Thesis – opinion pieces published in Nature Nanotechnology
Between 2006 and 2009 I wrote an opinion column for the journal Nature Nanotechnology. All are listed here, with links. The journal archive is mostly accessible only to those with a subscription, but I have published some, in their unedited, postprint, form, on the blog. I will, in time, make all of them accessible here.
What can biology teach us?
Nature Nanotechnology 1, 85-86 (November 2006) doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.116
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Postprint version Right and wrong lessons from biology
Can nanotechnology ever prove that it is green?
Nature Nanotechnology 2, 71-72 (February 2007) doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.12
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Postprint version Can nanotechnology really be green?
What have we learned from public engagement?
Nature Nanotechnology 2, 262-263 (May 2007) doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.123
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New materials, old challenges
Nature Nanotechnology 2, 453-454 (August 2007) doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.241
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Are natural resources a curse?
Nature Nanotechnology 2, 665-666 (21 October 2007) doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.351
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The economy of promises
Nature Nanotechnology 3, 65-66 (February 2008) doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.14
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Postprint version: The Economy of Promises
The question of complexity
Nature Nanotechnology 3, 245-246 (May 2008) doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.117
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The production of knowledge
Nature Nanotechnology 3, 448-449 (August 2008) doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.226
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Postprint version (html) Mode 2 and its discontents
When it pays to ask the public
Nature Nanotechnology 3, 578-579 (October 2008) doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.288
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Postprint version Connecting public dialogue with policy in nanomedicine
Why nanotechnology needs better polymer chemistry
Nature Nanotechnology 3, 699-700 (December 2008) doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.349
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Nanotechnology, energy and markets
Nature Nanotechnology 4, 75-75 (February 2009) doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.420
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Computing with molecules
Nature Nanotechnology 4, 207-207 (April 2009) doi:10.1038/nnano.2009.61
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Are you a responsible nanoscientist?
Nature Nanotechnology 4, 336-336 (June 2009) doi:10.1038/nnano.2009.127
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Designs for living
Nature Nanotechnology 4, 471-471 (August 2009) doi:10.1038/nnano.2009.208
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It’s not just about nanotoxicology
Nature Nanotechnology 4, 615 (October 2009) doi:10.1038/nnano.2009.280
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Feynman’s unfinished business
Nature Nanotechnology 4, 785 (December 2009) doi:10.1038/nnano.2009.358
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