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10th Edition of World Nanotechnology Conference

March 10-12, 2025

March 10 -12, 2025 | Rome, Italy
World Nano 2019

Reflections on Societal Impact of Nanotechnology in China

Chen Wang, Speaker at Nanomaterials Conference
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Title : Reflections on Societal Impact of Nanotechnology in China

Abstract:

This contribution reflects the views on the nanoscience and nanotechnology motivated by societal needs. The grand challenges facing the diverse population provide profound obligations and opportunities for scientists, engineers, technicians, entrepreneurs to join the intellectual resources and materials support to achieve maximal societal impact. For example, extra effort should be needed for the developing economies to tackle the long standing societal challenges ranging from environmental to health care that may not be sufficiently supported by imported technologies.

The advances of nanoscience and nanotechnology in both developed and developing economies are closely associated with expectations that the technology can address various societal needs. Nanotechnology encompasses a wide range of functional nanoscale materials, structures, devices and integrated systems with unique properties, with applications across multidisciplinary areas of energy, information and healthcare, etc. Possible broad applications of nanotechnology in various areas, including health, energy, environment, and manufacturing, have generated keen interests of policy makers, academics and industrialists in China. The potential of the technology has been clearly reflected in the prioritizing of nanotechnology development in various science and technology programs. Innovative nanotechnologies are emerging in the areas of production, integration and application of nanomaterials at industrial scale, including lithium battery, green printing technology, selected applications in energy, environmental and healthcare areas, and fundamental infrastructures. However, considering that nanotechnology as a whole is only at the early stage of generating economic impact, challenges should be dealt with during this process of searching for technological breakthroughs. Given the current restraints in resources as well as existing infrastructures in China, we emphasis that exploring technological solutions to meet societal needs is essential for promoting nanotechnology development. Such solution is critical for public R&D investment to benefit society at large.

Biography:

C. Wang received his B.S. degree from University of Science and Technology of China in 1986. After obtaining his PhD from University of Virginia in 1992, he joined Arizona State University as a postdoctoral associate. In 1994, he became a professor of Central China Normal University. He was a faculty of the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1995 to 2004, and is currently a professor and director of National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China.

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