The Nanotechnology Opportunity Report™

The Nanotechnology Opportunity Report™ is the first worldwide overview of this burgeoning field from a business perspective. Profiling over 700 companies, venture capital investors and research institutes from around the world, the report provides key information for investors and executives to enable them to understand and take advantage of the myriad opportunities provided by this tiny revolution. A must-have for anyone interested in the business and investment opportunities in nanotechnology, the Nanotechnology Opportunity Report™ contains: a guide to understanding nanotechnology analysis of the markets impacted by nanotechnology public and privately held companies in nanotechnology government and academic research institutions key funding entities investing in nanotechnology The Nanotechnology Opportunity Report™ is developed by CMP Cientifica, the top nanotechnology consultancy in Europe, in conjunction with a global team of researchers and a distinguished board of experts from the nanotechnology community.

Key decision makers in nanotechnology to provide input on comprehensive industry report and directory

San Francisco, CA - January 24, 2002 Some of the most best-known leaders and decision makers in the nascent field of nanotechnology are providing input to the Nanotechnology Opportunity ReportTM, to be released in late February by: CMP-Cientifica (www.cmp-cientifica.com), a Europe-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, CEO 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, Minatec;
• Tim Harper, CEO, CMP-Cientifica, publisher of Trends in Nanotechnology Newsletter;
• 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- and medium-term, and who will make it happen, this will be the best source of information available."