Nanotechnology in a Globalized World: Strategic Assessments of an Emerging Technology

摘要: Abstract : Often hailed as the next technological revolution, nanotechnology is being pursued by countries aspiring to enhanced wealth and influence in world politics. Nanotechnologies are enabling technologies with potential significantly alter modern world, from fields far flung warfare industrial design medicine social human engineering. Nanotech not merely about size, it unique physical, chemical, biological optical properties that emerge naturally at nanoscale ability manipulate engineer such effects. It a broad new area of science, involving physics, chemistry, biology, materials engineering nanoscale. Seizing lead nanotech often viewed an imperative for global economic competitiveness 21st century defense. Technological change offers both hope concern over national prosperity security. raises prospects tremendous increases wealth, productivity, quality length life. change, however, can disrupt entire industries dramatically shift relative nations if technology question truly revolutionary. restructure defense, empower non-state actors well states, wreak destruction on life environment.