Iran 4th Active Country in Developing Int’l Nanotechnology Standards
Recently, a meeting of new international nano standards projects was held at the headquarters of Iran Nanotechnology Innovation Council in the presence of experts from the National Organization of Standards and the nano headquarters, officials of international nanotechnology standards projects, and specialists with experience in international activities to discuss and review the new proposals that are due to be presented to the ISO by Iran and make the necessary amendments.
In this meeting, three proposals for developing new international standards were presented by the project managers, and the people present in the meeting who had previous experience in developing international standards expressed their opinions. These comments help to enrich the proposals and make providers more prepared to present and defend ISO projects.
Iran will present and defend its projects in three of the five working groups of this committee. Three new international standard proposals will be presented by Iran, and three projects under development that were presented in previous sessions will be defended.
Iran has made nanotechnology a priority in recent years, achieving remarkable success. The nanotechnology research website StatNano has 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, according to StatNano that provides the global and regional ranking of the main indicators of nano science, technology, and industry. China was atop the rankings, followed by the United States and India.
International entities have acknowledged 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.
Among Iran's nanotechnology products, 42% are related to construction, 17% to petroleum and 13% to automobile manufacturing.
Nanotechnology refers to industrial production from atomic and molecule-sized matter. It leverages the properties of nanoparticles into a wide range of applications spanning a vast number of industries. Key accomplishments in the field of nanotechnology can be seen across a wide variety of engineering, energy and medical sectors.
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