#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 #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
#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.
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.
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.
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.
A recent survey carried out in five selected EU countries shows that the majority (87 %) of study respondents want to know if the product they are buying contains #nanomaterials.
#Egypt is currently the top #nanotechnology research country in Africa, while #South_Africa has filed the most #patents and established the most nanotechnology companies and institutions.
About half of the world's #nano_articles are annually published in #Q1_journals. Singapore, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Switzerland have a large share of published articles in Q1 journals.
#Nanocomposites composed of #nanocellulose and metal nanoparticles are soft and biocompatible materials for optical, catalytic, electrical, and biomedical applications.
#Singapore has the highest 5-year average citation per article with nearly 12000 #nano_articles published between 2015 and 2019, followed by #Australia.
A mineral #nanocrystal based coating when is charged by any visible light and creates a potent oxidation reaction that completely breaks down any organic contaminants including #viruses and bacterias.
Iran, a country under a series of bitter US sanctions, is launching the largest #N95_mask plant in West Asia with a production capacity of 4 million per day, relying on electrospun #nanofiber technology.
Oxford #nanopore MinION device is the only portable and real-time device that allows for DNA and RNA #sequencing analysis of the samples collected from all patients with positive #COVID_19 tests.
