This issue of the nanotechnology opportunity engine profiles significant advancements in nanotechnology for various enhanced industrial applications. The featured innovations include sunlight-activated durable anti-fog coatings, dual-functionality coatings for use in solar panels, bioinspired nanotechnology for sustainable and productive agriculture, scalable nanofiber production for next-generation health and cosmetic applications, scalable low-emission carbon nanomaterials for lithium-ion battery applications, MXene-coated lenses for enhanced eye protection against EM radiation, and synthesis of thiophene-fused aromatic nanobelts for optical and electronic materials.

• Which developments promise enhanced performance, sustainability, and functionality across various industrial products and processes?
• What are innovative megatrends and growth prospects across specialty chemicals, plastics, polymers, chemicals, bio-chemicals, metals, coatings, and thin films?
• Which disruptive advancements are paving the way for growth in surface treatments, composites, alloys, oil and gas, fuel additives, and fibers?