Confidential business information

CNT

Carbon nanotube

CPSC

Consumer Products Safety Commission

CR-BSI

Catheter-related blood stream infection

DOD

Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy

DRAM

Dynamic random access memory. A memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit Since real capacitors leak charge, the information eventually fades unless the capacitor charge is refreshed periodically Because of this refresh requirement, it is a dynamic memory as opposed to SRAM and other types of static memory

EHS

Environment, health, and safety

EU27

Twenty-seven nations of the European Union

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

FET

Field effect transistor

FRAM

Ferroelectric random access memory. A memory that uses a ferroelectric layer rather than a dielectric layer to achieve nonvolatility. A nonvolatile memory will retain the stored information even if it is not constantly supplied with electric power

GAO

Government Accountability Office

GDP

Gross domestic product

GNP

Gross national product

ICON

International Council on Nanotechnology

IND

Investigational New Drug Application

LAD

Luer-activated device

M&A

Mergers and acquisitions

MRSEC

Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers NCI National Cancer Institute

NEHI

Nanotechnology, Environmental, and Health Implications NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences NIH National Institutes of Health

NIOSH

National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety

NISE

Nanoscale Informal Science Education

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NNAP

National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel

NNCO

National Nanotechnology Coordination Office

NNI

National Nanotechnology Initiative

NRC

National Research Council

NRI

Nanoelectronics Research Initiative.

NSEC

National Science and Engineering Center

NSET

Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology Subcommittee of the NSTC

NSF

National Science Foundation

NSTC

National Science and Technology Council

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OSTP

Office of Science and Technology Policy

PCA

Program component area

PCAST

President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

R&D

Research and development

SBIR

Small Business Innovation Research

SOT

Statement of task

STTR

Small Business Technology Transfer

SWCNT

Single-walled carbon nanotube

TIP

Technology Innovation Program

VC

Venture capital