Nanosys Invited to Attend Historic White House Oval Office Signing Ceremony of $3.7B Nanotechnology Bill

Palo Alto, CA - (December 3, 2003). Nanosys, Inc., a leader in nanotechnology-enable systems, was invited to attend today’s signing ceremony in the Oval Office of The White House during which President George W. Bush will sign into law the $3.7 Billion 21st Century Nanotech Research and Development Act. As the leading innovator and top developer in the nanotechnology industry, Nanosys will be personally attending this intimate landmark event. Representing Nanosys at the ceremony will be Cofounder and Director of Business Development, Dr. Stephen Empedocles. The Bill creates a national nanotechnology program providing funding for research and commercial development efforts in nanotechnology over the next four years.

“It is a very special honor to be chosen to represent the Nanotechnology Industry during this momentous occasion“, commented Calvin Chow, Nanosys Cofounder and CEO. “This single Bill brings the funding of nanotechnology to an historic level and will kick start vital growth to insure the U.S. worldwide dominance in this burgeoning industry.”

The invitation compliments Nanosys’s recent awards as the Business Leader in Nanotechnology on the Scientific American 50 and Small Times Magazine Best of Small Tech Top Researcher and Top Business Leader Finalist. Dr. Empedocles is one of three members of the Nanosys team selected into the prestigious 2003 TR100 list of the world’s 100 Top Young Innovators by MIT’s Technology Review.

About Nanosys

Nanosys, Inc. is a rapidly growing advanced technology company, leading the burgeoning nanotechnology industry through the development of nano-enabled systems. These systems incorporate novel and patent-protected nanostructures that integrate functional complexity directly into each individual nanoparticle, enabling the low-cost fabrication of revolutionary high-value, high-performance applications in a broad range of industries from life and physical sciences to information technology and communications to renewable energy and defense. These nanostructures include nanowires, nanorods, nanotetrapods, and nanodots formed from all of the industrially important semiconductor materials as their principal active elements. These systems exploit the fundamentally new and unique electronic, optical, magnetic, interface, and integration properties associated with materials on the nanometer-scale. The initial applications include exquisitely sensitive chemical and biological sensors, high performance large area macroelectronics, and lightweight high-efficiency conformal photovoltaics. Nanosys, Inc. is a highly innovative company combining the best talent and the strongest intellectual property position in the field of nanotechnology.