As the First International Nanotechnology Congress hosted in Quito clearly corroborated, Ecuador is betting on nanotechnology as one of its proposed key investment areas. It is now up to decision-makers to make it happen.
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Terrones, M. A big step for Ecuador. Nature Mater 9, 704–705 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2843
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