Institutions as Stepping-Stones: Rick Smalley and the Commercialization of Nanotubes: Studies in Materials Innovation #7

Contents: (1) Introduction: Why Do Star Scientists Matter? (2) Phase I: Rice Quantum Institute; (3) Phase II: Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology; (4) Phase III: The Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory and the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology; (5) Phase IV: Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc.; (6) Findings; (7) Appendix: About the Robert W. Gore Materials Innovation Project.