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| Lenatti, Chuck
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business and technology writer
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| Nanotech's First Block-Busters?
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Technology Review (MIT)
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107.2 (2004):46-52.
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| Lenatti covers the fortunes of the nascent nanotech industry through a profile of Nanosys, a strong startup aiming to create nano building blocks for a variety of industrial and commercial applications. Among their envisioned products: solar cells, display panels, lasers, sensors and computer chips. Nanosys stands on the brink of success or failure -- just a few years will determine whether or not they can return investors' capital.
Founded by Larry Bock, Nansys focuses on near-term products using inorganic nanocrystals "made of silicon and other materials already familiar to electronics makers." With a team of scientists recruited from MIT, Harvard and USC, Nanosys took on energy technology and has developed thin film "nanotetrapod"-based solar roofing tiles. Nanosys is also working on faster, lighter, more durable and more energy-efficient displays that include processors and memory. As a next step, Nanosys will need tp bring its products to market and ramp up its production facilities. (Note: as of 2007, Nanosys is still in business) |
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