About 175 thousand #nanotechnology #patent applications have been published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) from 2002 to 2021, which shows an average annual growth rate of 9.8%.
As in previous years, #nanocomposites had the largest number of publications in 2021, while #Mxene had the most significant increase in publishing articles in 2021, with a more than 72% annual growth rate.
For the first time, the number of #graphene patents exceeded #nanotubes in 2021! Carbon nanotubes always had the highest number of patents among different #nanomaterials in previous years. The third place belongs to #quantum_dots.
According to the #Statnano #policy document database, the Unites States, Russia, Australia, and Iran possess the highest number of nanotechnology #evaluation_reports.
A new #standard about the methodology for measuring the thickness of #graphene_oxide (GO) flakes using SEM and AFM is under development. It is applicable to the characterization of graphene oxide in powder and liquid dispersion forms.
The global #market of #nanotechnology-enabled #products stood at approximately US$1.6 trillion in 2014. In one estimate, the industry could generate 6 million jobs and account for 10% of global #GDP by 2030.
StatNano's #policy database contains a total of 180 evaluation reports of #nanotechnology from various countries. USA, Russia, Australia, Iran, and the UK possess the highest number of nanotechnology #evaluation reports.
Different types of #copper, #gold, and #platinum #nanoparticles are among the 12 #nanomaterials that have been announced in the draft #EU amendment to the #WTO banning their use in #cosmetics.
Different types of #gold nanoparticles, including #colloidal_gold, gold thioethylamino hyaluronic acid, and acetyl heptapeptide-9 colloidal gold, have been banned by the #European_Commission for use in #cosmetic products.
The total #market volume of #nano_products made in #Iran in 2020 is estimated at about USD 553 million, which amounts to USD 3 billion dollars once the purchasing power parity (PPP) is accounted for.
The new #composite fabric based on metal-organic frameworks (#MOFs) has catalysts present in its cavities that are able to capture and deactivate toxic chemicals, #viruses, and #bacteria.
Researchers created a transistor-like #nanocomputr using a #rapamycin-sensitive domain and a #light-sensitive domain, that can control the function of a particular protein involved in cell movement and #cancer metastasis.
A new class of #metamaterials based on #carbon_fibers that are both sensing mediums and #nanogenerators can generate their own power and can be used for a wide array of sensing and monitoring applications.
Using the new #spintronic technology for brain-inspired computing, synaptic interactions between adjacent #neurons could be tuned and they could programmed into mutually different and partially synchronized states.
New infrared #metasurface-based #sensors augmented with #AI, can be used to analyze biological assays featuring multiple analytes simultaneously from the major biomolecule classes and resolving their dynamic interactions.
#Nanobodies have the potential to be developed into treatment and immunity against #SARS_CoV2 and its novel escape mutant. Thanks to their small size they can bind to the virus in more places than regular #antibodies.
In Russian Federation, the #RUSNANO School League program is a permanent participant of the NTI #Kruzhok_Movement. The program is one of the key projects for #mentor training.
