Global nanotechnology development from 1991 to 2012: Patents, scientific publications, and effect of NSF funding

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Hsinchun ^a   Roco, Mihail C ^b   Son, Jaebong ^a   Jiang, Shan ^a   Larson, Catherine A ^a   Gao, Qiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometric analysis; Citation; Longitudinal evaluation; Nanoscience; Nanotechnology; Patent analysis; Public funding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; INVESTMENTS; NANOSCIENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PUBLISHING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CITATION; LONGITUDINAL EVALUATION; PATENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC FUNDING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

BASIC RESEARCH; BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY YIELD; ENGINEERING; FUNDING; GROWTH RATE; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; INVENTOR; LASER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR MODEL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PATENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; TISSUE ENGINEERING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882783195     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1951-4     Document Type: Review

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