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As a science, nanotechnology involves the manipulation of matter on an extremely small scale (1 to 100 nanometers) to create structures, devices and systems with novel and unique properties and functions that become possible because of their small size. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter, about 75,000 times smaller than a human hair. At this scale, different laws of physics apply; material properties change and new material behaviors come into existence.

Investments by Economic Development Administration (EDA), the Mayor's Office of Economic Development, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) has resulted in the launch of the Nanotechnology Roadmap designed to foster technology-based economic growth in the state of Colorado. The project was directed by the Colorado Leeds School of Business.

To view the executive summary of the Nanotechnology Roadmap click here.

The city of Denver has emerged as one of the country's top "Nano Metro" locations - areas with the highest concentration of nanotech companies, universities, research laboratories and organizations. According to the list of "Nano Metros," released by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies today, the Denver area has 18 nanotechnology companies, and there are 24 in Colorado. Nanotechnology is the science of building components, such as electronic circuits, from single atoms and molecules. Denver ranks eighth on the list behind San Jose, Calif.; Boston; San Francisco; Oakland, Calif.; Middlesex-Essex, Mass.; San Diego; and Austin, Texas.
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With nanotechnology poised to be the globe’s next big economic driver, five U.S. cities have emerged as the country’s top “Nano Metro” locations—areas with the nation’s highest concentration of nanotech companies, universities, research laboratories, and organizations.
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	Nanotech fact sheet (PDF)
	International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
	EPA Draft Nanotechnology White Paper
	Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies

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