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Make nanotechnology research open-source

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  • Joshua M. Pearce

    (Joshua M. Pearce is associate professor in the Open Sustainability Technology Lab, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295, USA.)

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To drive innovation at the nanoscale, the patent thicket must be chopped down, argues Joshua M. Pearce.

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  • Joshua M. Pearce, 2012. "Make nanotechnology research open-source," Nature, Nature, vol. 491(7425), pages 519-521, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:491:y:2012:i:7425:d:10.1038_491519a
    DOI: 10.1038/491519a
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    1. J. M. Pearce, 2016. "Return on investment for open source scientific hardware development," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 43(2), pages 192-195.
    2. Anurag Anurag & Jiemin Zhang & Jephias Gwamuri & Joshua M. Pearce, 2017. "General Design Procedures for Airport-Based Solar Photovoltaic Systems," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-19, August.
    3. Munari, Federico & Toschi, Laura, 2014. "Running ahead in the nanotechnology gold rush. Strategic patenting in emerging technologies," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 194-207.
    4. Joshua Pearce, 2018. "Sponsored Libre Research Agreements to Create Free and Open Source Software and Hardware," Post-Print hal-02111369, HAL.
    5. Heikkinen, I.T.S. & Savin, H. & Partanen, J. & Seppälä, J. & Pearce, J.M., 2020. "Towards national policy for open source hardware research: The case of Finland," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).
    6. Bottomley, Sean, 2014. "Patents and the first industrial revolution in the United States, France and Britain, 1700-1850," IAST Working Papers 14-14, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST).
    7. Douglas Henrique Milanez & Leandro Innocentini Lopes Faria & Roniberto Morato Amaral & Daniel Rodrigo Leiva & José Angelo Rodrigues Gregolin, 2014. "Patents in nanotechnology: an analysis using macro-indicators and forecasting curves," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 101(2), pages 1097-1112, November.

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