Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, listens during a tour Purdue University's microelectronic training facilities at the Birck Nanotechnology Center, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in West Lafayette, Ind. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo is at right. Darron Cummings/Pool via REUTERS 

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., Purdue University President Mitch Daniels and Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb listen as Gerhard Klimeck, speaks during a tour Purdue University's microelectronic training facilities at the Birck Nanotechnology Center, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in West Lafayette, Ind. Darron Cummings/Pool via REUTERS 

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, right, listens during a tour Purdue University's microelectronic training facilities at the Birck Nanotechnology Center, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in West Lafayette, Ind. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is at left. Darron Cummings/Pool via REUTERS 

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels talks with Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo following a tour Purdue University's microelectronic training facilities at the Birck Nanotechnology Center, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in West Lafayette, Ind. Darron Cummings/Pool via REUTERS 

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Secretary of State Antony Blinken listen during a tour Purdue University's microelectronic training facilities at the Birck Nanotechnology Center, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in West Lafayette, Ind. Darron Cummings/Pool via REUTERS 

Harvard University nanotechnology professor Charles Lieber, who is charged with lying to U.S. authorities about his ties to a China-run recruitment program and funding he allegedly received from the Chinese government for research, arrives at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder 

Harvard University nanotechnology professor Charles Lieber, who is charged with lying to U.S. authorities about his ties to a China-run recruitment program and funding he allegedly received from the Chinese government for research, arrives at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder 

Harvard University nanotechnology professor Charles Lieber, who is charged with lying to U.S. authorities about his ties to a China-run recruitment program and funding he allegedly received from the Chinese government for research, arrives at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder 

Harvard University nanotechnology professor Charles Lieber, who is charged with lying to U.S. authorities about his ties to a China-run recruitment program and funding he allegedly received from the Chinese government for research, arrives at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder 

Harvard University nanotechnology professor Charles Lieber, who is charged with lying to U.S. authorities about his ties to a China-run recruitment program and funding he allegedly received from the Chinese government for research, arrives at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder 

Harvard University nanotechnology professor Charles Lieber, who is charged with lying to U.S. authorities about his ties to a China-run recruitment program and funding he allegedly received from the Chinese government for research, arrives at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder 

Harvard University nanotechnology professor Charles Lieber, who is charged with lying to U.S. authorities about his ties to a China-run recruitment program and funding he allegedly received from the Chinese government for research, arrives at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder 

Hoses float as members of a team of researchers from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav), who developed a method that converts solar energy into photovoltaic energy that activates a pump that sends "nanobubbles" into the water, check a water system at a trajinera boat as part of a project to clean the polluted waters at the canals of Xochimilco, in Mexico City, Mexico August 20, 2021. Picture taken August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan 

A member of a team of researchers from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav), who developed a method that converts solar energy into photovoltaic energy that activates a pump that sends "nanobubbles" into the water, tests a water system at a trajinera boat as part of a project to clean the polluted waters at the canals of Xochimilco, in Mexico City, Mexico August 20, 2021. Picture taken August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan 

A member of a team of researchers from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav), who developed a method that converts solar energy into photovoltaic energy that activates a pump that sends "nanobubbles" into the water, tests a water system at a trajinera boat as part of a project to clean the polluted waters at the canals of Xochimilco, in Mexico City, Mexico August 20, 2021. Picture taken August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan 

Members of a team of researchers from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav), who developed a method that converts solar energy into photovoltaic energy that activates a pump that sends "nanobubbles" into the water, install a pump in a trajinera boat as part of a project to clean the polluted waters at the canals of Xochimilco, in Mexico City, Mexico August 20, 2021. Picture taken August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan 

Members of a team of researchers from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav), who developed a method that converts solar energy into photovoltaic energy that activates a pump that sends "nanobubbles" into the water, install a water system at a trajinera boat as part of a project to clean the polluted waters at the canals of Xochimilco, in Mexico City, Mexico August 20, 2021. Picture taken August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan 

Members of a team of researchers from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav), who developed a method that converts solar energy into photovoltaic energy that activates a pump that sends "nanobubbles" into the water, check a pump at a trajinera boat as part of a project to clean the polluted waters at the canals of Xochimilco, in Mexico City, Mexico August 20, 2021. Picture taken August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan 

A member of a team of researchers from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav), who developed a method that converts solar energy into photovoltaic energy that activates a pump that sends "nanobubbles" into the water, installs a solar cell atop a trajinera boat as part of a project to clean the polluted waters at the canals of Xochimilco, in Mexico City, Mexico August 20, 2021. Picture taken August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan 

Members of a team of researchers from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav), who developed a method that converts solar energy into photovoltaic energy that activates a pump that sends "nanobubbles" into the water, assemble a water system at a trajinera boat as part of a project to clean the polluted waters at the canals of Xochimilco, in Mexico City, Mexico August 20, 2021. Picture taken August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan 

A member of a team of researchers from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav), who developed a method that converts solar energy into photovoltaic energy that activates a pump that sends "nanobubbles" into the water, connects a solar panel atop a trajinera boat as part of a project to clean the polluted waters at the canals of Xochimilco, in Mexico City, Mexico August 20, 2021. Picture taken August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan 

Members of a team of researchers from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav), who developed a method that converts solar energy into photovoltaic energy that activates a pump that sends "nanobubbles" into the water, test a water system at a trajinera boat as part of a project to clean the polluted waters at the canals of Xochimilco, in Mexico City, Mexico August 20, 2021. Picture taken August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan 

Moored trajineras are pictured at one of the canals of Xochimilco where a team of researchers from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav), who developed a method that converts solar energy into photovoltaic energy that activates a pump that sends "nanobubbles" into the water, are running a project to clean the polluted waters at the canals of Xochimilco, in Mexico City, Mexico August 20, 2021. Picture taken August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan 

Researcher Sabine Szunerits, Professor in Chemistry at the University Lille 1, surrounded Rabah Boukherroub, Research Director Group Leader at the Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology at the University of Lille, and Professor David Devos, displays a smartphone showing curve indicating a COVID-19 test positive result during an interview with Reuters about a project called CorDial-1 for rapid COVID tests via smartphones, at the CNRS in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France, February 11, 2021. Picture taken February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol 

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with C2N director Giancarlo Faini as he visits Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech as he visits Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with C2N director Giancarlo Faini as he visits Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with C2N director Giancarlo Faini as he visits Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron talks with researchers as he visits Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron talks to Chairman of Pasqual Christophe Jurczak as he visits Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron visits Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with C2N director Giancarlo Faini as he visits Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron meets C2N director Giancarlo Faini as he visits Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron visits Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron meets researchers as he visits Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron visits Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron visits Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for a visit to the Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for a visit to the Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron is welcomed as he arrives for a visit to the Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) of the CNRS at the Paris-Saclay University research unit in Orsay, near Paris, France, January 21, 2021. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS 

A worker holds a respirator containing a nanofibrous layer at the Pardam nanotechnology factory in Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

A worker holds a respirator containing a nanofibrous layer at the Pardam nanotechnology factory in Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

A worker checks a nanofibrous layer used to produce respirators at the Pardam nanotechnology factory in Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

A worker operates a machine producing nanofibrous layers for respirators at the Pardam nanotechnology factory in Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

A worker wears a respirator containing a nanofibrous layer at the Pardam nanotechnology factory in Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

A worker operates a machine producing nanofibrous layers for respirators at the Pardam nanotechnology factory in Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

A worker operates a machine producing nanofibrous layers for respirators at the Pardam nanotechnology factory in Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

Respirators containing nanofibrous layers are pictured at the Pardam nanotechnology factory in Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

A worker packs a roll of nanofibrous layer used to produce respirators at the Pardam nanotechnology factory in Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

Catalan nanotechnology engineer Sergi Santos holds the head of Samantha, a sex doll packed with artificial intelligence providing her the capability to respond to different scenarios and verbal stimulus, in his house in Rubi, north of Barcelona, Spain, March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Catalan nanotechnology engineer Sergi Santos holds the head of Samantha, a sex doll packed with artificial intelligence providing her the capability to respond to different scenarios and verbal stimulus, in his house in Rubi, north of Barcelona, Spain, March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea 

Catalan nanotechnology engineer Sergi Santos holds the head of Samantha, a sex doll packed with artificial intelligence providing her the capability to respond to different scenarios and verbal stimulus, in his house in Rubi, north of Barcelona, Spain, March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea 

Catalan nanotechnology engineer Sergi Santos uses a laptop to set up Samantha, a sex doll packed with artificial intelligence providing her the capability to respond to different scenarios and verbal stimulus, in his house in Rubi, north of Barcelona, Spain, March 31, 2017. Picture taken on March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea 

Catalan nanotechnology engineer Sergi Santos poses beside Samantha, a sex doll packed with artificial intelligence providing her the capability to respond to different scenarios and verbal stimulus, in his house in Rubi, north of Barcelona, Spain, March 31, 2017. Picture taken on March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea 

Catalan nanotechnology engineer Sergi Santos adjusts cables at the head of Samantha, a sex doll packed with artificial intelligence providing her the capability to respond to different scenarios and verbal stimulus, in his house in Rubi, north of Barcelona, Spain, March 31, 2017. Picture taken on March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea 

Catalan nanotechnology engineer Sergi Santos holds up the head of Samantha, a sex doll packed with artificial intelligence providing her the capability to respond to different scenarios and verbal stimulus, in his house in Rubi, north of Barcelona, Spain, March 31, 2017. Picture taken on March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea 

Catalan nanotechnology engineer Sergi Santos holds the head of Samantha, a sex doll packed with artificial intelligence providing her the capability to respond to different scenarios and verbal stimulus, in his house in Rubi, north of Barcelona, Spain, March 31, 2017. Picture taken on March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea 

Catalan nanotechnology engineer Sergi Santos sits beside Samantha, a sex doll packed with artificial intelligence providing her the capability to respond to different scenarios and verbal stimulus, in his house in Rubi, north of Barcelona, Spain, March 31, 2017. Picture taken on March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Head of state-owned nanotechnology agency Rusnano Anatoly Chubais (R) and ABH Holdings (ABHH) Chairman Petr Aven attend a session during the Week of Russian Business, organized by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), in Moscow, Russia March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

ABH Holdings (ABHH) Chairman Petr Aven (L) and head of state-owned nanotechnology agency Rusnano Anatoly Chubais attend a session during the Week of Russian Business, organized by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), in Moscow, Russia March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin