Iran among top 25 in the world of nanotechnology
In 2000, Iran was 60th on the list of most advanced countries in the nanotechnology field. It didn’t really seem that the rank will improve, but it did — significantly. Iran managed to improve its rank to the 25th place in just 8 years, and they are holding the 1st place among the Muslim countries for several years now.
Chairman of the Nanotechnology Association of Iran, Dr. Mojtaba Shariati Niasar, said that Iran’s research in this field during the post-Islamic revolution era can’t be compared with that before the Islamic Revolution. He also said that Iranian researchers published more than 1,100 ISI articles in the nanotechnology field over the past seven years and more than 10 universities all across the country are now involved in the nano-related sciences and technology.
“Over 2,250 MA and Ph.D. theses were compiled and hundreds of scientific and specialized meetings were held on the issue,” added Dr. Niasar.
Everybody knows that Iran is heavily investing in nano-related fields, and they will probably approach the top 15 in the very near future.
Source: payvand.com/news/09/jan/1275.html
