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Postface: social impact, consequences, and results of nanotechnology

  • Robert S. Luckett
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Nanochemistry
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Abstract

Here, we conclude on ethical questions of “if a specific task can be accomplished” or “should it be?” Dr. Luckett argues about the ethical issues related to nanotechnology: analyze, discuss, and deploy ethical discussion into the interdisciplinary approach related to nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is viewed as an application of nanoscience. Here, chemical bonding, reactivity, stability, and function are related to the atomic topography, composition, and speciation of the atoms and molecules and their manipulation to form matter, that is, one-, two-, or three-dimensional atomic, molecular, or supramolecular forms, from which we derive the intrinsic functionalities. These are different from bulk materials due to the unavailability of the majority of the atoms on the surface or within the structure, as only peripheral or surface atoms engage in catalysis, binding, dissociation, or entrapment of guest molecules.

Abstract

Here, we conclude on ethical questions of “if a specific task can be accomplished” or “should it be?” Dr. Luckett argues about the ethical issues related to nanotechnology: analyze, discuss, and deploy ethical discussion into the interdisciplinary approach related to nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is viewed as an application of nanoscience. Here, chemical bonding, reactivity, stability, and function are related to the atomic topography, composition, and speciation of the atoms and molecules and their manipulation to form matter, that is, one-, two-, or three-dimensional atomic, molecular, or supramolecular forms, from which we derive the intrinsic functionalities. These are different from bulk materials due to the unavailability of the majority of the atoms on the surface or within the structure, as only peripheral or surface atoms engage in catalysis, binding, dissociation, or entrapment of guest molecules.

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