Inhaltsangabe"While advances in biotechnology and the rise of the Internet dazzled investors and made headlines in the final years of the twentieth century, a quiet revolution was taking place in the field of nanotechnology. This book is the first attempt to fully explore legal, policy, regulatory, and business issues associated with this new era of technological power, and prepare industry, government, and society for the revolution in nanotechnology." From the Introduction Nanotechnology may be on the verge of impacting virtually every aspect of industry and society. From reducing the nation's reliance on fossil fuel energy to affording millions of people access to clean water, the potential ramifications of nanotechnology could be enormous. But how will it all play out? Will social, political, and regulatory issues empower technological progress, or stifle it? Who will pay for the fundamental research and commercial development of nanotechnology? Who will profit from it, how, and when? The Handbook of Nanotechnology is the first book to carefully examine the key policy, business, and investment issues driving nanotechnology and to provide a general framework to understand and classify its applications. This comprehensive, peer-reviewed work includes: * An Introduction to Nanotechnology-The technical underpinnings and potential applications of nanotechnology, including a clear-cut description and a model of the industrial structure that underlies its development * Nanotechnology Policy and Regulation-A rigorous analysis of the legal, political, and regulatory issues confronting the field, and what federal agencies and Congress must do to prepare for nanotechnology * Nanotechnology Business-Specific strategic, investment, legal, and financial decisions involved in the business of nanotechnology, including analysis of capital raising, patenting, partnering, emerging markets, and more As nanotechnology quickly passes from the shadowy realm of theory and vision to the bright light of commercial reality, there is an urgent need for rigorous and substantive analysis. The Handbook of Nanotechnology provides you with a step-by-step look at what has already been done to give birth to nanotechnology, and what still must be done to unleash its full potential.

JOHN C. MILLER is Vice President of Intellectual Property at Arrowhead Research Corporation, a publicly traded nanotech company. He is also a Managing Editor of Nanotechnology Law & Business and has authored several articles on legal and policy issues in biotechnology and nanotechnology. Miller is a member of the California Bar and federal courts in the Northern District of California. He graduated Order of the Coif from Stanford Law School. RUBEN SERRATO is a member of the research and development group at Canon U.S.A. He is Canon's Venture Capital representative in NGEN Partners and has helped to conceive and launch Canon's first U.S. nanotechnology venture, Canon U.S. Life Sciences. Serrato's background includes extensive strategy and finance work for Lehman Brothers and Liberty Media. He graduated with degrees in economics and political science from Stanford University and he is currently completing his masters there. JOSE MIGUEL REPRESAS-CARDENAS is the recipient of a Department Fellowship from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, where he is a graduate student (currently on leave). He received a BSc in mechanical and electrical engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology in Monterrey, Mexico. GRIFFITH A. KUNDAHL serves as General Counsel and Vice President of the NanoBusiness Alliance and has served as a member of the Colorado Technology Alliance Nanotechnology Council. He is a founder and advisor to the Colorado Nanotechnology Initiative and an Associate Editor of Nanotechnology Law & Business. Kundahl is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (BA), the University of Alabama (MA), and the University of Denver College of Law (JD). Currently, he practices law in Colorado.

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