Nanotechnology Briefing

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Nanotechnology Briefing
Meet George Jetson Kitchen Bathrooms of
Tomorrow

• Feb. 20th, 2007

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Material Sciences

• Shifting around atoms to make better or entirely
  new materials
• Apollo Diamonds, Gemesis Corp.
• Manipulate carbon atoms to create two-carat
  diamonds for 100
• Economies of scale -gtlarge companies using the
  technology
• Nanophase, Oxonica
• Self-cleaning windows, stain-resistant pants,
  scratch resistant frames
• Nantero
• Memory-based product for massive data storage

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Material Sciences

• Carbon Nanotechnologies
• Carbon nanotubes 100x strength of steel
• Aspen Aerogels
• frozen smoke among lightest known solids in
  world
• Molecular Imprints, NanoInk
• Nanolithographyscale semis to 10 nanometers
• Dip-Pen process to write patterns with atoms
• Arryx
• Holographic optical trapping-cell manipulation
• Cambrios
• Proteins that bind to electronic, magnetic
  materials for growth

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Publicly-Traded Companies

• Accelrys
• Molecular modeling-drug discovery
• Symyx
• Leader of high throughput experimentation
• Speeds up process for creating new materials
• FEI, Veeco
• Scanning electron microscopes, transmission
  electron microscopes
• Semiconductors and life sciences

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Small and Green

• Headwater
• Nanocatalysts to heavy oils in Canada sands
• Liquefying coal
• Konarka
• Nanoparticles that convert natural light and
  indoor light into electricity
• Nanonsys, NanoSolar
• Flexible solar cells as thin as wallpaper
• Self-assembling solar cells

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Healthcare

• NanoBio
• Detect/diagnose individual cancer cells
• Starpharma
• Vivagel prevents HIV spread
• Nanosphere
• Detect medical conditions at very early stage

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Other Options

• Harris Harris
• V.C. firm invests in nanotech
• Arrowhead Research
• Invests in nanotech research and dvelopment in
  university and federal labs
• PXN ETF
• Profits? Blue chips?