Regulating beyond nanotechnology

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 42-48

  Moses, Lyria Bennett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR SCALE; ONE DIMENSION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 80052903848     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2011.942307     Document Type: Article

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