Characterising a technology development at the stage of early emerging applications: nanomaterial-enhanced biosensors |
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| Authors: | Lu Huang Ying Guo Zhengchun Peng Alan L Porter |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Management and Economics , Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing, China huanglu628@163.com;3. School of Management and Economics , Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing, China;4. Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, USA;5. School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, USA;6. Technology Policy and Assessment Center;7. Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, USA;8. Search Technology, Inc. |
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| Abstract: | We devise future-oriented technology analyses tools to investigate a technology at an interesting development stage of early emerging applications. At this stage, technologies show great potential with little established commercialisation. Future development pathways are highly uncertain and heavily dependent on contextual interactions. We apply R&D profiling, R&D-to-applications cross-charting, and technology delivery system modelling to help understand the phenomena that bear upon development prospects. We develop our approach through a two-tier case study: general treatment of nanomaterial-enhanced biosensors, followed by more specialised treatment of one subset of those. Results convey the importance of considering technological and social context factors together to understand likely innovation pathways. |
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| Keywords: | emerging application nanomaterial-enhanced biosensor future-oriented technology analyses (FTA) technology delivery system (TDS) nanotechnology nanoparticle |
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