March 2004
Nanotech's First Blockbusters?
Nanosys hopes to become the first successful nanotechnology company by blitzing the market with supercheap solar cells, faster and lighter computer displays, and supersmall lasers and sensors.
By Chuck Lenatti
If you drive east from Highway 280 on Page Mill Road in Palo Alto, CA, it's hard to miss Hewlett-Packard. The giant computer maker's stately headquarters sprawls along the right side of the street, overlooking a maze of parking lots. Harder to spot is Nanosys, a small nanotechnology startup tucked away in a low-slung bungalow across the road.
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