The Question:

Find past uses of nanotechnology and nanomaterials prior to May 2004
in commercial products that are electronics, devices, computers,
machines, and other such commercial products you may find (there might
be something related).  By commercial products I mean products
available to the public for purchase prior to May 2004, I do not mean
products in development and I do not mean laboratory experiments. 
Also, it is very important that you know that I mean a very broad
definition of nanomaterials covering nanomaterials measuring from
about 0.1nm. (nanometer) up to about 1000 nm. (1 micron).

This is an involved question and I would like the answer to be as
thorough as possible.  I think I will need to communicate with the
researcher as the work is done to guide the research to a certain
extent.  I set the price at $100.00 because I have never used this
service before.  I would like to make sure that the research is going
well before spending more money.  It is my understanding that I can
always increase the amount of money I spend.

I am most interested in information on commercial products that might
have been purchased by an ordinary person prior to May 2004.  For
example, I am interested in the use of nanotechnology and
nanomaterials in common electronics products, like televisions, tape
recorders, cameras, computers, stereos, radios, lights, appliances
(small and large), batteries, solar cells, door bells, and other
products an ordinary person might have bought.

The following list of things you should exclude from your research
seems broader than the area of the question - electronics, devices,
computers, machines, and other such commercial products.  But it
seemed better just to send you the whole list rather than edit it
down.

Exclusions from your Research:  

Exclude any product that is too small to be visible to the human eye
if it is not part of a commercial product large enough to be seen by
the unaided human eye.

Exclude anything made for use in: medicine, dentistry, biology, or
pharmaceuticals;

exclude biosensors (e.g., for detecting anthrax, DNA etc); 

exclude tools, instruments, software and chemicals made for use in
nanotechnology (unless the chemicals are part of another commercial
product);

exclude things made for security or national security purposes (though
the use of nanotechnology in a product like a home or office security
alarm device would not be excluded);

exclude things made for outer space, rockets, transportation, tires, or cars; 

exclude things made for food, cosmetics, foot care products, baby
products, skin care products, sunscreens, and other body care
products;

exclude cutting tools; exclude military uses of nanotechnology; 

exclude ecological uses, filtration and water purification; 

exclude sports uses (such as golf balls and tennis rackets); 

exclude water resistant and/or wrinkle free clothes, clothes for
athletics, clothes that have thermal properties, clothes that maintain
or monitor body temperature or heart rate, clothes that communicate
with the laundry, etc.;

exclude organic, biological and natural materials (like blood cells,
human hair and bacteria) if they are not used in a non-natural or
man-made material, product, device, or item that can be seen by the
unaided eye.

Information I already have:
I do not have much information on this subject.  A document dated
2001, said that standard lithography techniques routinely make devices
on a scale of 0.14 micrometers or about 130 nanometers.  Is this true
and if so, can you provide more information on this, e.g, what kind of
devices were made, what parts of them were nanoscale or nanomaterials?

Your Answer:

Please include the dates or the approximate dates that the commercial
products you find were available for the public to purchase and please
include how you know of this date.  Please note the size in nanometers
of the form or nanotechnology or nanomaterial used in each product you
find.  Please include all other information you know about each
product you find, though it does not seem to be a good use of your
time to go searching for additional product information.  Also, please
cite all relevant sources that you find in your research, especially
those you are relying on for your answer.

I am available to answer any questions you have and to guide your
research.  I will do anything I can to assist and guide your research
so that you are able to come up with a thorough, excellent answer.

Thank you!