20世纪90年代以来,伴随着纳米科学与技术的蓬勃发展,有关纳米技术的社会和伦理问题的研究悄然兴起并逐渐成为一门跨学科的研究领域.本文主要从纳米伦理研究的兴起、纳米伦理研究的主要内容、以及纳米伦理研究所面临的挑战与应对等三个方面评述纳米伦理研究的现状、存在的问题以及未来发展的方向.
With the fast developing nanoscience and nanotechnology, studies on societal and ethical issues concerning nanotechnology have also sprung up and become an interdisciplinary research field since the 1990s. In this article, the state of the art, existing problems and future development of the research on the nanoethics are reviewed. They are discussed in depth revolving the rise of nanoethics, the main research topics and the challenges we are facing.