the economic development of nanotechnology an indicators based analysis author dr angela hullmann european commission dg research unit nano s&t convergent science and technologies version 28 november 2006 this article can be downloaded from http cordis europa eu 2 34 views expressed in document are entirely those do not engage or commit any way more information on at is available 3 introduction it my pleasure to present third publication a series staff working papers after two predecessors some figures about r&d europe beyond published december 2005 results informal collection inputs for field eco toxicology june analyses has ability become most promising technology advance century offers huge potential applications benefits significantly contributing economy enormous technological advances being made worldwide race progress s starting position interdisciplinary