Part I: The Nanotechnologist's Toolbox -- Chapter 1: How can you 'see', 'feel' or 'hear' something so incredibly tiny? -- Chapter 2: Building nanostructures from the top down and from the bottom up -- Chapter 3: Techniques and concepts for the nanotechnologist -- Chapter 4: Learning from Mother Nature -- Chapter 5: Amazing new materials -- Chapter 6: Tiny steps towards tiny machines -- Part II: Nanomedicine -- Death of the slasher -- Chapter 7: The radically different medicine of the future -- Chapter 8: Improved diagnostics -- key to effective prevention -- Chapter 9: The fight against cancer -- Chapter 10: Next-generation implants, prostheses and other cures -- Chapter 11: Concepts a bit further out -- Part III: Simply Green -- Environmental Applications and Risk Management -- Chapter 12: Green nanotechnology -- Chapter 13: Dealing with pollution -- Chapter 14: Energy -- renewable and clean -- Chapter 15: Nanotoxicology -- assessing the risks -- Part IV: A World of Novel Applications Awaits -- Chapter 16: Designing tomorrow's computer -- Chapter 17: Electronics beyond silicon -- Chapter 18: From supermarket shelf to spacecraft.
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A journey through the diverse world of nanotechnology research and development, covering 122 specific research projects taking place in laboratories around the world.