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Summary
Summary
Two exciting worlds of science and technology - the nano and micro dimensions. The former is a booming new field of research, the latter the established size range for electronics, and for mutual technological benefit and future commercialization, suitable junctions need to be found. Functional nanostructures such as DNA computers, sensors, neural interfaces, nanooptics or molecular electronics need to be wired to their 'bigger' surroundings. Coming from the opposite direction, microelectronics have experienced an unprecedented miniaturization drive in the last decade, pushing ever further down through the micro size scale towards submicron circuitry. Bringing these two worlds together is a new interdisciplinary challenge for scientists and engineers alike - recognized and substantially funded by the European Commission and other major project initiators worldwide. This book offers a wide range of information from technologies to materials and devices as well as from research to administrative know-how collected by the editors from renowned key members of the nano/micro community.
Author Notes
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Fecht is head of the Materials Division of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Ulm, director of the center for Micro- and Nanomaterials at Ulm, and also leads a group at the Institute of Nanotechnology of Research Center Karlsruhe.
He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science in 1984 from the University of Saarbrücken, then spent several years in the USA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and CIT in Pasadena. He returned to Germany to professorships in Augsburg, Berlin, and since 1997, in Ulm. He has received the G.W. Leibniz award of the German Research Foundation (DFG), and has (co-)authored more than 200 technical papers. He is co-organizer of several European conferences and on several European advisory boards.
Dr. Matthias Werner is a consultant in micro- and nanotechnology, and until recently directed the microtechnology expert team of Deutsche Bank AG. His previous occupations included consulting at VDI/VDE-IT GmbH and managing federal research programs.
He received his Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering at the Technical University of Berlin, and has published more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers and book chapters as well as given numerous invited lectures at international conferences. He is member or chairman of several international nanotechnology conferences, and the only foreigner so far to have become a member of the National Strategy Group for the UK Micro/Nano Manufacturing Initiative, which is actively establishing a funding program.
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| List of Contributors |
| I Nanotechnology Research Funding and Commercialization Prospects U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative: Planning for the Next Five YearsMihail C. Roco |
| 1 Introduction |
| 2 Government R&D Investments.References.Technological Marketing for Early NanotechnologiesMurielle Batude-Thibierge |
| 1 Introduction |
| 1.1 Managerial Synthesis with Recommendations |
| 1.2 Working Definitions |
| 1.3 Setting the Scene |
| 1.4 "Raison d'??tre" of Marketing, Especially for Nanotechnologies at Early Stages |
| 1.5 "Raison d'??tre" of Management Thinking and Strategic Planning for Nanotechnologies |
| 1.6 Problematic Nanotechnologies |
| 2 Marketing for a Nanotechnological Innovation |
| 2.1 Marketing Study Budget |
| 2.2 Collecting Information for Marketing Tools |
| 2.3 Technical Analysis |
| 2.4 Commercial Analysis |
| 2.5 Defining a Price |
| 2.6 Quantified Diagnostic and Simulations |
| 3 Management Thinking and Strategic Planning for Small Nanotechnology Businesses |
| 3.1 Strategic Planning: from Segment Action Plan to Business Action Plan |
| 3.2 Co-Developing with a Big Player |
| 3.3 Mastering the Translation Process |
| 3.4 Formulating a Strategy |
| 3.5 Implementing the Strategy |
| 4 Conclusions |
| 5 Appendix.References.Asia-Pacific Nanotechnology: Research, Development, and CommercializationLerwen Liu |
| 1 Nanotechnology Funding in the Asia-Pacific Region |
| 2 Commercialization Efforts |
| 3 Private Investment in Nanotechnology |
| 4 Advantages of Collaborating with Asians |
| 5 Appendix.Cooperation with Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises Boosts CommercializationTorsten Schmidt |
| 1 The Company |
| 2 Scope |
| 3 Proposition: In Current Technology Markets, Commercial Success of New Product Ideas Evolves from Cooperation |
| 4 Proposition: Innovations Get on a Fast Track to Market if Implemented in SME |
| 5 Proposition: Competencies of SME and Inventors are Complementary Rather than Competing |
| 6 Summary.References.Rapid Commercialization of Nanotechnology in Japan: from Laboratory to BusinessHiromichi MaenoI |
| 1 Background: Japan at the Crossroads |
| 2 Motivation and Strategy: Shake up Unique People |
| 3 Research and Development of a New Idea |
| 4 Pump Priming and Leadership |
| 5 Nanotechnology Activities |
| 5.1 Bio Nanotec Research Institute, Inc. (BNRI): Zeolite Membranes |
| 5.2 Carbon Nanotech Research Institute, Inc. (CNRI): Clean Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes |
| 5.3 Device Nanotech Research Institute, Inc. (DNRI) |
| 5.4 Ecology Nanotech Research Institute (ENRI): Metallofullerene |
| 5.5 INRI, Inc. (for Intellectual Property): Approach and Strategy |
| 6 Conclusions.Nanomaterials and Smart Medical Devices (Ottilia Saxl) |
| 1 Introduction |
| 2 Why are we Seeing Advances Now? |
| 3 Conclusion |
| II Fundamentals and Technology Bridging Dimensional and Microstructural Scaling EffectsUwe Erb and Cedric Cheung and Mohammadreza Baghbanan and Gino Palumbo) |
| 1 Introduction |
| 2 Nanocrystalline Materials |
| 3 Nano/M |
