Three to Four Nanotech Products Released Weekly
10 May 2008, 14:46
Categories: nanoparticles other
While polls show most Americans know little or nothing about nanotechnology, the Consumer Products Inventory database maintained by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) shows that new nanotechnology consumer products are coming on the market at the rate of three to four per week.
The number of consumer products using nanotechnology has grown from 212 to 609 since PEN launched the world’s first online inventory of manufacturer-identified nanotech goods in March 2006. Health and fitness items, which include cosmetics and sunscreens, represent 60 percent of inventory products. There are 35 automotive products in the PEN inventory, and silver is the most cited nanomaterial used. Silver nanoparticles, or NanoSilver, is found in 143 products or over 20 percent of the inventory. Carbon, including carbon nanotubes and fullerenes, is the second highest nanoscale material cited.
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