1. Artificial molecular machines
Since the early 1990s, chemists have been able to synthesize molecular machines (Box 1), physicists have been able to immobilize them on a surface and manipulate them one by one under the tip of a Scanning Tunnelling Microscope (STM), and biophysicists have been able to manipulate and model the mechanochemical functioning of "natural molecular machines" (proteins).
In the course of our research, we visited laboratories to conduct in situ interviews with researchers working in the field of molecular machines (a list of the laboratories we visited can be found in the "Find out more" section). We wanted them to tell us about their practices and, through their practices, how they "value" these objects.
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Bibliography
Websites
NANO2E, Nanotechnologies, epistemology and ethics
NANONORMA, From innovation to use: what regulatory framework for nano-objects?
Nanoethics, Website of the journal Nanoethics published...
Standards and norms
- Comité technique nanotechnologies. - ISO TC 229 -
- Commission de normalisation nanotechnologies. - AFNOR X457 -
- Nanotechnologies – Nano-object terminology and definitions – Nanoparticles, nanofibers and nanosheets. - ISO TS 27687:2008 -
Regulations
Décret n° 2012-232 du 17 février 2012 relatif à la déclaration annuelle des substances à l'état nanoparticulaire pris en application de l'article L. 523-4 du code de l'environnement – JO n° 0043 du 19 février 2012 page 2863 texte n° 4 NOR: DEVP1123456D.
List of laboratories
Artificial molecular machines :
Organo-Mineral Chemistry Laboratory (LCOM), University of Strasbourg
http://www-chimie.u-strasbg.fr/~lcom/Recherche/machines.html
Molecular Nanosciences Group, Orsay Institute of Molecular Sciences. Molecular PhotoPhysics...
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