But theyve been rejiggered over time into orderly crystal patterns linked by superstrong chemical bonds. Four Free Issues Register Subscribe Customer Service ONLINE FEATURES Book Reviews BW Video Columnists Interactive Gallery Newsletters Past Covers Philanthropy Podcasts Special Reports BLOGS Auto Bangalore Tigers Blogspotting Brand New Day Byte of the Apple Economics Unbound Eye on Asia Fine On Media Green Biz Hot Property Investing Insights Management IQ NEXT Innovation NussbaumOnDesign Tech Working Parents TECHNOLOGY J. D. To subscribe online to BusinessWeek magazine, please click here.

Examples lightweight army fatigues that resist chemical weapons and food packaging designed to keep last months lettuce green and crunchy. Its land grab, says Douglas Sharrott, patent lawyer at Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto in New York. By Stephen Baker and Adam Aston BW MALL SPONSORED LINKS No Recovery, no fee ! OfficesNew York, Washington DC Angeles. In LabNow got 14 million in equity funding from consortium led by George Soros. warned against rush into nano, citing the unforeseeable nature of the risks it entails and the recurrent and cumulative losses it could lead to.

This structure leads the material to break down more easily. Israeli biologists and electrical engineers, for example, have teamed up to attach dna to carbon nanotubes to create microscopic transistors. Isnt Merrill attempting to create retail fervor? Merrills Steven Milunovich, who directs its nanotech research, responds that the firm covers only three of the stocks on the index and compiles the list not to recommend investment vehicles but as way to track the young industry. Its stock rose 80.

Further out, researchers are working on customized treatments, such as nanoparticles built to match the unique genetic profile of patients cancer cells and programmed to seek out and destroy them. the IPO market appears stalled, even for stars such as Nanofilm, profitable Valley View Ohio manufacturer of optical films, and Konarka Technologies Inc., Lowell Mass. leader in plastic solar panels. Premature Marketing? Doubts and confusion plague the market, where even the definition of nano is open to debate.

Add BusinessWeek news to your Web site with our headline feed. As recently as last summer, about dozen nanotech companies were positioning themselves for initial public offerings. Beyond straight putts and fresh produce, can nano live up to its potential to create entirely new industries and corporate titans? The answer depends on how the players, from regulators to entrepreneurs, handle host of thorny challenges. 1, for example, computer giant HewlettPackard Co. Still, Manuel If you looked at previous generations of such coatings through powerful microscope, the chemical components would look loosely packed, with irregular spaces between the molecules. Free ATS, simple interface.