Current status of nanotechnology in Arab Gulf States

Author

Alfeeli, Bassam ; Mohiuddin, Tariq ; Saoud, Khaled

Author_Institution

Nanotechnol. & Adv. Mater. Program, Kuwait Inst. for Sci. Res., Safat, Kuwait

fYear

2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A growing number of nanotechnology research, education and industry initiatives have been recently launched by several Arab Gulf States to quickly build scientific capacity and track the worldwide developments in nanotechnology. This comprehensive commitment is intended to serve national interests in energy, water and food supply, medicine, and local industry. This study assesses current status of nanotechnology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, State of Kuwait, State of Qatar, Sultanate of Oman, and United Arab Emirates.

Keywords

nanotechnology; Arab Gulf States; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; State of Kuwait; State of Qatar; Sultanate of Oman; United Arab Emirates; energy; food supply; local industry; medicine; nanotechnology education; nanotechnology industry initiatives; nanotechnology research; nanotechnology status; national interests; scientific capacity; water; worldwide developments; Commercialization; Communities; Instruments; Lead; Materials; Micromechanical devices; Water conservation; Equipment and Facilities; Funding Opportunities; Infrastructure; National Policy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2012 12th IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Birmingham

ISSN

1944-9399

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2198-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NANO.2012.6321888

Filename

6321888