How do people judge nanotechnology risks that are completely unfamiliar to them? Drawing on results of previous studies on framing and risk perception, two hypotheses about potential influences on nanotechnology risk perception were examined in an experimental study: 1) Risk perception of nanotechnology is influenced by its benefit perception. 2) Risk perception of nanotechnology is influenced ...

Nanotechnology is crucial for industrial and scientific advancement, with millions of dollars being invested each year in nanotechnology-related research. Recent developments in information-technology enables modeling the knowledge diffusion process via online depositories of nanotechnology-related scientific publication records. Understanding the mechanism may help funding agencies use their f...

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society Vol. 26, No. 6, December 2006, 451-462 DOI: 10.1177/0270467606295003 Copyright © 2006 Sage Publications Research in nanotechnology has advanced rapidly in recent years. Several researchers, however, warn that there is a paucity of research on the ethical, legal, and social implications of nanotechnology, and they caution that ethical reflections on nano...

Current semiconductor technology is projected to reach its physical limit in about a decade. To satisfy the ever-growing consumer desire for small, high-speed, low-power, and “all-in-one” devices, scientists and engineers are actively seeking solutions to continue technology trends into the future. Nanotechnology, with wide electronics applications, promises breakthroughs for the future. The fu...

The field of nanotechnology is growing explosively and impinging on all walks of life. This is reflected in the appearance of nanotechnology in consumer products; in March 2011, the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, a partnership between the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Pew Charitable Trusts, reported more than 1300 consumer products containing nanotechnology on ...

Nanotechnology is an up-and-coming branch of science that studies and designs materials with at least one dimension sized from 1-100 nm. These nanomaterials have unique functions at the cellular, atomic, and molecular levels. The term "nanotechnology" was first coined in 1974. Since then, it has evolved dramatically and now consists of distinct and independent scientific fields. Nanotechnology ...

As the new industrial revolution advances in the nanotechnology have been followed with interest throughout the world and also in Turkey. Media has an important role in conveying these advances to public, rising public awareness and creating attitudes related to nanotechnology. As well as representing how a subject is treated, media frames determine how public think about this subject. In liter...

This paper assesses the diffusion of nanoscience and nanotechnology in Turkey in the last decade using bibliometric and Social Network Analysis (SNA) techniques. We extracted a total of 10,062 articles and reviews from Web of Science (WoS) authored by the Turkish scientists between 2000 and 2011. We divided the data set into two 6-year periods (2000-2005 and 2006-2011). Almost three quarters (7...

The field of nanotechnology is growing explosively and impinging on all walks of life. This is reflected in the appearance of nanotechnology in consumer products; in March 2011, the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, a partnership between the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Pew Charitable Trusts, reported more than 1300 consumer products containing nanotechnology on ...

Computer simulation has played an important role in developing advanced nanotechnology with great effectiveness and efficiency. Prof. Josef Weinbub Dr. Roza Kotlyar at Modeling Simulation Technical Committee of IEEE Nanotechnology Council serve as Guest Editors for the Special Issue theme: Nanotechnology.