Smart Coatings' Research Shows The Virtues of Superficiality

by John Bohannon Science, 15 Jul 2005 Clothing with computers woven into the fabric. Microscopic robots that make repairs with tools the size of a virus. No question about it: Nanotechnology, the applied science of the very small, has generated its share of megahype. For companies researching nanomaterials, however, profitability is the priority -- and not in the dreamy future but now. Many are concluding that the beauty of the technology is literally skin deep. Read more