Nanotechnology Standards
Written by a team of experts, Nanotechnology Standards provides the first comprehensive, state-of-the-art reviews of nanotechnology standards development, both in the field of standards development and in specific areas of nanotechnology. It also describe
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Nanostructure Science and Technology Series Editor: David J. Lockwood, FRSC National Research Council of Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Vladimir Murashov John Howard ●
Editors
Nanotechnology Standards
Editors Vladimir Murashov, Ph.D NIOSH Washington, DC USA [email protected]
John Howard, MD NIOSH Washington, DC USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-7852-3 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-7853-0 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-7853-0 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011921401 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Globalization has unleashed economic forces that are affecting knowledge generation, commercial trade in goods and services, and the manufacturing of products. Global economic forces are also leading to a greater role in both commerce and science for international standards. Increasingly, standards are serving an important role in promoting the international development and commercialization of emerging technologies. Standards aid economic globalization by providing a common means to define technical nomenclature, standardize analytical methods, determine whether harmful exposures exist, and provide for ways to control many of the risks associated with international technology commercialization. Also, the development of standards in the twenty-first century to control risks to workers, consumers and the environment is becoming as pivotal to the success of globalization as free trade agreements were in the twentieth century. And, the use of standards in the governance of risk has only increased since nanotechnology has emerged as a global technology which promises to reshape the way we live and work. Nanotechnology is a rapidly evolving and potentially transformative technology, which has the potential to greatly improve many areas of human life. Nanotechnology promises stronger and lighter materials, more efficacious pharmaceuticals, novel energy sources, more nutritious and longer-lasting foods, more sophisticated national security equipment, and revolutionary cancer treatments. As potentially transformative a
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