The following clickable maps link to Google Earth KML files. If you need Google Earth you can download it here.

Note: Once you have loaded our kml file into you browser, you can:

1. Unclick your checked items in the Layers window (to see the quantum dots patents and/or reseach centers only)

2. Set the time slider (near the top edge of the map) to the present year  (to view the complete map).  You can move the slider to the year of your choice - patents and/or reseach centers will appear and disappear as you do.

3. To access a summary of patents and/or reseach centers data, be sure that you have clicked on the visible pin and allowed any hidden patents at that point to expand outward.

Additional  instructions for using Google Earth can be found at
http://earth.google.com/intl/en/userguide/v4/

A spatial representation of the California NanoEnterprise:

Alternative View in Google Maps

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Data compiled and cleaned by Jerry Macala, Aaron Rowe and Kim Stoltzfus, and mapping done by Alan Glennon for

Dr. Chris Newfield,
Innovation Working Group,
Center for Nanotechnology in Society, UCSB



A spatial representation of 1436 patents filed between 1989 and early 2007 having to do with quantum dots.

Alternative view in Google Maps