Table 2. Search strings used in the searches performed in TIM.

The first string is the general final string, and the subsequent entries show the extension of each string for the three cases of publications, projects and patents.

Topic	Search string	Number of results	Databases searched by TIM
General search string *
Advanced nanomaterials	topic:((nanoform OR nanomaterial) AND (active OR adaptive OR advanced OR "artificially structured" OR biobased OR biomaterial OR biomimetic OR complex OR composite OR functional OR hybrid OR innovative OR intelligent OR multicomponent OR multi-component OR multifunctional OR multistructural OR responsive OR smart OR "stimuli responsive" OR structural OR structured))	68,215	SCOPUS, CORDIS and PATSTAT
Smart nanomaterials ‡	topic:((nanoform OR nanomaterial) AND (intelligent OR smart OR "stimuli responsive"))	2,395 (3.5% of advanced nanomaterials)
Additional queries applied for Publications ***
Advanced nanomaterials	AND class: (conf OR boch OR review OR article) AND emm_year:[2012 TO 2021]	45,687	SCOPUS
Smart nanomaterials ‡	AND class: (conf OR boch OR review OR article) AND emm_year:[2012 TO 2021]	2,041 (4.4% of advanced nanomaterials)
Additional queries applied for Projects *
Advanced nanomaterials	AND class:euproject	563	CORDIS
Smart nanomaterials ‡	AND class:euproject	77 (13% of advanced nanomaterials)
Additional queries applied for Patents **
Advanced nanomaterials	AND class:patent	3700	PATSTAT
Smart nanomaterials ‡	AND class: patent	43 (1.1% advanced nanomaterials)

Data retrieved:

^*2-Feb-2022;

^**21-Jun-2022;

^***23-Jun-2022;

^‡subgroup of advanced nanomaterials.