CMP-Cientifica and Niehaus Ryan Wong Name Board of Advisors to Nanotech Opportunity Report.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2002

Key Decision Makers in Nanotechnology to Provide Input On

Comprehensive Industry Report and Directory

Some of the most well-known leaders and decision makers in the nascent field of nanotechnology are providing input to the Nanotechnology Opportunity Report(TM) to be released in late February by CMP-Cientifica (www.cmp-cientifica.com), a European-based publisher and provider of integrated solutions for nanotechnology; nABACUS (www.nabacus.com), the Asia Pacific region's leading nanotechnology consultancy and investment house; and Niehaus Ryan Wong (NRW) (www.nrwpr.com), a leading high-tech public relations agency.

Categorized as one of the most comprehensive reports available on an industry that has the potential to impact nearly every aspect of daily life, the Nanotechnology Opportunity Report will include input from an international group of industry notables. The board of advisors is:

Joseph E. Cross, president and CEO, Nanophase Technologies

Corporation;

Jean Pierre Dan, senior marketing manager, CSEM Switzerland;

David R. Forrest, president, Institute for Molecular

Manufacturing, Naval Warfare Institute;

Peter Freudenthal, chairman, president, chief executive officer

and co-founder, meVC, Inc.;

James Gimzewski, professor, Department of Chemistry and

Biochemistry, UCLA;

Neil Gordon, nanotechnology partner, Sygertech;

Jean Charles Guibert, head of Strategic Partnerships, Minatech;

Tim Harper, CEO, CMP-Cientifica, publisher of Trends in

Nanotechnology Newsletter;

Stephan Herrera, biotech editor, The Red Herring;

Neil Jacobstein, chairman, Institute for Molecular Manufacturing;

president & CEO, Teknowledge (Nasdaq:TEKC);

Steve Jurvetson, managing partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson;

Charles M. Lieber, professor, Department of Chemistry, Harvard

University;

Lerwen Liu, board of directors, nABACUS Nanotech Consulting

Limited;

Terry Lowe, CEO of Metallicum, former deputy director, Materials

Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory;

Ralph Merkle, principal fellow, Zyvex, former research scientist,

Xerox PARC;

Meyya Meyyappan, director, Center for Nanotechnology, NASA Ames

Research Center;

Scott Mize (chairman), president/CEO, AngstroVision, Inc.;

Ed Niehaus, co-founder/CEO, Niehaus Ryan Wong;

Simon Waddington, partner, PolyTechnos Venture-Partners;

R. Stanley Williams, fellow and director, Quantum Science

Research, Hewlett Packard Labs.

"This is the first report that includes input from nanotechnology industry insiders from around the world; experts actually involved in funding start ups, commercializing the technology and developing new applications," stated Tim Harper, president of CMP-Cientifica. "To have a group of this caliber advising on the Report is an indication of how seriously this report is being taken within the industry."

The Nanotechnology Opportunity Report will provide an overview of the industry identifying key areas of growth, potential industry leaders, and near-term applications. The Report will also include a comprehensive listing with contact information of businesses and organizations that are currently involved in researching and developing nanotechnology, or funding such activities. Public and private companies, venture capital firms, universities, and government institutions, both in the U.S. and abroad, will be included in this section of the Report.

"Everyone involved in developing the Report has invested a considerable amount of time and effort to ensure that the final result is unmatched in terms of quality and depth," Scott Mize, chairman of the Board of Advisors, pointed out. "If you want to know what nanotechnology is, where it is going in the near-term, and who will make it happen, this will be the best source of information available."

The Nanotechnology Opportunity Report(TM) will be available for purchase in late February of this year at a list price of $1,995. Orders can be placed by calling [phone] or faxing [phone] in Europe or emailing [e-mail]. In the U.S. you can place an order by calling 650/827-7045.