Nano-Age

PrefaceCAPTURING SUN'S ENERGYSolar Power: NowNever Trust the SkepticsSolar Power for the MassesWhy Nanoscience is Relevant to the Solar Energy IndustryExpanding the Solar BusinessSolar Hydrogen from WaterFROM CHEMISTRY TO NANOCHEMISTRYWhy Small is DifferentNanochemistry, The Chemical Approach to NanotechnologyAn Insight into Chemical MethodologyMaking NanomaterialsSTORING AND SUPPLYING CLEAN ENERGYEnding the Era of the Internal Combustion EngineNanotechnology-Based BatteriesBiological Fuel CellsFuel Cells for the PeopleCATALYSIS: GREENING THE PHARMA INDUSTRYPharma: An Industry to Be Cleaned UpSol-Gel Catalysts: Philosopher's StonesBiogels: Marriage of Glass and LifeNanocatalysts: Abating Polluting Emissions and Product ContaminationORIGINALLY DOPED METALSA Watershed Development in ScienceThe New Reactivity of Metal-Entrapped MoleculesTwo-for-One-CatalystChiral MetalsPROTECTING OUR GOODS AND SAVING ENERGYMultifunctional NanocoatingsMultifunctional TextilesProtecting Cultural HeritageProtecting Goods from LightBETTER MEDICINE THROUGH NANOCHEMISTRYNanomedicineHemostasis: Change in Surgery and Emergency MedicineBiogels: Biotechnology Made PossibleSmall is Beautiful? Nanotech CosmeticsNanotechnology in OrthopedicsA Hybrid, Welcome ScienceGETTING THERE CLEANLYWhy Sustainable Nanotechnology?Regulating NanomaterialsGreening NanomaterialsUnderstand the Risks and Minimize ThemCommunicating the Nanotech RiskMANAGING (NANO)INNOVATIONScholars, and not ResearchersRenewing Management and Scientific EducationNexus of the ScienceIn Praise of Scientific CultureCommunicating Nanochemistry

Mario Pagliaro is a research chemist based at the Palermo National Research Center where he heads Sicily's Photovoltaics Research Pole and the Institue of Scientific Methodology.He has conducted research on the development of functional materials at the University of Leiden, the CNRS in Grenoble, and the RWTH Aachen.Professor Pagliaro has co-invented several innovative technologies, some of which have been commercialized, and has six books, numerous scientific papers and four international patents to his name. Since 2004 he has been the organizer of the Seminar Marcello Carapezza, and in 2005 was appointed Maître de conférences associé at the Montpellier Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie.Besides his academic work, Professor Pagliaro is active in management education and in promoting the role of science in society.

"Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals." (Choice, 1 May 2011)

"Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals." (Choice, 1 May 2011)