The Vision and Strategy of the US National Nanotechnology Initiative

Nanotechnology: Global Strategies, Industry Trends and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 79-94

  Roco, M C ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

'societal challenges' of nanotechnology; Key investment strategies; Macroscale management measures; Nanoscale manufacturing R D; Nanoscale science and engineering research; National nanotechnology coordinating office (NNCO); National nanotechnology initiative (NNI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889379371     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470021071.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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