Nanotechnology : research and perspectives : papers from the First Foresight Conference on Nanotechnology

 Content: Molecular systems engineering --
 Atomic imaging and positioning / John Foster --
 Design and characterization of 4-helix bundle proteins / Tracy Handel --
 Design of self-assembling molecular systems: electrostatic structural enforcement in low-dimensional molecular solids / Michael D. Ward --
 Molecular engineering in Japan: progress toward nanotechnology / Hiroyuki Sasabe --
 Strategies for molecular systems engineering / K. Eric Drexler --
 Molecular electronics / Robert Birge --
 Quantum transistors and integrated circuits / Frederico Capasso --
 Fundamental physical constraints on the computational process / Norman Margolus. Nanotechnology from a micromachinist's point of view / Joseph Mallon --
 What major problems need to be overcome to design and build molecular systems? / Drexler, Foster, Handel, Merkle, Ward --
 Possible medical applications of nanotechnology: hints from the field of aging research / Gregory M. Fahy --
 The future of computation / Bill Joy --
 Economic consequences of new technologies / Gordon Tullock --
 The risks of nanotechnology / Ralph Merkle --
 Fears and hopes of an environmentalist for nanotechnology / Lester W. Milbrath --
 The weapon of openness / Arthur Kantrowitz --
 What public policy pitfalls can be avoided in the development and regulation of nanotechnology? / Drexler, Kantrowitz, Merkle, Milbrath, Schwartz, Tullock.