Over 2,800 Nanotech-Related Devices Provided to Iranian Academic, Industrial Researchers
The network created under the supervision of the Nanotechnology Development Headquarters of the Iranian Vice-Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy is aimed at sharing laboratory devices and services and help researchers have better access to these infrastructures and services.
At present, 2,830 nanotech-related devices are providing services in 87 research laboratories in universities and the private sector within the framework of a nanotechnology laboratory network.
Meantime, 226 advanced nanotech-related devices have been manufactured by 61 Iranian companies.
Iran has made nanotechnology a priority in recent years, achieving lots of success. In January 2022, the nanotechnology research website StatNano ranked Iran as fourth in the world in nanotechnology publications.
“The number of scientific articles is deemed a significant parameter for measuring and comparing scientific development,” read the StatNao report.
China was atop the rankings, followed by the United States, India and Iran.
Some other entities have also recognized Iranian contributions to the field. In February 2022, the American Institute of Physics published a scholarly article on the use of nanomaterials for cancer treatment by Iranian scientists.
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