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 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	1.23	Citation per article	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/04/10	37th	
h-Index of nano-articles 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	8.00	--	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/04/10	28th	
ISI indexed nano-articles 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	495	Article	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/04/10	26th	
Total number of citations to nano-articles 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	607	Citation	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/04/10	28th	
INNOVATION
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
Nanotechnology patents in USPTO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	15	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/07/01	30th	
Nanotechnology published patent applications in USPTO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	27	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/07/01	28th	