Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section One-Development Drivers -- Lessons in Innovation and Commercialization from the Biotechnology Revolution / Gerald Gallwas -- Nanotechnology and Our Energy Challenge / Dr. Richard Smalley -- Fads & Hype in Technology: The Sargasso Sea of "Some Day Soon" / Peter Coffee -- Section Two. The Players -- Nanotechnology Commercialization / Steve Jurvetson -- Investment in Nanotechnology / Dr. Daniel Leff and Doug Moffat -- Role of the US Government in Nanoscale Science and Technology / Geoff Holdridge -- Overview of US Academic Research / Dr. Julie Chen -- Understanding University Technology Transfer for Nanotechnology / Larry Gilbert and Dr. Michael Krieger -- Intellectual Property Policy and Impact / Chinh Pham and Charles Berman -- Entrepreneurs / Jeff Lawrence and Larry Bock -- Major Corporations: Technology, Business and the Culture of Opportunity / Dr. Hans Coufal and Jim Duncan -- Nanotechnology in Federal Laboratories / Dr. Meyya Meyyapan -- Section Two - Materials and Industries -- Nanoscale Materials / Dr. Mark Reed, Dr. Zhong Lin Wang, Dr. Brent Segal, Dr. Sheryl Ehrman, and Fiona Case -- Nanotechnology-Enabled Sensors / Dr. David Nagel and Dr. Sharon Smith -- Microelectronics / Dr. Stephen Goodnick, Dr. George Thompson, and Dr. Axel Scherer -- Drug Delivery / Dr. Suzie Hwang Pun and Dr. Jianjun Cheng -- Bio-Nano-Information Fusion / Dr. Chih-Ming Ho, Dr. Dean Ho, and Dan Garcia -- Section Four - Convergence and Integration -- Convergence and Integration / Dr. Mihail C. Roco -- Ethical Considerations in the advance of Nanotechnology / Dr. William Sims Bainbridge -- Epilogue -- Foreword to chapter 20 / Michael Krieger -- Infinitesimal Machinery / Dr. Richard Feynman.