Journal
BERICHTE ZUR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE
Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 58-67Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/bewi.200701323
Keywords
chemistry; Herbert Gleiter; Jean-Marie Lehn; colloid chemistry; nanomaterials; nanotechnology; supramolecular chemistry; Wolfgang Ostwald
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Nanotechnology is not a completely new technology, we can rather understand it as a continuation and extension of chemical technology. Along this line, it is not only problematic to characterize nanotechnology as a new 'key technology' but also the definition of nanotechnology as looking at a particular causality between properties and dimensions of materials seems hardly new. For embedding nanotechnology in such a greater historical context, the development of colloid chemistry at the beginning of the 20(th) century by Richard Zsigmondy and Wolfgang Ostwald is shown as an important reference point. Modern theories of supramolecular chemistry as those constituted by Jean-Marie Lehn and others refer to this line of research in colloid chemistry and lead currently to scientific foundations of some nanotechnological fields. The historical embedding of nanotechnology can hence be used as a contribution for a more realistic evaluation of the technological possibilities as well as for a critical estimation of technological visions.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available