- Capability group
- Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
- Domain
- Critical Technology · Hard Power
- Identifier
- factbase.org/cap/H6EDVXCQ0Q
- Reference
- Nanomaterials Wikipedia
Papers
35.6k
2020–2024
Paper growth
+16%
2020–24 on 2015–19
Patent families
62.6k
2020–2024
Filed abroad
22%
families in more than one office
In the framework
What the capability covers and what it leaves to others, and the indicators it will be measured by.
Bounds
Covers nanoscale engineering and structured materials; their applications read across the domain, from semiconductors to sensing to therapeutics, and register under the capabilities they enable.
Lineage
Carried from v0.0 (formerly Nanoscale materials and manufacturing) with the same identifier, absorbing Novel metamaterials (retired): both nodes hold the same capacity, engineering properties through structure at small scale.
Indicators
- research publication share in nanomaterialsResearch
- patent families in nanotechnologyPatents
- nanomaterials production outputPending
Research
Papers classified to the capability, by year and by the nation of their authors' institutions, 2020–2024. Read from the v0.0 research topics Nanoscale materials and manufacturing and Novel metamaterials.
Papers by year
The five leading nations, papers by year
Share of papers, 2020–2024
Of papers with a known author nation; 33% have none and are left out.
- 1China32.4%9,835 papers
- 2United States11.6%3,534 papers
- 3India6.6%2,017 papers
- 4Germany3.3%1,011 papers
- 5United Kingdom3.3%997 papers
- 6Russia2.8%864 papers
- 7Japan2.7%825 papers
- 8South Korea2.5%765 papers
- 9Australia2.2%682 papers
- 10Iran2.2%662 papers
Leading institutions, 2020–2024
By fractional count: each paper divided among its authors' institutions.
- 1Harbin Institute of Technology219fractional papers
- 2Chinese Academy of Sciences199fractional papers
- 3Xi'an Jiaotong University175fractional papers
- 4University of Electronic Science and Technology of China162fractional papers
- 5Shanghai Jiao Tong University153fractional papers
- 6Beijing Institute of Technology142fractional papers
- 7Tianjin University139fractional papers
- 8Northwestern Polytechnical University129fractional papers
- 9Southeast University123fractional papers
- 10Nanjing University114fractional papers
Patents
Patent families by the nation of origin of their applicants and their earliest priority year, from the CPC and IPC classes the capability is read from. 2025 onwards is incomplete: families are published 18 months after priority.
Families by priority year
The five leading origins, families by year
15,738 applicants filed here in 2015–2024; the five largest held 9% of families (HHI 28 of 10,000: unconcentrated).
Share of families by origin, 2020–2024
- 1China70.7%44,275 families
- 2United States7.5%4,708 families
- 3South Korea7.4%4,644 families
- 4Japan3.6%2,282 families
- 5Taiwan3.5%2,181 families
- 6Germany0.7%462 families
- 7Russia0.6%386 families
- 8France0.5%340 families
- 9United Kingdom0.4%272 families
- 10Canada0.4%231 families
Applicants filing most internationally, 2015–2024
Families filed in more than one office, by applicant as the offices name them.
- 1SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD1,422international families
- 2TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD1,377international families
- 3INTEL CORP600international families
- 4SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD281international families
- 5IBM278international families
- 6CENTRE NAT RECH SCIENT274international families
- 7UNIV TSINGHUA271international families
- 8COMMISSARIAT ENERGIE ATOMIQUE256international families
- 9HON HAI PREC IND CO LTD251international families
- 10TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG237international families
Classification read
- B82 Nanotechnology: nanostructures, their manufacture and their uses · 869k documents
- C01B32/15 Nano-carbon: graphene, nanotubes, fullerenes · 127.3k documents
- Y10S977/00 Older US nanotechnology cross-reference collection · 169.5k documents
- G02B1/002 Optical metamaterials and photonic crystals · 15.3k documents
- H01Q15/0086 Electromagnetic metamaterials for radio waves · 9.4k documents
Shares inventions with
Capabilities whose classes the same families also fall in, by overlap (Jaccard).
- Quantum Computing1,409 families · 0.045
- Compound & Power Semiconductors2,008 families · 0.045
- Advanced Semiconductor Fabrication5,517 families · 0.034
- Semiconductor Equipment & Materials2,374 families · 0.020
- Functional Materials & Coatings992 families · 0.018
Companies
50 companies in this capability, across 8 regions. The leading 12:
- 1Cabot CorporationOne of the world's largest producers of carbon nanotube conductive additives, fumed metal oxides and engineered carbon nanostructures for batteries, polymers and coatings.Manufacture
- 2OCSiAlThe world's largest producer of single-wall carbon nanotubes (TUBALL), with production in Novosibirsk and Serbia supplying battery and polymer makers globally.Manufacture
- 3Jiangsu Cnano TechnologyChina's largest maker of carbon nanotube powders and conductive pastes, a leading supplier to lithium-ion battery manufacturers such as CATL and BYD.Manufacture
- 4Samsung ElectronicsThe top international patent applicant in this capability, commercialising cadmium-free quantum dot materials in QLED/QD-OLED displays and researching 2D and nanostructured device materials.Research
- 5LG ChemOperates one of the largest multi-wall carbon nanotube production capacities in the world at Yeosu for battery conductive additives.Manufacture
- 6TSMCSecond-largest international patent applicant in nanotechnology, with research on 2D-material and carbon-nanotube transistors and the world's most advanced nanoscale fabrication.Research
- 7Evonik IndustriesLeading global producer of nanostructured fumed silica and metal oxides (AEROSIL, AEROXIDE) used across coatings, electronics and batteries.Manufacture
- 8ArkemaProduces Graphistrength multi-wall carbon nanotubes and nanostructured acrylic block copolymers for batteries and composites.Manufacture
- 9Resonac HoldingsFormerly Showa Denko, maker of VGCF vapour-grown carbon nanofibres used as conductive additives in lithium-ion batteries.Manufacture
- 10IBMA top patent applicant whose research labs pioneered carbon-nanotube and 2D-material transistors and nanosheet device architectures.Research
- 11Shoei Chemical (incl. Nanosys)Acquired quantum-dot leader Nanosys in 2023 and supplies quantum dot and nano metal powder materials to display and electronics makers.Manufacture
- 12Zeon CorporationMass-produces single-wall carbon nanotubes by the AIST Super-Growth method under the ZEONANO brand.Manufacture
