HCTL Open Int. J. of Technology Innovations and Research HCTL Open IJTIR, Volume 2, March 2013 e-ISSN: Awaited Nanotechnology and Innovation: Recent Status and the Strategic Implication for the Formation of High Tech Clusters in Greece, in between a Global Economic Crisis Evangelos I. Gkanas * , Vasso Mangou-Kriticos † , Sofoklis S. Makridis ‡ , Athanasios K. Stubos § , Ioannis Bakouros ¶ * H2matters Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Mace- donia, Bakola and Sialvera Street, 50100, Kozani, Greece. Email: egkanas@uowm.gr † Megalab SA, Stamati Psaltou 40, 54644, Thessaloniki, Greece. Email: info@megalab.gr ‡ H2matters Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Mace- donia, Bakola and Sialvera Street, 50100, Kozani, Greece. Email: smakridis@uowm.gr § NCSR Demokritos, Agia Paraskevi, 13310, Athens, Greece. Email: stu- bos@ipta.demokritos.gr ¶ Materlab Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedo- nia, Bakola and Sialvera Street, 50100, Kozani, Greece. Email: ylb@uowm.gr Evangelos I. Gkanas et al. Nanotechnology and Innovation: Recent Status and the Strategic Implication for the Formation of High Tech Clusters in Greece, in between a Global Economic Crisis. Page 1 of 25