3M Co. (MMM) 3M Company operates as a diversified technology company. It operates in six segments: Consumer and Office; Display and Graphics; Electronics and Telecommunications; Safety, Security, and Protection Services; Health Care; Industrial and Transportation. Consumer and Office segment offers office supply and stationery products, construction and home improvement products, protective material products, and visual systems products to education, home improvement and maintenance, and food service markets. Display and Graphics segment provides optical film and lens solutions for electronic displays; touch screens and touch monitors; reflective sheeting; and commercial graphics systems serving electronic display, touch screen, traffic safety, and commercial graphics markets. Electro and Communications segment offers electronic and interconnect solutions, micro interconnect systems, telecommunications products, and electrical products serving electrical, electronics, and communications industries. Safety, Security, and Protection segment offers personal protection products, safety and security products, energy control products, cleaning and protection products, and roofing granules for asphalt shingles. Health Care segment offers medical and surgical supplies, pharmaceuticals, drug delivery systems, dental and orthodontic products, health information systems, and microbiology products. Industrial and Transportation segment offers tapes, coated and nonwoven abrasives, adhesives, and supply chain execution software solutions to electronics, paper, packaging, and food and beverage markets, as well as components and products used in the manufacture, repair, and maintenance of automotive, marine, aircraft, and other vehicles. The company sells its products directly, as well as through wholesalers, retailers, jobbers, distributors, and dealers worldwide.

Abraxis Bioscience (Nasdaq: ABII) Abraxis BioScience, Inc. is an integrated global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to meeting the needs of critically ill patients. The company develops, manufactures and markets one of the broadest portfolios of injectable products and leverages revolutionary technology such as its nab(TM) platform to discover and deliver breakthrough therapeutics that transform the treatment of cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The first FDA approved product to use this nab platform, ABRAXANE®, was launched in 2005 for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer.

Acacia Research Corp. - Combimatrix (ACTG) - Acacia Research Corporation comprises two operating groups: Acacia Technologies Group and CombiMatrix Group. The CombiMatrix group is developing a platform technology to rapidly produce customizable arrays, which are semiconductor-based tools for use in identifying and determining the roles of genes, gene mutations and proteins. The CombiMatrix's group's technology has a wide range of potential applications in the areas of genomics, proteomics, biosensors, drug discovery, drug development, diagnostics, combinatorial chemistry, material sciences and nanotechnology. The Acacia Technologies group develops, acquires, and licenses patented technologies. Acacia controls 33 patent portfolios, which include over 120 U.S. patents, and certain foreign counterparts, covering technologies used in a wide variety of industries including audio/video enhancement & synchronization, broadcast data retrieval, computer memory cache coherency, credit card fraud protection, database management, data encryption & product activation, digital media transmission (DMT®), digital video production, dynamic manufacturing modeling, enhanced Internet navigation, high resolution optics, image resolution enhancement, interactive data sharing, interactive television, hearing aid ECS, interstitial Internet advertising, laptop docking station connectivity, microprocessor enhancement, multi-dimensional bar codes, network data storage, resource scheduling, rotational video imaging and spreadsheet automation. Acacia Research-Acacia Technologies (Nasdaq: ACTG) and Acacia Research-CombiMatrix (Nasdaq:CBMX ) are both classes of common stock issued by Acacia Research Corporation and are intended to reflect the performance of the respective operating groups and are not issued by the operating groups.

Accelrys (ACCL) develops and commercializes scientific business intelligence software for the integration, mining, analysis, modeling and simulation, management and interactive reporting of scientific data. Accelrys solutions support nanotechnology researchers in areas such as multiscale modeling, analytical instrument simulation and data processing, as well as image analysis and processing.

Acrongenomics, Inc. (AGNM.OB) is a Research & Development nanobiotechnology company pioneering the development of uniquely advanced nanomolecular diagnostics for the Life Sciences Industry. The Company seeks to establish its proprietary nanotechnology platform as a standard in Molecular In Vitro Diagnostics. Acrongenomics is dedicated to transforming scientific concepts into reality, as it has successfully applied Nanotechnology inspirations into next-generation Biotechnology applications.

Actelion Ltd (ALIOF.PK) ( Switzerland) Actelion Ltd. is a biopharmaceutical company with its corporate headquarters in Allschwil/Basel, Switzerland. Actelion's first drug Tracleer(r), an orally available dual endothelin receptor antagonist, has been approved as a therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Actelion markets Tracleer(r) through its own subsidiaries in key markets worldwide, including the United States (based in South San Francisco), the European Union, Japan, Canada, Australia and Switzerland. At the end of September 2006, Tracleer(r) was commercially available in 35 countries worldwide. Actelion, founded in late 1997, is a leading player in innovative science related to the endothelium - the single layer of cells separating every blood vessel from the blood stream. Actelion's over 1,200 employees focus on the discovery, development and marketing of innovative drugs for significant unmet medical needs. Actelion shares are traded on the SWX Swiss Exchange (ticker symbol:ATLN)

Acusphere Inc. (ACUS) Acusphere, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, develops new drugs and formulations of existing drugs using its proprietary porous microparticle technology in the United States. Its porous microparticle technology enables to control the size and porosity of particles, including nanoparticles and microparticles. The company primarily develops products in the areas of cardiology, oncology, and asthma. Its products include AI-700, an ultrasound contrast agent, which is in Phase III clinical development for the detection of coronary heart disease; AI-850, a Phase I clinical trial completed product that utilizes hydrophobic drug delivery system to improve the dissolution rate of a cancer drug; AI-128, a Phase I clinical study completed formulation of asthma drug. The company has strategic collaboration with Nycomed Danmark ApS.

Advance Nanotech, Inc. (AVNA: OB) ("Advance") commercializes innovative nanotechnology. Operating in three areas, electronics, biopharma and materials, Advance leverages relationships with financial and development resources to enable a product focused fast-track commercialization of nanotechnology. Advance has established relationships with academic institutions throughout the world that are at the forefront of nanotechnology research and development. Advance's objective is to invest in patented innovation to bridge early stage product development with valuable markets.

Advectus Life SCI (AVXSF.PK)
A development stage company focused on the development and commercialization of a patented process using nanotechnology for the delivery of approved cancer fighting drugs across the blood-brain barrier for the treatment of brain tumors.

Aixtron AG Aachen SH (AIXG) AIXTRON AG is a leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. The Company's technology solutions are used by a diverse range of customers worldwide to build advanced components for electronic and opto-electronic applications based on compound, silicon, or organic semiconductor materials. Such components are used in fiber optic communication systems, wireless and mobile telephony applications, optical and electronic storage devices, computing, signaling and lighting, as well as a range of other leading-edge technologies.

Albany Molecular Research Inc. (AMRI) Albany Molecular Research, Inc. is a chemistry-based drug discovery and development company, focusing on applications for new small molecule prescription drugs. The company conducts R&D projects and collaborates with many leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and genomics companies, and is developing new chemistry technology for potential prescription drug applications.

Altair Nanotechnologies (Nasdaq: ALTI) Engaged in developing metal oxide based nanomaterials, titanium dioxide pigment technology, and manufacturing techniques for novel nanomaterials and nanostructures.

AMCOL International Corp. (ACO) is a specialty minerals company that produces and markets products for a wide range of industrial and consumer-related markets.

American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC) American Superconductor Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of products using two core technologies, high temperature superconductor (HTS) wires and power electronic converters for electric power application. The company also assembles superconductor wires and power electronic converters into integrated products, such as HTS ship propulsion motors and dynamic reactive compensation systems. The company operates in three segments: AMSC Wires, SuperMachines, and Power Electronic Systems. The AMSC Wires segment develops, manufactures, and sells HTS wire for power transmission cables, motors, generators, synchronous condensers, and specialty electromagnets. It sells wire to original equipment manufacturers that incorporate HTS wire into value-added products. The SuperMachines segment develops and commercializes electric motors, generators, and synchronous condensers based on HTS wire for ship propulsion and industrial uses. The Power Electronic Systems segment develops and sells power electronic converters, as well as integrated systems, used for power quality and reliability solutions and for wind farm applications. The company offers its products primarily in North America, Japan, Europe, Korea, and Singapore. American Superconductor Corporation has a strategic business alliance agreement with Siemens AG to develop 2G HTS wire for fault current limiters; and a strategic business alliance with the Shanghai Electric Cable Research Institute to develop and promote the use of high temperature superconductor power cables in the People's Republic of China.

Antaria Limited (ANO.AX) Antaria Limited develops, manufactures and sells a range of advanced metal oxide powders and dispersions worldwide. Antaria's products are marketed under five parent brands, ZinClear® - broad spectrum, mineral-only UV filters in cosmetic emollients used for sunscreen, skincare, and pharmaceutical formulations that allow SPF30+ sunscreens containing only zinc oxide as the UV absorber; Alusion® &- plate-shaped particles used to enhance colour cosmetics formulations to mask wrinkles and fine lines; AlPearl™ - alumina particles for industrial pigment applications; Cercat™ - cerium oxide nanoparticle dispersion used in diesel fuel applications; and NanoZ™ - nano zinc oxide additives that allow stable UV absorber performance for coatings and plastics.

API Nanotronics Corp., (OTC BB:APIA) through its wholly owned subsidiaries API Electronics Inc., National Hybrid Inc., Filtran Group, TM Systems, Keytronics and API Nanofab Corporation, is engaged in the manufacture of electronic components and systems for the defense and communications industries. API is also developing a leadership position in the R&D and manufacture of nanotechnology and MEMS products. With a growing list of blue chip customers, including Honeywell/Allied Signal, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, and numerous other top technology-based firms around the world, API regularly ships products to clients in more than 34 countries. API owns state-of-the-art manufacturing and technology centers in New York, New Jersey, Florida and Ontario, Canada and has manufacturing capabilities in China and a distribution center in Britain.

Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT) is the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology™ solutions for the electronics industry with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, services and software products

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:APNT) is a premier research and commercialization organization dedicated to developing applications for nanotechnology with an extremely strong position in the fields of electron emission applications from carbon film/nanotubes, sensors, functionalized nanomaterials, and nanoelectronics. It also possesses investments related to electronic digitized sign technology. Applied Nanotech has over 250 patents or patents pending and its business model is to license its technology to partners that will manufacture and distribute products using the technology.

Arrowhead Research Corporation (ARWR) nanotechnology company bringing together a mix of technologies & a broad suite of intellectual property. Arrowhead provides capital to entities engaged in development and commercialization of nanoscale materials, devices, and systems. In return for early-stage funding, Arrowhead acquires a majority interest in these entities

Biophan Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: BIPH) Biophan is developing technology to make biomedical devices safe, both implanted devices and those used in surgical and diagnostic procedures, and to reduce interference that these devices cause to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) image quality.

BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc (BPAX) BioSante is developing a pipeline of hormone therapy products to treat both men and women. The company also is developing its calcium phosphate nanotechnology (CAP) for novel vaccines, including biodefense vaccines such as anthrax and ricin, and drug delivery systems. Additional information is available online at www.biosantepharma.com. BioSante's nanotechnology, known as CAP, consists of microscopic particles of material similar to calcium phosphate, a natural compound found in teeth and bones. CAP is nontoxic and biodegradable, offering a multitude of potential medical uses. BioSante's formulation contains nanoparticles of roughly uniform size, between approximately 100 and 1,000 nanometers, which can be adjusted in the manufacturing process.

Bookham Inc. (BKHM) Bookham, Inc. supplies optical component solutions for the telecommunications and industrial applications. It designs, manufactures, and markets optical components, modules, and subsystems that generate, detect, amplify, combine, and separate light signals principally for use in fiber optics communications networks. The company's product portfolio includes discrete transmitters, transceivers, tunable lasers and transmitter modules, receivers, amplifiers, pump laser chips, transponder modules, thin film filters, and transmitter optical assemblies/receiver optical assemblies. It principally sells its optical component products to telecommunications systems vendors, as well as to customers in the data communications, military, aerospace, industrial, and manufacturing industries through its direct sale force, and through sales representatives and resellers. The company also designs, manufactures, markets, and sells photonics and microwave solutions for various markets, such as research, semiconductor capital equipment, and the military. It sells two primary families of products in the area of photonics and microwave solutions, which include advanced photonic tools principally used for generating, measuring, moving, manipulating, modulating, and detecting optical signals; and tunable lasers for test and measurement applications. The company sells these products through its direct sales force and catalogs. The company markets and sells its products in the United Kingdom, the People's Republic of China, France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Italy, and the United States.

Cabot Corp. (CBT) Cabot Corporation is a global specialty chemicals and materials company headquartered in Boston, MA. Cabot's major products are carbon black, fumed silica, inkjet colorants, and capacitor materials.

Cabot Microelectronics Corp. (CCMP) Cabot Microelectronics Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of slurries for chemical mechanical planarization process (CMP). CMP is a polishing process used by integrated circuit device manufacturers to planarize or flatten many of the multiple layers of material that are built upon silicon wafers in the production of advanced integrated circuits. The company offers CMP slurries and pads. CMP slurries are liquid solutions generally composed of high-purity deionized water, proprietary chemical additives, and engineered abrasives that chemically and mechanically interact with the surface material of the integrated circuit device at an atomic level. CMP pads are engineered polymeric materials designed to distribute and transport the slurry to the surface of the wafer and distribute it evenly across the wafer. Cabot Microelectronics' CMP products are used in various applications, such as polishing insulating dielectric layers; tungsten that is used to connect the multiple wiring layers of integrated circuit devices through these insulating layers; and copper wiring, including the associated barrier film. The company also offers CMP slurries for polishing various components in hard disk drives, specifically rigid disk substrates and magnetic heads. Cabot Microelectronics markets its products primarily in Asia Pacific region.

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (CALP) Caliper Life Sciences is a leading provider of drug discovery and life sciences research solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. With its acquisitions of NovaScreen Biosciences and Xenogen Corporation, Caliper has positioned itself to transform drug discovery and development through a keen focus on clinically relevant experimentation. Caliper's products and services, assembled from a leading portfolio of microfluidics, liquid handling, and imaging technologies, span in vitro and in vivo experimentation and address key issues on the critical path of drug discovery and development.

Cetek Technologies Inc. (CTKH.PK) Cetek Technologies, Inc., founded in 1989 by Fayiz Hilal, is focused on the development and manufacturing of ceramics and the associated materials. The Cetek Process allows us to produce and distribute quality ceramic materials at a lower unit production cost. While the world of technology is constantly changing, we have watched the demand for our products

Chevron Corp. (CVX) Chevron Corporation operates as an energy company worldwide. Its petroleum operations consist of exploring, developing, and producing crude oil and natural gas; refining crude oil into finished petroleum products; marketing crude oil, natural gas, and various products derived from petroleum; and transporting crude oil, natural gas, and petroleum products by pipeline, marine vessel, motor equipment, and rail car. The company's chemical operations include the manufacture and marketing of commodity petrochemicals, fuel, and lubricating oil additives. It also engages in coal mining, power generation, insurance, and real estate activities. As of December 31, 2005, the company's oil-equivalent reserves comprised 9 billion barrels. It also had 19 fuel refineries and an asphalt plant, as of the above date. The company was founded in 1879. Chevron Corporation was formerly known as ChevronTexaco and changed its name to Chevron Corporation in 2005

China America Holdings, Inc. (CAAH.OB) China America Holdings, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of fingerprint-based identification products and systems. It sells and distributes assorted liquid coolants for manufacturers and retailers of air conditioning systems, refrigerators, automobiles, coolants, fluororubber, fluoroplastic, heat insulation, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals. The company also develops fingerprint-based identification products and systems. It offers two integrated applications that incorporate its proprietary BioClock(R) hardware platform, which include CheckPrint T/A that are systems designed for employers to verify the presence of employees at the workplace, and to monitor their time and attendance at work; and CheckPrint A/C, which are systems designed to permit access to locked buildings, offices, and other secured areas only to selected individuals, whose identities can be verified using its fingerprint identification software. The company also licensed certain patented technology designed to detect chemical vapors and unexploded ordinance, including bombs, grenades, shells, rockets, and other explosive devices. China America Holdings sells its products primarily in the United States and China.

Competitive Technologies, Inc. (CTT) service technology transfer and licensing provider focused on the technology needs of its customers and transforming those requirements into commercially viable solutions. CTT is a global leader in identifying, developing and commercializing innovative technologies in life, digital, nano, and physical sciences developed by universities, companies and inventors. The global market for technology transfer services is estimated at $150 billion annually.

Cool Chips PLC (COLCF.PK) Thermotunnel chips (wafer-like discs) for cooling, refrigeration, and thermal management. Rolls-Royce announced in July that it was taking an exclusive license to use Cool Chips in its gas turbine products.

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (CY) The Group's principal activities are to design, develop, manufacture and market a broad line of high-performance digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits for a broad range of markets. The Group operates in two segments: Memory products and Non-Memory products. The Memory segment designs and produces static random access memories. The Non-Memory segment targets networking, wireless infrastructure and handsets, computation, consumer, automotive, industrial and other markets. The principal customers of the Group are Cisco Systems Inc, EMC Corp, Epson, Logitech International SA, Motorola Inc, Primax Electronics Ltd, Sony Corp. and ST Microelectronics NV. The Group operates in the United States, Europe, Japan and other foreign countries.

Dais Analytic Corporation (DLYT.OB) Founded in 1993, Dais is a public nanotechnology polymer materials company. Dais is beginning to produce revenue worldwide from the many uses of its novel polymer platform. Its high performance materials and processes have shown great promise using the power of nanotechnology to conserve energy, clean water at lower costs and higher efficiencies, protect military and first responders from chemical and biological hazards while wearing comfortable clothing, and inhibit growth of organisms on ship hulls, marine construction, etc.

Ecology Coatings, Inc. (OTCBB: ECOC) development of nano- enabled, ultra-violet curable, clean technology coatings that are designed to drive efficiencies and clean processes in manufacturing. The company creates proprietary coatings with unique performance attributes by leveraging its platform of integrated nano-material technologies. Ecology Coatings collaborates with industry leaders to develop high-value, high-performance coatings for applications in the specialty paper, automotive, general industrial, electronic, and medical sectors of the economy

EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DD) is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.

eMagin Corp. (EMAN.OB) eMagin Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of virtual imaging products, which utilize organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), OLED-on-silicon microdisplays, and related information technology solutions. The company's product lines include OLED-on-silicon microdisplays for integration into near-eye virtual imaging original equipment manufacturer (OEM) products; and Microviewer, which are near-eye virtual imaging modules that incorporate OLED-on-silicon microdisplays with compact lenses and electronic interfaces for integration into OEM products. It also provides head-wearable near-eye virtual imaging display systems that incorporate Microviewers. In addition, eMagin offers engineering support, as well as various support products, including developer kits and personal computer interface kits. The company offers its products to OEMs in the military, industrial, medical, and consumer market sectors through direct technical sales in North America, Asia, and Europe. eMagin Corporation has strategic relationship with Eastman Kodak Company.

EMCORE Corp. (EMKR) EMCORE Corporation offers a portfolio of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber optic, satellite, solar, and wireless communications markets. It operates in three segments: Fiber Optics, Photovoltaics, and Electronic Materials and Devices. The Fiber Optics segment provides optical components, subsystems, and systems that enable the transmission of video, voice, and data over fiber optic cables. It serves the cable television, fiber-to-the-premise, telecommunications, data and satellite communications, storage area network, and the defense and homeland security markets. The Photovoltaics segment provides solar cell products and solar panels to global satellite communications market. The Electronic Materials and Devices segment offers RF transistor materials for wireless communications systems, such as WiMAX and Wi-Fi Internet access; and 3G mobile handsets and PDA devices. It serves semiconductor, telecommunications, data communications, and computer manufacturing companies worldwide. The company, through a 49% ownership in GELcore, LLC, engages in developing and commercializing light emitting diode technology for use in the general and specialty illumination markets.

Emergency Filtration Products Inc. (EMFP.PK) The Company has a unique and highly efficient micro-particle air filter designed for medical products filtration but also adaptable to varied applications outside the medical products industry.

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) ExxonMobil is the world's largest publicly traded international oil and gas company

FEI Company (FEIC) is a nanotechnology company providing enabling 3D Structural Process Management(TM) solutions to the world's technology leaders in the fields of semiconductors, data storage, structural biology and industry. www.feicompany.com

Flamel Technologies SA (FLML) Flamel Technologies S.A. is a biopharmaceutical company principally engaged in the development of two polymer-based delivery technologies for medical applications.

GEMZ Corp. (GMZP.PK) Incorporated its wholly-owned subsidiary, International Nanotechnology Corp. The Company has as its goal to Develop patented, commercial products using Nanotechnology to harness renewable energy.

General Electric Co. (GE) General Electric Company (GE) operates as a technology, media, and financial services company worldwide. It operates through four segments: GE Capital, Energy Infrastructure, Technology Infrastructure, and NBC Universal. The GE Capital segment offers an array of products and services that include commercial loans, operating leases, fleet management, financial programs, home loans, insurance, credit cards, personal loans, and other financial services. The Energy Infrastructure segment involves in the development, implementation, and improvement of products and technologies that harness various resources, such as wind, oil, gas, and water. The Technology Infrastructure segment focuses on building healthcare, transportation, and technology infrastructure. The NBC Universal segment develops, produces, and markets film, television, news, sports, and special events

Headwaters Inc. (HW) Headwaters Incorporated provides products, technologies, and services to building products, coal combustion products (CCPs), and energy industries in the United States and Canada. The company's Building Products segment designs, manufactures, and sells architectural stone and resin-based exterior siding accessories, such as shutters, mounting blocks, and vents; and other products used in new construction, remodeling and home improvement, commercial, and institutional markets. This segment distributes its products through a network of distributors, including masonry and stone suppliers, roofing and siding materials distributors, fireplace suppliers, and other contractor specialty stores. Its CCP segment manufactures a range of building materials that use fly ash, including block and architectural stone, which are used as a substitute for portland cement. The company's Energy segment owns and operates coal cleaning facilities that remove rock, dirt, and other impurities from waste or other low-value coal, resulting in higher-value, marketable coal. It also licenses technology that directly converts coal into liquid fuels, such as gasoline and diesel, as well as to produce chemicals and electricity.

Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ) Hewlett-Packard Company provides a range of products, technologies, software, solutions, and services worldwide. The company's Enterprise Storage and Servers segment offers storage and server products in industry standard servers, business critical systems, and storageworks offerings. Its HP Services segment provides a portfolio of multi vendor IT services, such as technology, consulting and integration, and outsourcing services. This segment also offers information technology, applications, and business process outsourcing services to commercial customers primarily in the manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries, as well as governments. The company's HP Software segment provides enterprise IT management software, information management and business intelligence solutions, and opencall solutions. Its Personal Systems Group segment offers a line of personal computers (PCs) consisting of commercial PCs, consumer PCs, workstations, handheld computing devices, digital entertainment systems, calculators and other related accessories, and software and services for the commercial and consumer markets. The company's Imaging and Printing Group segment provides consumer and commercial printer hardware, printing supplies, printing media, and scanning devices, such as inkjet and Web solutions, laserjet and enterprise solutions, graphics solutions, and printer supplies. Its HP Financial Services segment offers leasing, financing, and utility programs; asset recovery services; and financial asset management services for enterprise customers, as well as various specialized financial services to small-and medium-sized businesses, and educational and governmental entities.

HYDROGEN HYBRID CORP (HYDB.PK) Hydrogen Hybrid, Corp. manufactures the Hydrogen Hybrid Fuel Cell System and the 8x mega Fuels Cell System which can increase a vehicle's fuel efficiency by 30-100%. This cost-effective and environmentally-conscious technology can be installed on most semi-trucks, diesel, gas, and off-road vehicles and promises to simultaneously increase gas mileage and decrease emissions.

IBM Nanotech Research (NYSE: IBM) International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) develops and manufactures information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices, and microelectronics worldwide. Its Global Technology Services segment offers IT infrastructure and business process services, such as strategic outsourcing, business transformation outsourcing, integrated technology, and maintenance. The company's Global Business Services segment provides professional services and application outsourcing services, including consulting and systems integration and application management. Its Systems and Technology segment offers computing and storage solutions, including servers, disk and tape storage systems and software, semiconductor technology and products, packaging solutions, engineering and technology services, and retail store solutions. IBM's Software segment primarily offers middleware and operating systems software comprising information management software for database, content management, and information integration; lotus software for collaboration, messaging, and social networking; rational software, a process automation tool; Tivoli software for infrastructure management, including security and storage management; Websphere software for Web-enabled applications; and product lifecycle management software. The company's Global Financing segment provides commercial financing to dealers and remarketers of IT products; lease and loan financing to external and internal clients; and sale and lease of used equipment. IBM serves banking, insurance, education, government, healthcare, life sciences, aerospace and defense, automotive, chemical and petroleum, electronics, distribution, and communication markets.

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Immunicon Corp. (IMMC) Immunicon Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of cell-based diagnostic and life science research products and service activities with a focus on cancer. Immunicon Corporation is developing and commercializing proprietary cell- and molecular-based human diagnostic and life science research products with an initial focus on cancer disease management. Immunicon has developed platform technologies for selection and analysis of rare cells in blood, such as circulating tumor cells and circulating endothelial cells that are important in many diseases and biological processes. Immunicon's products and underlying technology platforms also have application in the clinical development of cancer drugs and in cancer research and may have applications in other fields of medicine, such as cardiovascular and infectious diseases.

Industrial Nanotech Inc. (OTC.PK: INTK) Industrial Nanotech, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets industrial grade insulation products using nanotechnology. It produces and sells various coating materials using the Nansulate technology, a liquid applied insulation and industrial grade rust proofing protective coating containing Hydro-NM-Oxide. The company's products include NANSULATE Translucent High Heat, an insulation and corrosion resistance coating for pipes, tanks, and metallic surfaces that are used in high heat applications; NANSULATE Translucent PT, an insulation for pipes, tanks, and metallic surfaces; NANSULATE Translucent GP, a mold resistance coating for general purpose and non-metallic surfaces; and NANSULATE HomeProtect ClearCoat, a translucent, paintable, and mold resistant coating for residential and commercial buildings. Its also offers NANSULATE HomeProtect White, a paintable mold resistant coating for interior walls, ceilings, attics, and floor boards; NANSULATE LDX, a protective lead encapsulation coating; NANSULATE Top Coat for a smooth semigloss white finish; and NANOPRIME for use as a primer. The company's products are used in various residential and industrial applications.

Infineon Technologies AG (IFX) Infineon Technologies AG designs, develops, manufactures, and markets semiconductors and system solutions used in various microelectronic applications in Europe, Asia, and North America. Its products include standard commodity components, full-custom devices, semi-custom devices, and application-specific components for memory, analog, digital, and mixed-signal applications. The company's Automotive, Industrial, and Multimarket segment offers power semiconductors; sensors and microcontrollers with and without embedded memory, silicon discretes, chip card, and security integrated circuits (ICs); and application-specific IC design solutions. The company's Communication Solutions segment offers various wireless communications products, including baseband ICs, RF transceivers and single-chip ICs, power management ICs, and radio-frequency products, as well as RF-power components for wireless infrastructure. Its solutions include hardware system design and software solutions for mobile telephone systems and Bluetooth, as well as DECT/WDCT systems. This segment also provides wireline communications products, including ICs for voice and core access solutions, and broadband access system solutions for xDSL and VoIP, as well as system solutions for broadband CPE, home networking equipment, and cordless phones. The company has strategic alliances with International Business Machines Corporation; Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Ltd.; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; and United Microelectronics Corporation.

Intel Corporation (INTC) Intel Corporation engages in making, marketing, and selling integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide. It offers microprocessor products, including multi-core processors, quad-core microprocessors, 32-bit architecture microprocessors, and 64-bit architecture microprocessors used in mobile and desktop computers, enterprise computer servers, and workstations, as well as in embedded designs, such as industrial equipment, point-of-sale systems, panel PCs, automotive information/entertainment systems, and medical equipment. The company also provides chipset products that send data between the microprocessor and input, display, and storage devices, such as keyboard, mouse, monitor, hard drive, and CD or DVD drives; motherboards that has connectors for attaching devices to the bus, and contains the CPU, memory, and chipset used in the laptop, desktop, workstation, and server platforms; flash memory products, including NOR flash memory products; NAND flash memory products primarily used in digital audio players, memory cards, and system-level applications, such as solid-state drives; wired and wireless Internet connectivity products, including network adapters and embedded wireless cards used to translate and transmit data in packets across networks, as well as wireless connectivity products for both mobile and fixed networks; communications infrastructure products, including network processors and communications boards; and networked storage products, as well as software products and services that enable and advance the computing ecosystem. Intel's customers include original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, PC and network communications products users, and other manufacturers of industrial and communications equipment.

Isonics Corporation (ISON.OB) Isonics Corporation is an advanced materials and technology company focused on the development and provision of homeland security products and services and provides silicon wafer reclaim products and services, wafer thinning and silicon-on-insulator wafers for the semiconductor industry.

JMAR Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: JMAR) JMAR Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the development and commercialization of laser-based detection technologies for nano-scale imaging, chemical and biological analysis, and fabrication. Its product lines consist of the BioSentry system, a continuous, on-line, real-time monitoring system for detecting and classifying harmful micro-organisms in water; and the BriteLight laser, a diode pumped modular solid state laser product that produces soft x-rays through laser produced plasma and provides laser source for various applications, including spectrochemical analysis, nano-scale fabrication, microscopy, and soft x-ray source generation. The company also offers Double Pulse laser, a laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for remote detection of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive (CBRNE) substances in military settings, on roadways, and at checkpoints against suspects in the field, for site exploitation, crime scenes, and for detecting the smallest possible traces of CBRNE elements. Its products are used in defense, homeland security, hazardous materials detection, biological monitoring, cruise ship and beverage, and municipal water utilities industries, as well as pharmaceutical companies in the United States, Europe, Mexico, Asia, and Australia.

Keithley Instruments Inc. (KEI) Keithley Instruments, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets electronic instruments and systems for use in production testing, process monitoring, product development, and research. It offers approximately 500 products to source, measure, connect, control, or communicate direct current, radio frequency (RF), or optical signals. The company's products include integrated systems solutions comprising instruments and personal computer plug-in boards that could be used as system components or stand-alone solutions; parametric test systems; and semiconductor characterization system. It also offers RF vector signal analyzer, RF vector signal generator, multiple-input multiple-output RF test system, SignalMeister waveform creation software, automated characterization suite software, system switch/multimeter and plug-in card family, SourceMeter instrument line, and portable device battery/charger simulator. The company's customers include engineers, technicians, and scientists in manufacturing, product development, and research functions. Keithley Instruments markets its products through its sales personnel, direct marketing, catalog mailings, distributors, and manufacturer representatives worldwide.

Komag Inc. (KMG.BE) Komag is an independent supplier of thin-film disks, the primary high-capacity storage medium for digital data. Komag has developped a patterned magnetic recording disks utilizing unique nano imprint lithography

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (PHG) Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. operates as an electronics company with activities in healthcare, lighting, and consumer lifestyle markets worldwide. Its healthcare products and services include healthcare solutions for patients and healthcare professionals, with a focus on diagnostic imaging, including cardiology, oncology, women's health, and critical care. The company's products include imaging systems, ultrasound and monitoring solutions, and healthcare informatics. Koninklijke Philips also works with community hospitals, homecare agencies, and referral networks to provide emergency medical alert services and social support to the at-risk elderly; and provides remote patient management services, including telehealth products and services for post-hospital discharge monitoring of chronically ill patients. The company's lighting business develops and manufactures various lighting solutions, such as incandescent, halogen, fluorescent, and high-intensity discharge lamps; consumer and professional luminaires; lighting electronics; automotive and special lighting applications; and solid-state lighting components and modules. Koninklijke Philips products for the consumer lifestyle market include electric shavers, female depilation appliances, haircare, and male grooming products; kitchen appliances, floor care, garment care, water and air purifiers, and beverage appliances; and products for oral health care and mother and child care. In addition, the company offers lifestyle entertainment products, including flat TVs, LCD PC monitors, and public signage displays; DVD home theater, hard disk/DVD recorders, and Blu-ray disc players; and portable audio and video players, music systems, and entertainment docks for portable audio/video players.

Kopin (KOPN) Kopin Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops and manufactures III-V products and miniature flat panel displays using its proprietary semiconductor material technology. The company offers heterojunction bipolar transistor wafers (HBT transistor wafers) and other commercial semiconductors for wireless handset products, and wireless fidelity or WiFi integrated circuits, as well as for fiber optic switching equipment used in broadband Internet data transmission wireless local area network chipsets and high speed instrumentation. Its CyberDisplay products include miniature display products that are used for consumer electronics, military, and next generation mobile communications devices; electronic view finders in camcorders, digital cameras, and thermal weapon sights; and applications, such as reading e-mail and browsing the Internet using digital wireless devices and viewing video from consumer electronics devices, such as MP3 or iPod storage devices. The company sells its HBT transistor wafer products directly to integrated circuit manufacturers in the United States and Asia, and consumer electronic CyberDisplay products directly and through distributors to original equipment manufacturers.

L'OREAL (OR.PA) (PARIS) L’Oréal is at the forefront of cosmetology research, development and production. The company has developed "nanocapsules" as a skin delivery vehicle for some of its cosmetic ingredients.

Magma Design Automation Inc. (LAVA) Magma Design Automation, Inc. provides electronic design automation software products and related services. The company's products comprise a digital integrated solution for the chip development cycle, from initial design through physical implementation. Its software enables chip designers to reduce the time it takes to design and produce integrated circuits used in the communications, computing, consumer electronics, networking, and semiconductor industries. Magma Design Automation's Blast and Talus family of products, and Quartz family of sign-off and verification tools combine into one integrated chip design and verification flow, from what traditionally had been separate logic design, physical design, and analysis and sign-off processes. The company's Titan platform for custom integrated chip design provides an integrated chip-finishing solution for mixed-signal designs. It also provides consulting and training services to its customers, as well as post-contract support or maintenance service for its products.

Merrill Lynch Nanotech Index: American Stock Exchange: (NNZ) The Merrill Lynch Nanotech Index, designed to help investors track the developing area, is an equally-weighted index of 25 nanotechnology companies headquartered in the United States or traded through American Depositary Receipts (ADR).

MFIC Corporation - (MFLU.OB) MFIC Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Microfluidics Corporation, engages in the production and marketing of fluid materials processing systems. Its products are used for various fluid grinding, mixing, milling, and blending applications in chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food processing industries. The company's Microfluidizer fluid processor equipment processes premixed formulations to produce small, uniform structures, including nanostructures, microemulsions, and nanosuspensions. Its equipment is also used for cell disruption and for liposomal encapsulation of materials for the cosmetics and biotech/biopharma industries. The company sells its equipment through a network of independent manufacturers representative firms in the United States, Central and South America, Mexico, and Canada; independent regional sales agents in Europe; distributors in Asia and the Pacific Rim; and directly through its sales staff.

Microvision Inc. (MVIS) Microvision, Inc. develops miniature display and imaging engines based on integrated photonics module (IPM) in the United States. The IPM utilizes two dimensional micro-electrical mechanical system (MEMS) light scanning technologies, lasers, optics, and electronics to create video or still image from a small form factor. It principally offers Flic Scanner, a hand-held bar code scanner and bar code scanner enabled enterprise solutions. The company also produces various demonstration units for commercial enterprises and the United States government. Microvision serves automotive, defense, industrial, military, medical, and consumer markets.

MIV Therapeutics Inc (MIVI.OB) MIV Therapeutics is developing a next-generation line of advanced biocompatible coatings for passive and drug-eluting applications on cardiovascular stents and a broad range of other implantable medical devices. The Company's ultra-thin coating formulation is designed to protect surrounding tissue from potentially harmful interactions with bare metallic stents. The Company's unique ultra-thin coating platform is derived from an organic material called hydroxyapatite (HAp) which has demonstrated excellent safety and biocompatibility in vivo animal studies. Hydroxyapatite is a bioactive porous material that makes up the bone mineral and matrix of teeth and is widely used today as a bone substitute material and for coatings on implantable fixation devices in orthopedic, dental and other applications. The Company's novel polymer-free drug-eluting technologies based on Hydroxyapatite could also provide an attractive alternative to current polymer-based drug-eluting coatings on the stent market, which have been associated with undesirable medical effects. The Company's drug-eluting coatings are additionally designed to suit a broad range of implantable medical devices that could benefit from highly customizable drug release profiles. MIVT has a Collaborative Research Agreement (CRA) with the University of British Columbia and has received Government grant for its research program on the "Development of Novel Drug Eluting Composite Coatings for Cardiovascular Stents," under the National Research Council-Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). Under this sponsorship, the Company is expected to complete its drug-eluting research and development program and to reach product commercialization stage.

mPhase Technologies Inc. (XDSL.OB) mPhase Technologies, Inc., a development company, specializes in microfluidics, microelectromechanical systems, and nanotechnology. The company, through its subsidiary, AlwaysReady, Inc., focuses on commercializing Smart NanoBattery, which provides power "on command" for military and commercial applications. Its patented battery technology, based on the phenomenon of electrowetting, stores energy and manages power. The technology of Smart NanoBattery is a porous nanostructured material that could be designed for self-cleaning applications, water purification/desalination, liquid filtration/separation, and environmental cleanup.

MTS Systems Corp. (MTSC) MTS Systems Corporation supplies mechanical testing systems and industrial position sensors in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company's Test segment offers road and track simulators, tire performance, and transmission test systems for automobile, truck, motorcycle, construction equipment, agricultural equipment, and off-road vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers. It also offers systems to test wear and performance of implants, prostheses, and other medical and dental materials and devices for bio-mechanical applications. In addition, this segment provides products, systems, and software for structural tests on aircraft and space vehicles, as well as to test sub-systems, components, and materials primarily to the manufacturers of commercial, military, and private aircraft and their suppliers. The company's Sensors segment offers products based on magnetostriction technology to the manufacturers of plastic injection molding machines, steel mills, fluid power, oil and gas, medical, wood product processing equipment, mobile equipment, and alternative energy; and products used to measure fluid displacement, such as liquid levels for customers in the process industries.

Nanobac Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NNBP.PK) Nanobac Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated, a bio-lifescience company, engages in the discovery and development of products and services to improve human health through the detection and treatment of calcifying nanoparticles (CNPs). It manufactures and markets in vitro diagnostic (IVD) kits, such as assays, antibodies, and reagents for detecting CNPs. The company's diagnostic assays comprise NANO-CAPTURE and NANO-SERO. Additionally, it conducts research and clinical studies in the development of urological diseases, including chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, kidney stones, and polycystic kidney diseases, as well as cardiovascular diseases.

Nanoforce, Inc. (NNFC: OTC.PK) - Nanoforce, Inc. operates as a nanotechnology research and development company in the United States. A developer of nano-materials, new refining processes, and equipment for use in alternative and existing energy sector technologies.

Nanogen (Nasdaq: NGEN) Nanogen, Inc., a diagnostics company, engages in developing, manufacturing, and selling diagnostic products for use in the in vitro diagnostic market in the United States, Canada, and Europe. It offers diagnostic test kits and reagents based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology in the molecular diagnostic market. The company's PCR molecular product lines comprise Q-PCR Alert products for in-vitro diagnostic use, and are sold in Italy via a contract sales force and in other European countries through a network of distributors; and MGB Alert products. It also offers point-of-care products, which include qualitative cardiac test products that are rapid test assays used in emergency care settings for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction; quantitative cardiac tests, a quantitative test measuring the concentration of the peptide NT-proBNP for the diagnosis of congestive heart failure; and pandemic influenza test that detects and differentiates the various strains of influenza, including potential pandemic strains.

NanoLogix, Inc. (INNLX.PK) NanoLogix, Inc., formerly known as InfectTech, Inc., is a technology application innovator of biogas products and services designed to assist in worldwide energy independence and reduce pollution from renewable, environmentally-friendly energy sources. NanoLogix is also engaged in the research and development of diagnostic test kits designed to be used for the rapid identification of infectious human diseases. The Company's patents span the identification and antibiotic sensitivity testing of 34 disease-producing bacteria, including M. tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI), pseudomonas, and nocardia. These bacteria are cited as prominent causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with cancer, cystic fibrosis, and AIDS. Additionally, NanoLogix owns a patent for the nontoxic induction of apoptosis in cancer cells utilizing hydrophobic hydrocarbons. Apoptosis is a method for inducing a genetically based induction of "cell suicide" in cells. The Company's 31 patents can be viewed by visiting http://www.infectech.com/intellectual_property.php.

Nanometrics Inc. (NANO) Nanometrics Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, sells, and supports process control metrology systems used in the manufacture of silicon and compound semiconductor substrates, devices, and integrated circuits. The company offers automated thin film thickness, critical dimension, defect inspection, and overlay measurement systems, as well as systems that are used to measure the critical dimensions and overlay registration accuracy of successive layers of semiconductor patterns on wafers in the photolithography process. It also provides systems that are used to monitor the physical, optical, electrical, and material characteristics of compound semiconductor, strained silicon, and silicon-on-insulator devices, including composition, crystal structure, layer thickness, dopant concentration, contamination, and electron mobility. The company sells its products to semiconductor manufacturers and equipment suppliers, as well as to producers of silicon wafers and photomasks worldwide.

Nanophase Technologies (Nasdaq: NANX) Nanophase Technologies Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells engineered nanomaterial products in the United States, Europe, and Asia. It produces nanomaterial for various markets, such as sunscreens, personal care, architectural coatings, industrial coating ingredients, plastic additives, water filtration, DNA bio-sensors, semiconductor polishing, and optics polishing markets.

Nanoscience Technologies Inc. (NANS.PK) Nanoscience Technologies, Inc. does not have significant operations. The company intends to merge or acquire one or more properties or businesses. Previously, it engaged in the development and commercialization of the inventions and intellectual property to be generated by the research project being conducted at NYU relating to DNA Nanotechnology.

NanoSensors, Inc. (OTCBB: NNSR) NanoSensors, Inc., a development stage company, owns licensed technology and other intellectual property to operate an online-based video console game wagering service. Its service enables gamers to compete against other gamers and place wagers on the outcome of their games. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California..

Nanoshpere Inc. (NasdaqGM:NSPH) develops, manufactures and markets an advanced molecular diagnostics platform, the Verigene® System, for direct genomic and ultra-sensitive protein detection. This easy to use and cost effective platform enables simple, low cost and highly sensitive genomic and protein testing on a single platform. Nanosphere is based in Northbrook, IL.

Nanotechnology VC Public Company Harris & Harris Group (TINY) The Company makes initial investments exclusively in tiny-technology enabled companies, and its last 10 initial private equity investments have been in such companies. Harris & Harris Group, Inc. is a Business Development Company with 11,498,845 common shares outstanding. Detailed information about Harris & Harris Group, Inc. and its holdings can be found on its website at http://www.TinyTechVC.com

NanoViricides, Inc. (NNVC.OB), NanoViricides, Inc., a development stage nano-biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of anti-viral therapeutics primarily in the United States. It has licenses in perpetuity to develop drugs for the treatment of human viral diseases, such as human immunodeficiency virus, Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Herpes Simplex Virus, Rabies, Influenza, and Asian Bird Flu Virus. The company's products under development include FluCide-I for the treatment of common influenzas and avian influenza H5N1; AviFluCide-I against H5N1, the avian influenza strain; FluCide-HP against highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses; RabiCide-I, a nanoviricide against rabies; and HCV, a Hepatitis C nanoviricide. It also provides HivCide-I, a drug project against HIV-I; HivCide-II, a targeted nanoviricide against HIV strains; and EKCCide-I, a nanoviricide drug, which indicates efficacy and safety of a drug candidate against the severe pink eye disease caused by adenoviruses called epidemic kerato-conjunctivitis.

NaturalNano, Inc. (OTCBB: NNAN) NaturalNano, Inc. engages in the discovery, refinement, and commercialization of naturally occurring nanoscale materials. The company involves in the research, development, production, and marketing of its proprietary technologies relating to the treatment and separation of nanotubes from halloysite clay. It offers Pleximer, a halloysite nanotube (HNT) polymer concentrate that can be added directly to a polymer molder or extrusion process; and halloysite nanotube products that involve filling HNTs with active agents for use in the polymer composites, health and beauty, household product, and agrichemical industries.

Neutron Enterprises, Inc. (NAA.BE) is a venture capital and private equity buyout firm that seeks to continuously acquire technology and businesses through three distinct divisions. University Medical Enterprises Inc. accelerates emerging medical applications and therapeutic molecules in the areas of oncology and cardiology. Nanosphere Technologies Inc. invests in nano technologies and materials companies in the life sciences, fibre optic, semiconductor, energy, chemical and defense industries. Life Sciences Private Equity Inc. seeks to invest in and acquire established product and service health care businesses generating positive free cash flow from operations.

Novavax Inc. (NVAX) Novavax, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing vaccines using its virus-like particle technology for infectious diseases. It develops vaccines for pandemic influenza, seasonal influenza, Varicella Zoster, and other disease targets. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.

NVE Corp (NVEC) NVE Corporation engages in the development and sale of devices, which use spintronics, a nanotechnology that relies on electron spin rather than electron charge to acquire, store, and transmit information. It provides standard sensors that detect the presence of a magnet or metal to determine position or speed; and custom sensors primarily for medical devices, as well as couplers, including IsoLoop 700 Series that use semiconductor input stages, and IsoLoop 600 Series, which use spintronic input stages, primarily for factory and industrial networks. The company also licenses the spintronic magnetoresistive random access memory technology. It sells its products through distributors primarily in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Obducat(NGM: OBD.DE )(Nordic Growth Market) Obducat is the world-leading supplier of lithography solutions for manufacturing and replication of advanced micro- and nano- scale structures. They provide viable and cost-effective lithography solutions that will give a competitive edge to customers, enabling them to deliver break-through applications and achieve improved profitability and success. Obducat is the first company to commercialize Nanoimprint Lithography (NIL) and Electron Beam Recorder (EBR). Today it is the market leader with the largest installed base worldwide of NIL.

Orthovita Inc. (VITA) Orthovita is a biomaterials company with proprietary technologies applied to the development of BioStructures, synthetic biologically active tissue engineering products for restoration of the human skeleton. Fine nano particle composition enhances resorption, facilitating rapid, effective bone remodeling.

Pacific Fuel Cell Corp.(OTCBB: PFCE) A renewable energy stock with nanotech technology. They use multi-walled carbon nanotubes as a platinum support for proton exchange membrane fuel cells will reduce the manufacturing cost of fuel cells through an increased utilization of platinum. The convergence of fuel cell technology with nanotechnology makes this an interesting company to watch.

Power Shares Lux Nanotech Portfolio (AMEX: PXN) The investment seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the fund's fees and expenses) of an equity index called the Lux Nanotech index(TM). The fund normally invests at least 80% of total assets in common stocks of nanotechnology companies. A nanotechnology company is a company that focuses on the development and use of devices that have a size of only a few nanometres. In pursuit of its objective, it may invest at least 90% of total assets in common stocks that comprise the Lux Nanotech index. It is nondiversified.

pSivida Ltd.(ASX:PSDV; FWB:PSI) pSivida Corp., together with its subsidiaries, develops drug delivery products in the healthcare sector, primarily for ophthalmology and oncology. It develops products utilizing its proprietary technologies, including Durasert, BioSilicon, and CODRUG. The company's products include Vitrasert for the treatment of AIDS-related cytomegalovirus retinitis; and Retisert for the treatment of uveitis. Its products also include Iluvien, a Phase III clinical trial product for the treatment of diabetic macular edema; and Medidur and Iluvien, which are under pre-clinical trials to treat retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration. In addition, pSivida Corp. owns the rights to develop and commercialize a modified form of silicon, known as BioSilicon, which has therapeutic applications for treatment of cancer. Its lead BioSilicon product is BrachySil, which is in Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. The company primarily operates in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Qiagen NV (QGEN) QIAGEN N.V., through its subsidiaries, provides sample and assay technologies and products worldwide. Its sample technologies are used to collect, stabilize, purify, handle, and store deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), ribonucleic acid (RNA), and proteins from blood, bone, and tissue samples; and assay technologies are used to make specific target biomolecules, such as the DNA of a specific virus for subsequent detection and analysis. The company offers sample and assay consumable products that are used in plasmid DNA purification, DNA testing for human Papillomavirus, RNA stabilization and purification, genomic and viral nucleic acid purification, nucleic acid transfection, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, reverse transcription, DNA cleanup after PCR and sequencing, and DNA cloning and protein purification. It also provides PCR assays, which allow PCR-based detection of viral, bacterial and parasite, human, and animal pathogens, as well as pharmacogenomic genotyping; and various other products for research in the areas of epigenetics, gene expression, micro RNA, proteomics, RNAi, and applied testing and molecular diagnostics. In addition, the company offers automated systems that provide walk-away automation of sample and assay technologies in low, medium, or high throughput scale, as well as reaction set-up and other laboratory tasks; QIAcube, which allows users in research in life sciences, applied testing, and molecular diagnostic to automate the processing of the company's consumable products; and instruments to OEM partners. Further, QIAGEN provides custom services, such as whole genome amplification services, DNA sequencing, and non-cGMP DNA production on a contract basis; and sells and/or licenses technology.

Raymor Industries Inc. (TSX VENTURE:RAR.V), a developer and producer of single-walled carbon nanotubes, nanomaterials and advanced materials.

RBC Life Sciences. (OTCBB: RBCL) RBC Life Sciences, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the marketing and distribution of nutritional supplements and personal care products in the United States, Canada, and South Korea. It operates through two segments, Nutritional Products and Medical Products. The Nutritional Products segment offers a line of approximately 75 nutritional supplements and personal care products, including herbs, vitamins, and minerals, as well as natural skin, hair, and body care products under the RBC Life Sciences brand. It markets these products in various categories, including wellness products, weight loss products, fitness products, and skin care products. This segment markets its products through a network of independent associates, as well as through licensing arrangements with third parties. The Medical Products segment markets a line of approximately 28 wound care products under the MPM Medical brand in the United States. Its products include wound and skin cleansers, wound dressings, a moisture barrier cream, and hydrogel wound dressing with Lidocaine; and other products, which reduce destruction to skin and tissue caused by radiation, and to reduce pain and itching caused by radiation reactions in the skin and the internal mucosa caused by radiation reactions or reactions to certain cancer medications.

Research Frontiers, Inc. (REFR) Research Frontiers Incorporated develops, markets, and licenses suspended particle technology and devices that control the flow of light in the United States and internationally. It licenses its technology in various areas, including materials for making films; films; lamination of film to glass or plastic; and end-products. The company's technology is used for various applications, including windows, skylights, partitions, doors, and sunshades for the architectural, aircraft, marine, automotive, and appliance industries; variable light transmission sunglasses, goggles, visors, and other eyewear; self-dimmable automotive sunroofs, sunvisors, and rear-view mirrors; and flat panel information displays for use in billboards, scoreboards, point-of-purchase advertising displays, traffic signs, computers, telephones, personal digital assistants, and other electronic instruments.

SANDVIK (SAND.ST) Sandvik is a global industrial group with advanced products and world-leading positions in selected areas. The Group has 39,000 employees and representation in 130 countries, with annual sales of approximately SEK 63,000 M

SkyePharma plc (SKYE) SkyePharma PLC develops pharmaceutical products benefiting from world- leading drug delivery technologies that provide easier-to-use and more effective drug formulations. There are now eleven approved products incorporating SkyePharma's technologies in the areas of oral, injectable, inhaled and topical delivery, supported by advanced solubilisation capabilities.

Sono-Tek Corporation (SOTK.OB) - Sono-Tek Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of ultrasonic liquid atomizing nozzles worldwide. Ultrasonic nozzle systems atomize low to medium viscosity liquids. It principally offers SonoFlux 2000F, which is useful to electronic circuit board manufacturers to apply solder flux to fixed width circuit boards; SonoFlux 2000FP, SonoFlux XL, and SonoFlux EZ that apply solder flux to electronic printed circuit boards and is used by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) or contract manufacturers of electronic circuit assemblies; MediCoat for stent coating, a system designed to apply thin layers of polymer and drug coatings to arterial stents with high precision; and WideTrack, a wide area modular coating system, which is used by glass manufacturers for Web-coating; and SonoDry ultrasonic spray dryers. The company also provides a line of equipment for applications involving coatings for fuel cell membranes and solar energy panels. Sono-Tek Corporation markets and distributes its products through independent sales representatives or sales representative companies, OEMs, and an in-house direct sales force.

Spire Corporation (SPIR) Spire Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of engineered products and services in the areas of PV solar, biomedical, and optoelectronics in the United States and internationally. The company offers specialized equipment for the production of terrestrial photovoltaic modules from solar cells. It also provides value-added surface treatments to manufacturers of orthopedic and other medical devices; develops and markets coated and uncoated hemodialysis catheters and related devices for the treatment of chronic kidney disease; and performs sponsored research programs into practical applications of advanced biomedical and biophotonic technologies. In addition, the company offers custom compound semiconductor foundry and fabrication services to customers involved in biomedical/biophotonic instruments, telecommunications, and defense applications. It also involves in compound semiconductor wafer growth, thin film and related device processing, and fabrication services. Further, Spire Corporation provides materials testing services, as well as offers services in support of sponsored research into practical applications of optoelectronic technologies.

Starpharma Holdings (SPHRF.PK) Starpharma Holdings Limited (ASX: SPL, OTC: SPHRY) is a world leader in the development of dendrimer nanotechnology for pharmaceutical, life-science and other applications. SPL is principally composed of two operating companies, Starpharma Pty Ltd in Melbourne, Australia and Dendritic Nanotechnologies Inc in Michigan, USA. Products based on SPL's dendrimer technology are already on the market in the form of diagnostic elements and laboratory reagents. The Company's lead pharmaceutical development product is VivaGel(TM) (SPL7013 Gel), a vaginal microbicide designed to prevent the transmission of STIs, including HIV and genital herpes. In the pharmaceutical field Starpharma has additional specific programs in the areas of Drug Delivery and ADME Engineering(TM) (using dendrimers to control where and when drugs go when introduced to the body), Polyvalency (using the fact that dendrimers can activate multiple receptors simultaneously) and Targeted Diagnostics (using dendrimers as a scaffold to which both location-signaling and targeting groups are added to allow location of specific cell type, such as cancer cells). More broadly the company is actively exploring dendrimer opportunities in materials science with applications as diverse as adhesives, lubricants and water remediation. SPL has a comprehensive IP portfolio that comprises more than 180 patents/applications issued and pending across 32 patent families -- a unique level of IP concentration among nanotechnology companies.

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) STMicroelectronics N.V. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets a range of semiconductor products. Its semiconductor products are used in various microelectronic applications, including automotive products, computer peripherals, telecommunications systems, consumer products, industrial automation, and control systems. The company operates in two segments, Semiconductors and Subsystems. The Semiconductors segment designs, develops, manufactures, and markets discrete, memories, and standard commodity components; application-specific integrated circuits; full-custom devices and semi-custom devices; and application-specific standard products for analog, digital, and mixed-signal applications. It offers digital signal processors and microcontroller cores; and dedicated integrated circuits (IC) for automotive, computer peripherals, consumer, and industrial applications, as well as for mobile and fixed communication, computing, and networking applications. This segment also provides smart cards; power transistors and other discrete power devices; standard linear and logic ICs; and radio frequency products. In addition, it offers semiconductor memory products, including wireless flash memories and NAND and NOR Flash memories. The Subsystems segment offers subsystems and modules for the telecommunications, automotive, and industrial markets, including mobile phone accessories, battery chargers, ISDN power supplies, and in-vehicle equipment for electronic toll payment. The company sells its products through distributors and retailers. It operates primarily in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, China, and Japan.

Sun Microsystems Inc. (JAVA) Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions worldwide. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, the Solaris Operating System, the MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and the UltraSPARC processor names. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies that include servers, storage, open source software, tools, services, and training. It offers servers, such as entry server systems, and enterprise and data center servers based on SPARC64, UltraSPARC, AMD Opteron, and Intel Xeon microprocessors; desktops; data storage products and services, including libraries, drives, virtualization systems, media, and software; and disk system products comprising data center disks, network attached storage, enterprise archive system, midrange disks, workgroups disks, a boot disk, and disk device software, as well as develops and sells silicon-based chips that facilitate networking, cryptography, and high-performance computing. The company's software offerings primarily comprise enterprise infrastructure software systems, software desktop systems, developer software, and infrastructure management software. In addition, Sun Microsystems offers component products, such as central processor unit chips and embedded boards on an original equipment manufacturer basis; and supplies after-market and peripheral products. Further, it offers support and managed services for hardware, software, and client solutions, as well as provides professional and educational services.

Symyx Technologies Inc. (SMMX) Symyx Technologies, Inc. operates as a scientific research and development integration partner for various companies in life sciences, chemical, energy, consumer products, and electronics industries in the United States, Europe, Asia, and rest of North America. Its offerings include Symyx Software, Symyx Tools, and Symyx Research. Symyx Software consists of Electronic Lab Notebook and Vault Platform, providing a digital environment for scientists to plan, execute, record, store, back up, and share their daily research activities; Lab Execution applications to control, monitor, and manage the acquisition of large amounts of data from various instruments; Experiment Analysis applications that deliver real-time data warehousing, querying, visualization, and reporting; and Experimental Logistics enabling the chemical presentation capabilities. This software also includes Decision Support solution comprising Symyx Isentris Client for accessing and managing scientific data in a time-saving manner; Symyx Isentris for Excel for accessing and managing scientific data in the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet environment; Symyx Draw for drawing precise chemical structures and reactions; Symyx Isentris Controls to build, extend, and integrate custom scientific applications; Symyx Cheshire for defining cheminformatic business rules for various applications to perform particular operations; Symyx Core Interface for accessing essential services for managing and supporting critical application workflows; and Symyx Direct for searching and registering molecules and reactions in Oracle databases.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSM) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited engages in the design, manufacture, sale, packaging, and testing of integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices, as well as in the manufacture of masks. It offers various wafer fabrication processes, including processes to manufacture complementary metal oxide silicon (CMOS) logic, mixed-signal, radio frequency and embedded memory, and BiCMOS mixed-signal and other semiconductors. The company's semiconductor products include logic, mixed-signal, memory, CMOS image sensor, and high voltage semiconductors. The logic semiconductors process digital data to control the operation of electronic systems. The standard logic devices include microprocessors, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, graphic chips, and chip sets. Mixed-signal semiconductors combine analog and digital devices on a single semiconductor to process both analog signals and digital data. The mixed-signal semiconductors are used in hard disk drives, wireless communications equipment, and network communications equipment. The memory semiconductors are used in electronic systems to store data and program instructions. The CMOS image sensor semiconductors are used in cameras, surveillance and security systems, and in vehicles. The high voltage semiconductors are used in various panel size display driver and power integrated circuit applications. The company offers various design services, such as provision of technology files, libraries, and other intellectual property; customization; and chip implementation services. In addition, it offers multiproject wafer processing service. The company's primary customers are fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers, and systems companies

Tegal Corporation, (TGAL) Tegal Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and servicing of integrated circuit (IC) fabrication equipment. Its products include plasma etch technology products, such as 6500 series etch products and 900 series etch products; and deposition technologies that include Endeavor physical vapor deposition (PVD) products, AMS PVD products, and Compact Nano-Layer deposition products. The company's products enable the production of ICs, memory, and related microelectronics devices used in portable computers, cellphones, PDAs, and RFID applications; megapixel imaging chips used in digital and cellphone cameras; power amplifiers for portable handsets and wireless networking gear; and micro-electrical mechanical systems devices, such as accelerometers for automotive airbags, and microfluidic control devices for ink jet printers; and laboratory-on-a-chip medical test kits. It serves semiconductor and nanotechnology device manufacturers worldwide.

U-Right Int'l (0627.HK) (Hong Kong) The Group is principally engaged in the design, manufacture, distribution and retailing of men and ladies casual wear and invested in Swedish Texcote Group's nano processing technology

Ultratech, Inc. (UTEK) Ultratech, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets photolithography and laser thermal processing equipment. It offers step-and-repeat systems based on one-to-one (1X) imaging technology to semiconductor device manufacturers for applications involving line geometries of 0.75 microns or greater, and to nanotechnology manufacturers. The company's steppers are also used to manufacture semiconductors that are used in various applications, such as telecommunications, automotive control systems, power systems, and consumer electronics. In addition, it offers LSA100, a laser-based thermal annealing tool used by the semiconductor industry for various process steps, including activation of implanted impurities, dielectric film formation, formation of silicides, and stabilization of copper grain structure.

Universal Display Corp. (PANL) Universal Display Corporation engages in the research, development, and commercialization of organic light emitting diode (OLED) technologies and materials. OLEDs are thin lightweight and solid-state devices, suitable for use in full-color displays and as lighting products. The company's PHOLED technologies are based on phosphorescent OLEDs, which utilize materials and device structures that allow OLEDs to emit light through a process known as phosphorescence. It offers proprietary OLED materials for use in commercial OLED display products. The company also engages in the research, development, and commercialization of other OLED device and manufacturing technologies, such as Transparent OLEDs that utilize transparent cathodes and either a transparent, or reflective or opaque metal anode useful in flat panel display applications; Flexible OLEDs, which are built on non-rigid substrates, such as plastic or metal foil; Organic Vapor Phase Deposition process that utilizes a carrier gas stream in a hot walled reactor in a low pressure environment to deposit the layers of organic material in an OLED; Organic Vapor Jet Printing technology, a direct printing method for the manufacture of OLEDs; and Printable Phosphorescent OLEDs. Universal Display Corporation develops and licenses its OLED technologies to manufacturers of products for display applications, such as cell phones, MP3 players, laptop computers and televisions, and specialty and general lighting products.

US Global Nanospace Inc. (USGA.PK) US Global Nanospace, Inc., a development stage company, identifies, develops, and commercializes various products, primarily utilizing wide area perimeter security-based or nanoscience technologies. Its products include Modular Autonomous Perimeter Security and Non-Lethal Defense System, an integrated system to protect against the breach of protected property boundaries; and All-Clear, a biological and chemical decontaminant for the neutralization of chemical and biological weapons and contaminants, and for general disinfection and sterilization of surfaces. The company's other products comprise Radomes, a protective fairing found on aircraft to protect radar antenna to allow radar signal transmission; NanoFilterCX, a cigarette filter for reduction of cigarette smoke toxins; and Nanofilter Pathogen/Allergen Air Filter Purification Systems. Further, US Global Nanospace provides Guardian Antiballistic Replacement Door Skin for the AM general high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) to protect vehicle occupants in elevated threat locations; S.A.G. Turret that offers protection against specific ballistic threats, fragmentation, and shrapnel for the HMMWV; and Blast-X, a blast mitigation material. Its customers include agencies or organizations under the control of the Federal Government of the United States, domestic and foreign businesses, and foreign government agencies or organizations.

Veeco Instruments Inc. (VECO ) Veeco Instruments, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, and services a line of equipment primarily used by manufacturers in the data storage, high brightness light emitting diode, solar, wireless, and semiconductor industries. The company operates in two segments Process Equipment and Metrology. The Process Equipment segment produces and sells various process equipment products, such as ion beam deposition systems to deposit precise layers of thin films; ion beam etch systems for use in the fabrication of discrete and integrated microelectronic devices; and physical vapor deposition systems, which offers a deposition platform for developing next-generation data storage and compound semiconductor applications. It also offers diamond-like carbon deposition systems that deposit protective coatings on advanced thin film magnetic heads; precision lapping, slicing, and dicing systems for use in back-end applications in a data storage fab; metal organic chemical vapor deposition systems for use in signage, mobile device backlighting, and specialty illumination; and molecular beam epitaxy systems for depositing epitaxially aligned atomically thin crystal layers, or epilayers in an ultra-high vacuum environment. The Metrology segment provides atomic force/scanning probe microscopes for data storage, semiconductor, research, and other industrial applications; stylus profilers to produce cross-sectional representations and/or quantitative measurements; and optical/stylus metrology products to make non-contact surface measurements.

VeruTEK (OTCBB:VTKT) VeruTEK Technologies, Inc., an environmental remediation company, provides environmental solutions for complex environmental problems in the northeastern United States. It develops and commercializes technologies for environmental remediation using food-grade surfactants and food additives that remove contamination. The company provides technical and consulting services to resolve environmental remediation matters at a range of waste sites, principally by combining surfactant and oxidant chemistries. Its products and services include Surfactant-Enhanced In Situ Chemical Oxidation, a technology that destroys organic contamination; Coelution Technologies, which provides treatment for the removal of contaminants from soils and groundwater; VeruSOL, a surfactant or surface active agent based solvent that removes contaminants from soils and groundwater through a controlled dissolution and desorption process; and S-ISCO process, which uses groundwater to move green chemicals that destroy contaminants where they are located in the soil. It is also developing herbicides and pesticides, such as endrin and DDT for use in marketing to chemical companies; and contaminated real estate remediation that remedies contamination in-situ in cities and residential areas.

VYTA Corp. (VYTC.OB) Vyta Corp., through its interests in BioAgra, LLC (BioAgra), engages in the production, marketing, and sale of beta glucan feed additives for the animal feed industry in the United States. It offers Agrastim, a natural, non-toxic purified beta glucan feed additive used to replace growth promotion antibiotics; and Purestim, a purified beta glucan to be used for the manufacture of neutraceuticals and dietary supplements for human consumption. The company, formerly known as NanoPierce Technologies, Inc., was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Westaim Corp (WEDXF.PK) The Company's operations are organized into two high-potential emerging technology businesses, iFire Technology Inc. and Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corp. Nucryst researches, develops and commercializes medical devices and pharmaceutical products based on its noble metal nanocrystalline technology.