TY - GEN
T1 - Current status of nanotechnology in Arab Gulf States
AU - Alfeeli, Bassam
AU - Mohiuddin, Tariq
AU - Saoud, Khaled
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Equipment and Facilities
KW - Funding Opportunities
KW - Infrastructure
KW - National Policy
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U2 - 10.1109/NANO.2012.6321888
DO - 10.1109/NANO.2012.6321888
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84869175023
SN - 9781467321983
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology
BT - 2012 12th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2012
T2 - 2012 12th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2012
Y2 - 20 August 2012 through 23 August 2012
ER -