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Table of Contents Solid State Technology Year 2006 Issue 1	OPINION Column Oh Canada! Sing your praises for your nanotech successes While I’ve never resorted to putting a Canadian flag on my luggage, I understand why Americans do it. Book Review An elegant approach for building a business It only takes the first three pages of “The Eye for Innovation” to understand the reasons for the successes behind Control Data and Robert Price, its former chairman, president and chief executive officer. Letter From The Editor Dear reader, Here’s some advice for 2006: Always try to anticipate who is gunning for your tailpipe. Column Simple steps make complex patenting system manageable For embryonic technologies such as nanotechnology, intellectual property (IP) has become intricately complicated, like building at the nanoscale.

FEATURES Global Watch Fluidigm’s fab anchors Singapore’s biotech hub Gajus Worthington knew three years ago that he needed to find a manufacturing site for Fluidigm Corp. Global Watch European nano roadmap paves way for next decade For investors, selecting which nanotechnologies to favor over others can be a little like looking into a marble ball to see what the future holds. Qampa Oak Ridge: First and unfazed Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee broke ground on its Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) in the summer of 2003. Global Watch Common guidelines become standard fare Groups worldwide rally to bring consistency to nano Cover Story Consumer Demands Uncovering the profits and pitfalls in five key markets Small World Nanoscience tries to wipe out illegal art We may have come a long way from the graffiti-covered city subways of decades past, but illicit art is still an expensive problem for municipalities, corporations, universities and even homeowners. From The Front To be summa cum laude Not long ago, it was a rarity for a university to include a program dedicated to nanotechnology on its roster. Small World It takes time to perfect NIST’s atomic clock Steven Jefferts knows better than to make lofty predictions about F2.

INNOVATIONS Tech Watch Beleaguered Philips places its chips on nanowires Despite changes afoot at their troubled semiconductor division, researchers at Dutch multinational Philips Electronics continue to develop technology that will enable the next generation of chips. Tech Watch Motorola leads charge for portable fuel cells In late 2004, Motorola joined in a federally supported program with Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc.(CNI) and Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells Inc. to develop electrodes for micro fuel cells. Business Strategies Nano financiers aim to reinvent seed funds Can a pair of innovators get ahead of the angels and VCs?

BUSINESS-SENSE Finance Recent deals Industry Challenge Getting FDA’s OK to go inside the body The challenge: Secure Food and Drug Administration approval to put a new type of device or material inside the human body. Finance Reverse merger lets company go public Who says nano companies can’t go public? Maybe they just can’t take the ordinary route. Finance Nano VC funding hits high in 2005 Private nanotechnology funding in the United States climbed significantly in 2005. Technology A user’s guide to DOE’s five nano labs The Department of Energy estimates that more than 18,000 researchers from industry, academia and government agencies take advantage of user facilities at more than a dozen major national laboratories annually.

IN-THE-NEWS Partnerships PARTNERSHIPS Mergers Amp Acquisitions Agilent Technologies acquires AFM maker Agilent Technologies Inc., the Palo Alto, Calif.-based test and measurement company, has become a player in the atomic force microscope market by acquiring Molecular Imaging Corp. of Tempe, Ariz. Regulatory Policy Region Nano industry requests cash for safety studies Nanotech sector leaders and analysts recently called for more funding for research into the environmental, health and safety (EHS) impact of nanotechnology and one group released an inventory of existing EHS efforts. People PEOPLE Products Freescale demos 24-Mbit nanocrystal memory Freescale Semiconductor Inc., the Austin, Texas-based Motorola spinoff, announced it has proven a 24-Mbit memory array based on silicon nanocrystals - a milestone toward developing a nanocrystal memory that could compete with embedded Flash memory in years ahead. Products PRODUCTS

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