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April 8,2008


The Nanotech Boom HasStarted
By GS Early



There were two
significant stories in nano-land recently that put
the“now” and “future” for nanotech into clearerfocus.

BeforeI get to those, as a prelude to the now of nano,
I wanted to sharesomething I picked up on this past
weekend. On Saturday, April 5, KCICommunications, Inc,
held an investment summit for its Wealth
Societymembers and other interested KCI subscribers.

Thesefolks read my content on a regular basis, and
many have a position ortwo in my stock picks. Their
main comment was, “This is all veryinteresting, but
when is it going to come tomarket?”

It’salready here. But no one knows that. I think many
people are expectinga tickertape parade for the
introduction of nanotech into our lives. Orat least a
banner on a box of detergent that says, “NOW
WITHNANOCRYSTALS!”

But it isn’t going to happen that way.It’s morelike
the transition from carburetors on cars to fuel
injection systems.A few people may know what’s
happening, but most won’t care orevennotice. Such is
the case for this “revolutionary” development.

Bearin mind that it’s not the fact that nanotech hits
the marketplacelikea giant meteor; it’s the fact that,
like global warming, it’sineluctable yet gradual. And
that makes it less dramatic and lessattention-grabbing
but just as real and just as significant. We
simplyaren’t wired to grasp that; we’re too impatient,
not forresults butfor the splash.

If you’re an investor waiting for thesplash,then
you’ve missed most of the run. In the water world,
things thatsplash get eaten by the top-line predators
who’ve been lying inwait.So it is with investing in an
emerging market or emerging technology.It’s the
latecomers, who think they’ve been prudent and
waiteduntil“just the right moment,” who get eaten.

Anyway, afterthat happy analogy, I want to share with
you the news.

First, a Canadiantech market research firm reported
that nanomaterial and nanoparticlepriceshave come down
to levels affordable for widespread use in
consumerproducts:

“Overthe past two years, scale up of multi-wall carbon
nanotube productionhas led to a dramatic price
decrease down to $150/kg forsemi-industrial
applications. According to the new market
researchreport, the run for industrial CNT production
plants has started inorder to achieve a sustainable
business with the commercialization ofthese high-tech
materials with a midterm price target of$45/kg.


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Theprices for nanoclays have also dropped slightly,
but the question ofprice versus performance ratio is
not yet solved. At this point, somecommercial nanoclay
applications have been abandoned for cost
reasons.Silver-based nano-additives have made a
successful market entry (50percent of nanoproducts)
and are now widespread in white goods,clothing and
food applications. Further market penetration is
forecastin the coming years, though the lack of
standardization, regulation andthe health and safety
aspects might impact this evolution.

Thenanotech industry is moving from research to
production with over 500consumer nano-products already
available. Though nanotechnology haslong been seen as
tomorrow’s technology, developers of
nanoproductsarefocused on today’s market
opportunities. Some previous limitationshavebeen
addressed thanks to improvements in the dispersion
ofnanoparticles and the decrease in the production
cost ofnanotubes.

Thisreport is designed to understand the market for
nanomaterials, theplayers including the organizations,
as well as the accessibility ofthe market. It
highlights the technical functions made possible
bynanomaterials to create our daily nanoproducts.”

As amatterof fact, one of the big nano controversies
making the rounds now isabout the launch of socks and
bandages made with silver nanoparticlesto act as an
antibacterial/antimicrobial agent. Some scientists
pointout that the nanoparticles kill bacteria whether
they’re beneficialordetrimental. Some scientists are
concerned about the implications ofsilver
nanoparticles’ efficacy relative to safety. Also,
whathappenswhen we start disposing of these
socks/bandages on a largescale?

Mypoint isn’t that there are substantial, unanswered
questions aboutnanotech; that could be said of every
industry, even established ones.My point is that we
have nanotech socks and bandages on the storeshelves
now. There are cosmetics, sunscreens, self-cleaning
windows,drug delivery vehicles, batteries, tennis
balls, bicycles, golf balls,shirts, pants, etc. And
now this report confirms what everyone shouldknow
already: Nanotech is here.

The second piece of news is outof the University of
Copenhagen, where researchershave moved one step
closerto finding a simple way to transform
“spintronics” from aquixoticdream to a commonplace
reality in coming years. For more on thisinteresting,
nano-computing offshoot, check out the March28, 2005,
issue of Nanotech InvestingNews.

Essentially, the group has formed a transistor usinga
carbonnanotube (CNT)—whichis now getting much cheaper
to buy and produce, as the March 28 articlenotes—and a
single electron. They can now use a single atom as
amemorydevice.

Granted, although this is groundbreaking work
thatpeople have been trying to achieve for years, it
only opens the door tocomputing’s future; it doesn’t
get you into the living room,sit youdown in a big
chair and hand you some food and a drink. There’sstill
along way to go, but at least we know we’ve got the
right house, andgetting inside is possible.

However, quantum computing—orspintronics—is much
cooler to talk about than nano-enabled
socksandBand-Aids. But a lot more people need socks
and bandages than aspintronic-enabled computer.

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