Nature 444, 267 - 269 (16 November 2006); doi:10.1038/444267a

Safe handling of nanotechnology

Andrew D. Maynard, Robert J. Aitken, Tilman Butz, Vicki Colvin, Ken Donaldson, Günter Oberdörster, Martin A. Philbert, John Ryan, Anthony Seaton, Vicki Stone, Sally S. Tinkle, Lang Tran, Nigel J. Walker & David B. Warheit

Andrew D. Maynard is at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Andrew.Maynard@wilsoncenter.org

The pursuit of responsible nanotechnologies can be tackled through a series of grand challenges, argue Andrew D. Maynard and his co-authors.

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