Geoff’s essay on the current state of entrepreneurship in nanotechnology has been published as the front cover of a recent issue of Advanced Engineering Materials.
The full essay is also available for download through the journal. Innovation in nanotechnology often springs from ideas birthed in universities yet the attitudes of stakeholders towards entrepreneurship in our seats of knowledge is underappreciated. In this article I explore the challenges faced by academics and students when confronted with the collision between fundamental research in the pursuit of knowledge and applied research directed at the creation of products, jobs, and wealth.