Nanotechnology, the next big thing?

Activest, HypoVereinsbank's investment group, has launched the first nanotechnology fund and is predicting the area will be a 'megatrend'. The Activest Lux NanoTech fund will invest in companies that achieve or will achieve a substantial part of their aggregate value-added through nanotechnology-related activities. Nanotechnology deals with researching, developing and using extremely small structures the size of atoms or molecules. They can be used to develop products that are greatly improved or that have entirely new properties, such as highly scratch resistant surfaces for industry...