Lux Research - The Nanotech Report

THE NANOTECH REPORT™

For more information, contact John Schwartz at +1 (646) 649 9582.

Since 2001, technology and business leaders have relied on Lux Research's authoritative reference study The Nanotech Report to spot the opportunities arising from nanotechnology's growth. The latest edition of this indispensable tool — The Nanotech Report, 5^th Edition — is the world's only comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the intersection of nanotechnology and business. If you're active in nanotech, you can't afford to miss out on this essential market intelligence. The Nanotech Report, 5^th Edition delivers:

Completely updated content from cover to cover
NEW nanotech investing section — 41 tickers from the NYSE to the AIM, assessed and segmented with recommendations for investors
NEW nanomaterials market analysis — applications, pricing, shipment volumes, and market shares for carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, metal nanoparticles, ceramic nanoparticles, and quantum dots
NEW nanotech in cleantech section — assessment of nanotech applications for energy and environment applications spanning energy, air, water, waste, and sustainability
Rich company profiles, technology drill-downs, funding data, patent analysis, and more that has made The Nanotech Report the go-to volume for nanotechnology for more six year

Benefits

Start-up companies exploit The Nanotech Report to gain competitive intelligence, track venture and government funding, and review patent and trademark activity.
Investors draw on The Nanotech Report to learn how nanotech will affect their existing portfolios, spot start-up companies worthy of private equity investment, and identify investment themes for exploiting nanotech commercialization.
Public sector organizations use The Nanotech Report to get the big picture of how nanotechnology may create jobs and attract investment, and understand how these opportunities match up to domestic competencies.
Consultants, law firms, insurers, and other service providers take advantage of The Nanotech Report to get smart fast on this emerging field of applied science; the report acts as a one-stop-shop for vital information, shortcutting endless searching.

Features

In two volumes and more than 600 pages, The Nanotech Report, 5^th Edition features:

Company profiles

121 data-rich profiles of nanotechnology's cutting-edge innovators, spanning four continents and a dozen countries, based on primary interviews with company management and exhaustive secondary research. Each profile includes:

Key technologies • Key product families • Product availability status • Lux Research take • Scorecard: Addressable market size, competitive intensity, long-term operating margin, speed to revenue, IP strength, regulatory factors, momentum, ease of market entry • Company snapshot Key figures: Revenue, employees, cash position • Funding history • Company relationships: Partners, suppliers, and more • Key personnel • Key events • Contact information

Technology and application profiles

28 detailed assessments explain key nanotechnology applications from the ground up, giving you the insight you need to spot investment and product opportunities. How big is the carbon nanotube market? What are the applications for metal nanoparticles? What patents are pivotal for nano-enabled displays? How will nanotechnology add value in the auto industry? Each technology and application drill-down features:

Market size and five-year growth rate • Description • Value chain map • "How it works" • Key companies • Key people • Key patents • Competing technologies • Challenges and drivers • Milestones to watch

Funding, patents, EHS issues, and more

The Nanotech Report, 5^th Edition content also covers:

Government funding: Government nanotechnology funding worldwide spanning more than 40 countries
Corporate R&D spending: Nanotech corporate R&D spending by country and sector with key programs at Fortune 1,000 giants
Environment, health, and safety issues: Comprehensive data on nanotech EHS publications, analysis of worldwide nanotech EHS regulation and pending regulation, plus a framework for addressing nanotech EHS risks
Venture capital: Analysis of every VC deal ever closed by country, sector, year, and sponsoring VCs from 1989 through 2006
20-year patent study: Analysis of more than 4,995 nanotech patents, more than 103,000 claims

For more information contact John Schwartz at +1 (646) 649 9582.

Companies profiled:

A123Systems • Advanced Diamond Technologies • Advanced Nanotechnology • Air Products and Chemicals • Altair Nanotechnologies • American Aerogels • Anzode • Applied MicroStructures • Applied Nanoworks • Aquanova • Arrowhead Research • Aspen Aerogels • Atomistix • BASF • Beijing ChamGo Nano-Tech • Beijing Nanomei Technology Development Co., Ltd. • Beneq • Bio-Gate • Biopigment • Buhler Partec • Cap-XX • CarboLex • Catalytic Solutions • Cerion Technologies • Cheap Tubes • Columbian Chemicals Company • Degussa (Evonik) • Donaldson • Dupont • Ecology Coatings • EcoSynthetix • Eikos • Evident Technologies • FEI • Finetex • Five Star Technologies • Frontier Carbon • Hemoteq • Hybrid Plastics • Hyperion Catalysis • Imago Scientific Instruments • Industrial Nanotech • InMat • Innovalight • Integran Technologies • Invitrogen • ItN Nanovation • Kereos • Konarka Technologies • LaamScience • MagForce Nanotechnologies • MFIC • Molecular Imprints • NanoBioMagnetics • Nano-C • NanoCarrier • Nanocerox • NanoComp • Nanocyl • NanoDynamics • Nanogate Technologies • NanoGram • NanoHorizons • Nanoident • NanoInk • NanoIntegris • Nanologica • NanoMas Technologies • NanoMech • Nanon • Nanonex • NanoPack • Nanophase • NanoPore • NanoProducts • Nano-Proprietary • NanoScale Materials • Nanosolar • NanoSperse • Nanostellar • Nanosys • NanoTechLabs • Nanotope • Nanovere • Nantero • NEI Corporation • Neosil • Northwest Mettech • NovaCentrix • Nova-Plasma • Novosom • Nucryst • NVE Corp • Ormecon • Oxford NanoLabs • Oxonica • PowerMetal Technologies • Primet Precision Materials • Pyrograf Products • QuantumSphere • Raymor Industries • Reactive Nanotechnologies • SDC Materials • Shenzhen Nanotech Port Company • Singular ID • Sokang Nano • Solaris Nanosciences • SouthWest NanoTechnologies • Stion • Strem Chemicals • The NanoSteel Company • Thomas Swan • Va-Q-tec • Veeco Instruments • Very Small Particle Company • Vorbeck Materials • XG Sciences • XiGo Nanotools • Xtalic • Zyvex

Technologies and applications detailed:

Nanomaterials: Carbon nanotubes • Ceramic nanoparticles • Dendrimers • Fullerenes and POSS • Metal nanoparticles • Nanoporous materials • Nanoscale encapsulation • Nanostructured metals • Nanowires • Quantum dots • Intermediate products: Catalysts • Coatings • Composites • Displays • Drug delivery systems • Energy storage • Memory chips • Solar cells • Sensors • Therapeutics • Final goods: Five quantitative case studies nanotechnology applications in: Automotive • Consumer electronics • Cancer treatment • Food packaging • Construction • Nanotools: Inspection tools (scanning probe microscopes, electron microscopes) • Fabrication tools (dip-pen nanolithography, nanoimprint lithography) • Modeling software

Key data presented:

Public equity investing: Analysis of the universe of 41 publicly traded nanotech companies with analysis by sector, exchange, and market cap • Nanomaterials market: Applications, pricing, shipment volumes, and market shares for carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, metal nanoparticles, ceramic nanoparticles, and quantum dots • Nanotech in cleantech: Assessment of nanotech applications for energy and environment including key technologies, government funding, publications, patents, start-ups, VC deals, and IPOs • Government funding: All-new calculations of government nanotechnology funding worldwide in 2006, spanning more than 40 countries, with highlighted national and regional initiatives • Corporate R&D spending: All-new estimates of nanotech corporate R&D spending by country and sector in 2006, with highlighted nanotech programs at Fortune 1,000 giants • Venture capital: All-new, comprehensive analysis of every nanotech venture capital deal ever closed by country, sector, year, and sponsoring VCs from 1989 through 2006 • Patents: Analysis and discussion of nearly 5,000 nanotechnology patents covering more than 103,000 claims • Environment, health, and safety (EHS): Data on U.S. government spending on nanotechnology EHS research plus a framework for addressing nanotech EHS risks