A very interesting article, shedding light on Nano,
>>FEW business executives can explain nanotechnology, but plenty of them know they are wearing the results: L. L. Bean khakis and other clothing engineered for exceptional stain resistance. They may have also used clear sunscreens made with particles of zinc oxide or titanium dioxide that block ultraviolet rays.
And when corporate bigwigs head to their country clubs, there is a good chance they will encounter someone who has heard about NanoDynamics, a start-up in Buffalo that has been promoting its ability to rearrange the molecular structure of golf balls to damp the physical forces that send poor shots slicing or hooking.
No wonder it is hard to find big-business executives who don't know that their business might be affected by the growing ability of researchers to manipulate the very molecules out of which everything is made. The field is known as nanotechnology because the measuring rod of its products is the nanometer, which is a billionth of a meter and the size of the smallest molecules. Nanotechnology has spawned hundreds of companies in the last decade and attracted billions of dollars in government and private investment.<<