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Understanding Advances in Nanotechnology: Minimizing Risks and Maximizing Benefits with Application of the Appropriate Governance Framework

Understanding Advances in Nanotechnology: Minimizing Risks and Maximizing Benefits with Application of the Appropriate Governance Framework
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Author(s): Michael D. Mehta (Thompson Rivers University, Canada)
Copyright: 2011
Volume: 3
Issue: 2
Pages: 11
Source title: International Journal of Nanotechnology and Molecular Computation (IJNMC)
Editor(s)-in-Chief: Bruce MacLennan (University of Tennessee - Knoxville, USA)and Keshav Deo Verma (S.V. (P.G.) College, India)
DOI: 10.4018/jnmc.2011040101

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Abstract

“Nanotechnology” is a word that has come a long way. Until recently most people associated nanotechnology with science fiction-based accounts that tended to focus on fantastical devices and applications. Due to developments in nanoscience (e.g., greater control over atomic structure and relatively better predictability of nanoscale properties), nanotechnology has entered the commercial realm, and it has begun simultaneously to stimulate the development of new governance frameworks. In this article, the author discusses potential benefits and risks and examines a select set of frameworks for governing this technology.

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