Leading technology candidates in the area of #coating in #NASA_roadmap 2035 are Biological Fouling Resistant Surfaces, Microbial Mitigation Surfaces, Anti-Icing Surfaces, and Tailored Thermal Emittance.
University of California, Tsinghua University, and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals were universities with the most #nanotechnology_patents of 2018 at USPTO.
Force driven liquid-gas phase transition mediated by #graphene based #nanosponges can be used for substitution of #hydrofluorocarbons by #green_refrigerants such as H2O and alcohols.
#Highways_England is looking to avert deterioration in roads by investigating the use of #graphene in surfaces. Adding graphene into maintenance operations has the potential to extend asset life and make the network perform at an industry-changing level.
The University of Alberta's nanoFAB facility will receive an investment of $1 million from the government to help purchase three equipment tool sets (new #high_volume_deposition_tool, #contact_aligners, and #etching_tools) essential to the multistep process of manufacturing many #nanotechnology_products.
#Nanofluids: one #US_patent for every 240 papers in 2018! The high volume of theoretical and computational studies or low commercialization potential of nanofluids could be the reasons for the difference.
The U.S. National Academies have recommended that #NNI agencies should use innovation incentive prizes as #XPrize and #InnoCentive to engage a broader community to solve problems.
About 70 % of #nanopublications are published jointly by more than one country each year. Some states, such as Saudi Arabia, have the highest share of #joint_nano_articles (more than 85 %), and some, like China, has the lowest percentage.
Logic and memory devices that use #nanomagnetic mechanisms to store and manipulate information, require no #energy to maintain their magnetic state.
#Nanozymes have recently been discovered as a new breakthrough which comes up with a promising insight into the next generations of #bionanomaterials in various industrial fields.
#Nanomaterials, #nanomedicine, #nano_optics and #nanoelectronics had the highest shares among all nanotechnology events in 2018 respectively.
According to SCImagoJr, #Nature_Nanotechnology, #Advanced_Materials, and #Nano_Letters show the highest ranks in the field of nanoscience and technology.
#Nanosensors will have a #market of over $1200 million in 2021, and the share of #water monitoring sensors is predicted to be about $200 million.
Various aviation companies are developing de-icing #nanocoatings for aircraft surfaces to prevent the snow-related flight delays.
#Nanofluids are mainly used as coolant in #heat_transfer equipment, but novel applications include electromagnetic machines, electronic vehicles, data centers, fuel cells, and so on.
As a voluntary nanotechnology certification program, #NanoVerify monitors and processes Malaysian products with the claims of nano-elements.
China, Japan, South Korea, Iran, and Taiwan are the most active Asian countries in the introduction of #nanotechnology_products into the global markets.
In Canada, the new substances that fall within the #nano_scale range must be identified under the New Substances Notification #Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers).
