Self-Assembly, self-organization: Nanotechnology and vitalism

NanoEthics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-42

  Bensaude Vincent, Bernadette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Biology; Biomimetics; Bionanotechnology; Chemistry; Cybernetics; Hybridization; Nature and artifact

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249090938     PISSN: 18714757     EISSN: 18714765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-009-0056-0     Document Type: Article

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