the Bottom of the PyramidPART IV: Where Bio Meets NanoINNOVATION AT THE FRONTIERS OF NANOMEDICINEMedical Miracles and the Nanomedicine LandscapeAREAS WHERE NANOINNOVATIONS ARE CREATING MEDICAL MIRACLESSmart Pills and Wearable Sensors = Digital MedicineOrgans-on-a- ChipGrowing Your Own Replacement OrgansTumor-Seeking NanoparticlesNanosizing DrugsGene Therapy: The First Breakthroughs (At Last)DRACO: Designing a "Kill Switch" for Viral DiseasesNanoinnovation in the Decade of DiagnosticsIn Search of the Star Trek TricorderNanobacteria: The Smallest Life-Form?NANOMIMICRY: COOL THINGS WE CAN DO WITH NANOBIOLOGYTurning DNA into NanocomputersTurning DNA into "Walking" NanorobotsNanomimicry: Learning from Nature at the NanoscaleMimicking Geckos to Create GlueBiomimicking the Waterproofing Properties of Butterfly WingsNANOTECHNOLOGY: IS IT SAFE?Early Experience with Nano SafetyWhat We Know about Nanoparticle RisksThe Regulatory Climate and Safety Knowledge GapsPerspectives of Nano-InsidersPROLOGUE TO THE FUTURE WHAT'S NEXT?: PREDICTIONS AND POSSIBILITIESKeeping Nanoinnovation on Your Radar ScreenAPPENDIXAnswers to the Nano I.Q. QuizCarbon Nanotubes: Company ListUniversity Nanotechnology Research and Educational CentersIndex