Nanotech Commercialization in the United States

被引：0

作者：

Ross, Louis J. ^{[1
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机构：

[1] GETI, Vadodara, India

来源：

IEEE NANOTECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE | 2010年 / 4卷 / 02期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家卫生研究院;

关键词：

There is an east versus west rivalry in terms of where the concentration of strength is for nanotechnology R&D. Commercialization is a much more complicated story; as both small; mostly domestic startups and large; multinational corporations are involved. Pockets of R&D orbit around NNI centers; related networks; and user facilities. Since funding nanotech has been a federal effort from the start; there is a politically motivated dispersion of resources with the northeast; parts of the midwest; and modest representation in the southern states. The location of micro-and nanotechnology research and commercialization efforts are much more dispersed than perhaps any other key emerging technology ever funded by the federal government; especially because of the government’s interest and political motivations to support energy innovation and the defense industry. In between both coasts you have Texas. The state benefits from having large anchor companies and startups in the semiconductor; energy; and oil/ gas industries based there; both of which have an intense interest in nanotech innovation. The state has a vested interest in providing funding and support to supplement the funding being received by its numerous centers of excellence for nanotech [i.e; NNIN and National Science Foundation (NSF)].Since the establishment of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI); nearly US$12 billion in funding from the federal government has gone through (primarily) the Department of Defense (DoD); Department of Energy (DoE); and National Institutes of Health (NIH) into research centers; universities; and companies working on different aspects of nanotechnology. The NNIN itself consists of centers scattered throughout the country; focusing on fundamental nanoscale phenomena and processes; nanomaterials; instrumentation research; metrology; and the development of standards. Though the funding also includes support for nanoscale devices; systems; and nanomanufacturing; a great deal of work still needs to be done in the characterization of materials before there is enough nanocement to start making houses and hence the reference to black swans and unpredictable risk. The issue of standards will take sometime and then that will also be broken down by industry segment;

D O I：

10.1109/MNANO.2010.936605

中图分类号：

TB3 [工程材料学];

学科分类号：

0805 ; 080502 ;

摘要：

[No abstract available]

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