Films with nanoscale thickness (One dimension in the 1 to 100 nm range) including nanolayers, ultrathin films, giant magneto resistant materials (GMR), self assembled monolayers, Gradient multilayer (GML), and Langmuir–Blodgett Films

Reference : Nanotechnology and Engineered Nanomaterials - A Primer, W. Salamon, Patrick Courtney and Ian Shuttler, PerkinElmer, Inc. USA, 2010

Nanofilm is a film with thickness in the nanoscale. A nanofilm is a nanolayer which can be freestanding. A nanofilm can be made of solids or liquids. A nanofilm can be composed of a monomolecular layer

Reference : ISO/TS 80004-11:2017

• Nanocoating
• Nanolayer

SCIENCE
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
Average citation per nano-article 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	1.70	Citation per article	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/05/10	33th	
h-Index of nano-articles 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	10.00	--	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/05/10	26th	
ISI indexed nano-articles 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	462	Article	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/05/10	26th	
Total number of citations to nano-articles 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	786	Citation	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/05/10	27th	
INNOVATION
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
Nanotechnology patents in USPTO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	14	Patent	Orbit.com	2019/05/01	28th	
Nanotechnology published patent applications in USPTO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	18	Patent	Orbit.com	2019/05/01	30th	