In PreLynx #sanitizer a #nanopolymer disinfectant vapor containing a potent #virucidal agent inactivates all of the lipophilic viruses including herpes, influenza, and #coronavirus within twenty minutes.
#Nanomedicine research about the role of #chloroquine in #nanoparticle uptake in cells showed promise in developing an effective treatment for #COVID_19.
#Nanofiber face masks and #respirators enriched with accelerated #copper_oxide not only mechanically intercept #viruses and bacteria, they actively kill them as well.
The reproducible and durable #nanoscale device based on a unique material platform can achieve optimal digital in-memory #computing while being extremely energy efficient.
The #nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics developed by Chinese researchers can absorb and deactivate the #coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) with 96.5 - 99.9 percent efficiency.
Using an insulation block #electrospinning process to manufacture orthogonal #nanofibers by controlling the alignment of nanofibers Korean researchers succeeded in developing a washable nanofiber-based face mask.
#mRNA technology has been widely used in many #nanotechnology_patents focusing on the #coronavirus (SARS / MERS) treatment approaches.
Around 5.2 percent (478 patents) of all #coronavirus related patents so far registered are in the field of #nanotechnology.
A vast majority of #nanotechnology_patents on #coronaviruses have focused on the #diagnostic methods based on #CRISPR technology.
Integrating a proprietary #nanorod technology into a #lateral_flow_test platform resulted in developing of a rapid screening test for the current #coronavirus, nCoV19.
#Nanofiber based #N95_respirators can block out at least 95 percent of the airborne particles larger than 2.5 microns, including droplets carrying #viruses and #bacteria.
Nearly 3 percent of total patents in #USPTO and #EPO in 2019 are in the field of #nanotechnology while this share is about 10 percent for nanopublications.
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.
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.
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.