The nanotechnology industry

Abstract

This article summarizes what the nanotechnology industry is and how it differs from other, chiefly manufacturing, industries. The emphasis is on brevity; the final section contains further reading for those wishing to go beyond the sources of information referenced in the main text. The nanotechnology industry is the (predominantly manufacturing) industry based on nanotechnology. Hence, in order to understand the nanotechnology industry, or nano industry for short, we must first of all understand what nanotechnology is (§1).