Nanotech Briefs , launched in January 2004, is a digital (PDF format) magazine from the publishers of NASA Tech Briefs – the country’s largest-circulation design engineering magazine - that provides the best of government, industry, and university nanotech innovations with real-world applications in areas such as electronics, materials, sensors, manufacturing, biomedical, optics/photonics, and aerospace/defense.

Nanotech Briefs is the first small-tech publication specifically for design engineers who are designing tomorrow’s nanotech products today. Nanotech Briefs bridges the gap between low-tech nanotechnology news magazines and esoteric research journals that provide little focus on commercial applications.

These real-world innovations are presented in a concise, easy-to-understand “tech brief” format that highlights the basic technology and its commercial applications. Hot links to the innovator’s Web site are provided for each tech brief.

Each bimonthly issue of Nanotech Briefs also includes a Special Report on an industry or topic of timely importance to the nanotech field, an InPerson interview with a recognized leader in the nanotechnology field, a Perspective from a nano business executive, and a look Inside a state-of-the-art nano research facility.