Abstract:
Nanotechnology deals with the tiniest dimensions that engineers have ever worked in to manipulate materials into new products. But entrepreneurs hoping to turn nanoscale innovations into profitable businesses face huge challenges.
That goes a long way toward explaining how officials in this Mississippi city best known as the home of the Green Bay Packer quarterback Brett Favre were able to persuade Hybrid Plastics, one of hundreds of nanotechnology companies founded in recent years, to move here from Southern California.