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Study on the Identification of Disruptive Technology, Evidence from Nano Science

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Disruptive technology is an innovation that initially performs poorly in mainstream markets, but eventually disrupts and replaces existing product. The concept of disruptive technology has been studied at both micro and macro levels. The identification of disruptive technology includes the approaches based on subjective data and objective data. Understanding the nature and dynamics of disruptive technology is important for businesses and policymakers as it can have significant impacts on industries and society as a whole. In this paper, 259,706 nanotechnology papers from 1999 to 2015, are collected to identify disruptive technology in nano field. 53 highly cited paper with more than 1000 citations are analysed, using Disruption index. Study results show that Phosphorene and Polymer solar cells are the top high disruptive technology. In terms of team sizes, disruptive technology in highly cited papers are small teams.

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Kong, Y., Huang, B., Wang, Y., Peng, G. (2023). Study on the Identification of Disruptive Technology, Evidence from Nano Science. In: Streitz, N.A., Konomi, S. (eds) Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions. HCII 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14036. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34668-2_6

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