Research and Markets: Worldwide Status and Outlook: Molecular Modeling for Nanotechnology Technologies, Applications and Market Outlook

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2004--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of Worldwide Status and Outlook: Molecular Modeling for Nanotechnology Technologies, Applications and Market Outlook to their offering.

Molecular modeling is the computation and representation (mathematically or graphically visually) of the positions and orbital of atoms in arbitrary nanostructures. In other words, molecular modeling lets one see how atoms and molecules interact through computer-generated charts, graphs, and images.

Molecular modeling has been a staple of pharmaceutical research for more than two decades, but the growth in nanoscience and technology as an industrial force has highlighted the uses to which modeling can be put for nanotechnology.

The technology has important applications in nanoscale R&D in the pharmaceutical industry, the chemical industry, aerospace and defense, electronics and manufacturing. Indeed, any industry utilizing nanotechnologies could potentially benefit from nanoscale modeling.

Though the global market for molecular modeling in general is in excess of $2 billion annually, modeling for nanotechnology is, as yet, only a fragment of that market.

The total market for molecular modeling for nanotechnology today is $30-40 million, but could potentially reach $60-70 million within five years.

Key European Government Activities

France

CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

French Petroleum Institute (Institut Francais du Petrole)

United Kingdom

Daresbury Laboratory, Computational Science and Engineering

Japan

Platform for Developing High Function Materials ("Doi Project")

Institute for Molecular Science

Institute for Solid State Physics

United States

National Institute of Standards and Technology,

Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science (CTMS)

Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program

(HPCMP)

Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center

NASA, Ames Research Center

ACTIVITIES OF MAJOR MOLECULAR MODELING SOFTWARE COMPANIES

Accelrys

AngstroVision

Celestry

Cambridgesoft

Cray

Hypercube

Kelvin Nanotechnology

Nanomechanics

Nanomix

NanoTitan

New River Kinematics

Tripos

Wave Function

Zyvex

ACTIVITIES OF REPRESENTATIVE USERS/CUSTOMERS

EUROPE

Aventis (formerly Rhone-Poulenc)

BASF

Bayer

Daimler Chrysler

IBM Zurich Research Laboratory

L'Oreal

TotalFinaElf

Unilever

JAPAN

Asahi Chemical Industry Company

Fujitsu

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp

NEC

Toshiba

Toyota

UNITED STATES

3M

Air Products and Chemicals Chevron Corp

Dow Chemical

Motorola

Rohm and Haas

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