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[...]...x Nanotechnology Applications and Markets 151 151 From Chemical Industry to Nanomaterials Industry 152 Nanotextiles and “Intelligent Clothing” 154 Building Nanotechnology 161 Nanotech, Food, and Agriculture: A “Nanolithic” Revolution 164 Planes, Trains, and Nanotechnology: Too Many “Opportunities”? 166 Nanotech and Robotics 167 Summary: Key Takeaways from... FEDs may find applications in X-rays, lithography, and lighting systems FED displays may find a ready market for very large TV monitors and advertising displays 6 Nanotechnology Applications and Markets Table 1.1 (Continued) Regenerative Medicine Nanoengineered gels and other materials are used to replace lost tissue or to provide structure for the regeneration of natural tissue Current applications. .. structure for nerve cells to grow back after injury, including improved stents for heart patients and even artificial blood cells Biomedicine and Pharmaceuticals xviii Nanotechnology Applications and Markets Ubiquitous computing, a transformation of the economics of energy, and radically new pharmaceutical and regenerative medicine technology will all be epoch-defining in their way What makes nanotech... business partner, Robert Nolan, and I set up NanoMarkets LC (http://www.nanomarkets.net), which emerged out of long discussions that we had in 2003 As this book goes to press, NanoMarkets LC is well into its second year of providing focused market research and product planning in the form of consulting, newsletters, and relevant reports and other publications However, the kind of nanotechnology that provides... firms great and small with whom I have spoken as part of the regular briefings that I receive from key nanotech firms in my role as principal analyst with NanoMarkets, LC I would also like to thank Howard Lovy and Paul Holister, who provided most of the content for the two reports that launched NanoMarkets and have been important sources for me of news, gossip, and understanding about nanotechnology. .. in Tune with Today’s “Megatrends” Nanotech is certainly not the only candidate for the next epoch-making technology However, most of the other candidates seem to need nanotechnology to reach their full potential For this reason, nanotechnology should be thought of as an enabling technology that xvi Nanotechnology Applications and Markets in some way encompasses most of the other potential epoch-making... severe xxiv Nanotechnology Applications and Markets The first of these industry groups considered in this book includes electronics and semiconductors and here nanotech is already helping to ameliorate the problems that are arising as Moore’s Law moves the entire semiconductor industry into the nanosphere It is also leading to brave new products such as sensors that can be sprayed onto surfaces and televisions... business aspects of nanotechnology in publications to date has been superficial at best Most of the articles on nanotech that have appeared in the general business press have been written by journalists who do not specialize in this area, and therefore, the articles have consisted of a few generalizations and anecdotes with little or no xiii xiv Nanotechnology Applications and Markets serious attempts... with very small features and devices? I will discuss these disputes, because anyone who becomes involved with the world of nanotechnology has to know about them But I won’t take them too seriously 1 2 Nanotechnology Applications and Markets The purpose of this book is to point out new business opportunities Consequently, its writer believes that the definition of the term nanotechnology, ” used in... the U.S National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) The NNI says that nanotechnology, must involve all of the following: 1 Research and technology development at the atomic, molecular, or macromolecular levels, in the length scale of approximately 1 to 100 nanometer range 2 Creating and using structures, devices, and systems that have novel properties and functions because of their small and/ or intermediate . h0" alt="" Nanotechnology Applications and Markets For a complete listing of the Artech House Nanotechnology Library, turn to the back of this book. Nanotechnology Applications and Markets Lawrence. In the xviii Nanotechnology Applications and Markets process, the high-paying jobs and stock options all went away and fortunes were destroyed. Nonetheless, becoming part of an epoch-making technology wave. low-power plastic dis - plays. Displays are typically the most power consuming subsystem in mobile computing or communications equipment. In addition to saving power, nanotechnology has the potential