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Title:
Nanotechnology toward the sustainocene
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Singapore : Pan Stanford Publishing, 2015
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xxxii, 325 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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9789814463768
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While the sustainability of our world is being endangered or destroyed by the misguided activities of artificial human entities, real people have begun to expand their moral sympathies sufficiently to prioritize protecting our world¿s interests. They have developed a new technology¿nanotechnology¿that has the potential to advance human society toward a period of long-term sustainability, termed "the Sustainocene." This book comprises chapters by experts in various fields of nanotechnology and in related areas of governance under the theme of how nanotechnology can assist in the creation of the Sustainocene. The book will appeal to anyone involved in nanotechnology, macromolecular science, public policy related to sustainability, renewable energy, and climate change.


Author Notes

Thomas A. Faunce is a professor at the Australian National University (ANU), holding joint positions at the ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment and the ANU College of Law, and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow. He is the foremost scholar internationally working on governance issues related to the globalization of artificial photosynthesis. He has published 4 books, over 20 book chapters, and over 100 articles in refereed journals in the field of health, technology, and renewable energy governance.


Table of Contents

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