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By 2008, the Total Global Demand for Nanoscale Materials, Devices and Tools Will Cross $28 Billion.


DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c40321) has announced the addition of "The World Nanotechnology nanotechnology: see micromechanics.
nanotechnology

Manipulation of atoms, molecules, and materials to form structures on the scale of nanometres (billionths of a metre).
 Market (2006)" to their offering.

The report "The World Nanotechnology Market (2006)" provides an updated and detailed overview of the Nanotechnology market worldwide. It examines the emerging trends in the industry and provides exclusive forecasts product wise and application wise. It includes the snapshots of different players in the industry, the R&D spending in various countries and studies the patents in this technology.

Key Findings:

--Worldwide more than $9.5 billion was spent on Nanotechnology research and development in 2005, which showed a considerable rise as compared to 2004. Out of the total R&D expenditure, major contributions were done from various governments and corporate who together contributed nearly $9 billion. Rest of the R&D spending was from venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed
5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1]
.

--By 2008, the total global demand for nanoscale At nanometer size. Any device only a few nanometers in size is nanoscale. See nanotechnology and nanometer.  materials, devices and tools will cross $28 billion.

--The U.S. Nanotechnology market is predicted to reach $3.3 billion by 2008 and cross $19.8 billion by 2013 showing a strong growth.

--The market for textiles using Nanotechnologies will cross US $13 billion mark by 2007. By 2012, the market is expected to reach US $115.2 billion.

--United States has the largest share of global investment in Nanotechnology. The US market had a share of 27% in 2005. Followed by Japanese market with more than 24% of share. The western European market also had a quarter of the market share with major investment in countries like Germany, UK and France. Other countries like China, Russia, South Korea, Canada and Australia hold the rest of the share.

Key Issues Addressed:

--The global outlook of Nanotechnology market.

--Analysis of Nanotechnology market by various products and application areas, their market and growth prospects.

--Key drivers, opportunities for growth, and challenges for Nanotechnology.

--An update on the recent developments in Nanotechnology.

--Snapshots of the key players in Nanotechnology.

Key Players Analyzed an·a·lyze  
tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es
1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.

2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of.

3.
:

This section provides the overview about the prominent players in the field Nanotechnology like Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., Achilles Corporation, Cabot Corporation Cabot Corporation is a specialty chemicals and performance materials company. It operates in four segments: the Carbon Black Business, the Metal Oxides Business, the Supermetals Business, and the Specialty Fluids Business. Cabot's headquarters is located in Boston, Massachusetts. , Dow Chemical Company The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW TYO: 4850 ) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan. Overview
The Dow Chemical Company is currently the second largest chemical manufacturer in the World (after BASF)[1].
, Dupont De Nemours and Company, Eastman Kodak Company, Konarka Technologies, Inc., Nanospectra Biosciences, Inc. Xerox Corporation (company) XEROX Corporation -

http://xerox.com/.

See also XEROX PARC, XEROX Network Services.
, Xintek, Inc., Zyvex Corporation etc.

Research Methodology:

Information Sources

Books, Newspapers, Trade Journals and White papers, Industry portals, Government Agencies, Trade associations. Monitoring Industry News and developments, Access to more than 3000 paid databases.

Analysis Method:

--Ratio Analysis

--Historical Trend Analysis

--Linear Regression Analysis In statistics, a mathematical method of modeling the relationships among three or more variables. It is used to predict the value of one variable given the values of the others. For example, a model might estimate sales based on age and gender.  using software tools

--Judgmental Forecasting and Cause and Effect Analysis

Companies Mentioned include:

--Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.

--Angstrom Medica medica (māˑ·dē·k , Inc.

--Aspen Aerogel aerogel, any of a group of extremely light and porous solid materials; the lightest is less than four times as dense as dry air. Aerogels are produced from certain gels (see colloid) by heating the gel under pressure, which causes the liquid in the gel to become  Inc.

--Cabot Corporation

--Degussa Advanced Nanomaterials

--General Nanotechnology, Inc.

--Nanomagnetics Limited

--Nanospectra Biosciences, Inc.

--Quantum Dot Corporation

--Zyvex Corporation

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