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“We started to produce nanoparticles that, in addition to being compatible with the environment, minimize the level of sensitivity, toxicity, and irritation,” said Amir Hossein Bakhtiari, the managing director of the company.
He explained that to make a nano-based product, the manufacturers used to impregnate the outer surface of the product with nanomaterials and after some time it will be separated from the surface due to contact with the surrounding environment, adding, “What we did is that we used the nanomaterials inside the fabric, and therefore, we no longer have the problem of nanomaterials’ disappearance.”
“This strategy will increase the longevity of the properties of nanomaterials in fabric,” Bakhtiari said.
Iran currently ranks 4th in the world in the production of nano-science. This comes as part of Iran's Nanotechnology Initiative Council’s first development plan, which has sought to advance nano-science in the country.
The second 10-year plan, which started in 2015, seeks to move nano-science from paper to the industry. In the meantime, the Nanotechnology Initiative Council is working on a third plan to trade Iranian nano-products in the global market.
Former Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said earlier this year that some 270 companies are active in the nanotechnology field and it is predicted that their revenue will reach up to $310 million, currently, nanotech products are produced and marketed in more than 15 industrial fields based on domestic technologies and are being exported to 49 countries from five continents.
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