Nanosensor market to reach $17.2 billion by 2012, study says

Sterling (VA) - Market research firm NanoMarkets expects revenues of sensors designed for and built using nanotechnology to dramatically increase over the next six years. Driving forces of the increasing market will be "unique features" the technology delivers for virtually every major IT application.

Nanosensor arrays are already under development by giant firms such as Dow Corning, Samsung, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, IBM, Motorola, and Agilent as well as by start-ups such as Nanomix and Ambri, analysts from NanoMarkets said. The firm believes that nanosensors will have a significant impact in many fields, especially in medicine and healthcare, military and homeland defense, industrial control and robotics, networking and communications, and environmental monitoring.

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