Description:
The paper deals with the negative aspects of nanotechnology development on the global and national scales. Possible economic, environmental and social risks and latent threats to the formation of nanoindustry and nanoproducts consumption are discussed. Based on the analysis of foreign and Russian researchers is made SWOT-analysis of nanotechnology, in which all the key features development of nanotechnology. Under article attempts to analyze the basic regulations in the field of nanotechnology U.S., major European countries and Russia. Author compares the institutional nanotechnology in different countries. Research-based conclusion on the need for targeted research complex problems of formation and development of regulatory mechanisms, legal frameworks and institutions of nanotechnology progress monitoring based on existing backlog.