TOOLS
IMPACT New tools for nano development are crucial enablers. Without them, nano particles are too tiny to see or to engineer. Companies that sell atomic-force microscopes and machines to manipulate molecules are early winners in nano.
PLAYERS Veeco, FEI, NanoInk
CHALLENGE The market is up and running. Now they have to keep innovating.
Special Report Nanotechnology
The Nano Universe Expands
Industry by Industry
Nano technology is taking its first steps into basic materials, from coatings to khakis. But over the next two decades, it will spread into virtually every industry.
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