Nanosys mission is to become the leading platform technology company in the field of nanotechnology. To achieve this goal, we have built a dominant technology and intellectual property estate through a combination of aggressive technology in-licensing, teaming with the world's leaders in academic nanoscience, internal technology development, discovery and patent filings and leveraging our core technology development through government funding.

Nanosys business strategy is to commercialize its products through strategic partnerships with leading companies in a variety of industries.

These partnerships take the form of joint development agreements where Nanosys provides nano-enabled modules based on our core technology platform that include all of the real-world interfaces that allow our partners to seamlessly integrate the technology into their respective technology platforms. Through these relationships, Nanosys leverages the market expertise and complementary technologies of our strategic partners, while our partners leverage the unique technical and market opportunities enabled by nanotechnology without having to become nanotechnology experts themselves. Our first business partnerships are targeted in the areas of photovoltaics, high-performance macroelectronics, chemical and biological sensors, and nanostructured surfaces.