#South_Africa has the highest #international_collaboration in publishing #nano_articles with #India, followed by the United States. But in recent years, this collaboration has shifted more towards other African countries.
The recently published #nanotechnology_standard of #ASTM focuses specifically on fiber-based constructs for tissue-engineered medical products.
#Claytronics is the product of the convergence of #nanotechnology and #information_technology. Such materials would be composed of #catoms which would be the smallest indivisible units of the #programmable_matter.
The material class of #MXenes is also an excellent solid #lubricant that is extremely durable and performs its task even under the most difficult conditions.
The #Spectradyne nCS1 is a particle analyzing instrument that uses #microfluidic resistive pulse sensing rather than optical measurements to determine the concentration and size of samples. #nanotechnology_standard
New #software, called MagicDNA, helps researchers design ways to take tiny strands of #DNA and combine them into complex structures that can move and complete a variety of tasks, including #drug_delivery.
#Nanobodies are able to access #epitopes that are inaccessible to conventional #antibodies. It should be possible to develop nanobodies that recognize novel epitopes that retain broad neutralizing activity.
19 #nanotechnology_standards were published during the first quarter of 2021, 8 of which are related to test methods and characterizations.
#Centrifugal_spinning that utilizes centrifugal force instead of high voltage to produce polymer nanofibers has been suggested as a safer and more cost-effective alternative to #electrospinning.
About 14 #nanotechnology_patents (USPTO+EPO) per 100 #nano_articles in 2020: USA, Japan, and Taiwan have the highest ratio.
Near to 15 #nanotechnology_patents were registered with USPTO and EPO in 2020, for every 100 WoS indexed #nano_articles. The United States leads the way with a rate of about 52.
About 3 percent of the total patent applications filed with the #USPTO and #EPO in 2020 are related to nanotechnology; while the ratio is about 9% for #nano_articles.
#Vietnam had significant progress in publishing #nano_articles in 2020. Around 17 percent of Vietnam's scientific publications had been related to nanotechnology.
Microorganisms such as microalgae, yeasts, #fungi, #bacteria, and even #viruses can be utilized as biofactories to produce single and multi-element #inorganic_nanomaterials under mild conditions.
Researchers used #aerolysin mutants to systematically design #nanopores for reading out signals of their informational polymers. These aerolysin nanopores can be used for #decoding binary information.
Using #carbon_dioxide to produce #SWCNT can result in the production of #carbon_nanotubes that are competitively priced with other conventional carbon structures.
#LG_Chem has recently announced plans to increase the production capacity of #carbon_nanotubes from 500 to 1,700 tons per annum to meet #battery #market demands.
#DNA_sequencing technology is so close to #market launch that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a #standard methodology for DNA sequencing and measurement.
The African Union recognizes #nanotechnology as a compelling imperative and identifies nanotechnology as one of six priority areas in its Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for #Africa 2024.
Using #carbon_nanotubes as anode-conductive additives allows for a reduction in the use of conductive materials by around 30 percent and increase the capacity of #lithium_ion_batteries.