Scientific literature postulates that nanotechnology is to be considered as general purpose technology (GPT … set out to not only further systematize existing approaches investigating nanotechnology's GPT traits based on patent … nanotechnology's research output to the ones of ICT as accepted GPT and of the combustion engine as a non- GPT, representing an upper …

seeks to assess whether nanotechnology is likely to become a GPT, which is sometimes assumed though not necessarily … documented. Based on a survey of existing literature, the paper will explore the extent to which nanotechnology addresses three … characterize the nature of nanotechnology …