Article: Nanosys Receives World-wide Exclusive Rights to Commercialize Nanocomposite Solar Cell Technology From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Columbia University, Solidifying Position in the Field.

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- PALO ALTO, Calif., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanosys, Inc. announced today that it has signed exclusive licensing agreements for world-wide rights to a broad set of intellectual properties covering materials and technologies of nanocomposite solar cells developed by two of the world's leading nanotechnology centers: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Columbia University. The licensed patents cover important aspects of nanocomposite solar cells based on inorganic semiconductor nanomaterials such as nanocrystals, nanorods and nanowires.

"In the development of a new industry, it's important to control the intellectual property," commented ...

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