No longer academic: Models of commercialization and the construction of a nanotech industry

Science as Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-186

  Patrick Thurs, Daniel ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 34547865995     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505430701369043     Document Type: Article

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