1. Nanotechnology toward the sustainocene / Thomas A. Faunce -- 2. The cosmic context of the millennium development goals : maximum entropy and sustainability / Charles H. Lineweaver and Molly Townes O'Brien -- 3. Nanophotonics for light trapping / Studha Mokkapati, Fiona J. Beck, Jonathan Wilson, Er-Chien Wang, and Kylie R. Catchpole -- 4. Growth and characterization of GaAs nanowires / Qiang Gao, Hannah J. Joyce, Hark Hoe Tan, and Chennupati Jagadish -- 5. The synthesis, structure, and properties of titania-coated silica nanowires / Avi Shalav and Robert G. Elliman -- 6. Global health and environmental implications of mimicking biological ion channels using nanotubes / Tamsyn A. Hilder -- 7. Nanostructured materials : implications for information technology / Dragomir N. Neshev -- 8. Laser trapping of nanoparticle agglomerates in air / Andrei V. Rode, Vladlen G. Shvedov, Cyril Hnatovsky, and Weislaw Krolikowski -- 9. The bhopal disaster and peroxide bombs : nanoscale aspects of oscillatory thermal instability / Rowena Ball -- 10. Fusion power and nanoscience challenges for extreme materials / Matthew J. Hole and Cormac S. Corr -- 11. Nanotechnology, plasma, hydrogen from artificial photosynthesis, and fuel cells : powering the developing world to the sustainocene / Thomas A. Faunce and Christine Charles -- 12. Nanotechnology-based artificial photosynthesis : food security and animal rights in the sustainocene / Alex Bruce and Thomas A. Faunce -- 13. Toward the sustainocene with global artificial photosynthesis / Thomas A. Faunce, Alex Bruce and Angus M. Donohoo.