The global market for nanostructured coatings and thin films in 2011 is forecasted to be approximately $227.5 million dollars, growing to over $1.4 billion by 2016. The fastest growing markets to 2016 will be in interior and exterior household protection, textiles and medical markets, driven by the increased demands for protective and repellent coatings. Conductive carbon nanotube coatings are also finding market traction in the electronics and automotive sectors and this will continue to be a strong growth area.
ELECTRONICS.CA PUBLICATIONS, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "Nanocoatings: Global Market and Applications".
Nanomaterials such as thin films and engineered surfaces have been developed and applied across a wide range of industries for decades. The ability of controlling surface coatings at the nanoscale is of paramount importance for a large-scale industrial development of nanotechnology. Highly sophisticated surface-related properties, such as optical, magnetic, electronic and catalytic can be obtained via nanostructured coatings. At present, many physical and chemical methods are available for the nanofabrication of layers and coatings with nanometric control of the structural and functional features; however, the scale-up of these methods remains a major challenge.
The global market for nanostructured coatings and thin films in 2011 is forecasted to be approximately $227.5 million dollars, growing to over $1.4 billion by 2016.
“One way” coating systems based on nanomaterials make up the bulk of this market, for example in anti-bacterial; protective and conductive coatings. However under development are “two way” systems such as shape-memory materials, hydrophobic/hydrophilic switching and thermochromic pigmented coatings that will come onto the market in the next 4-5 years.
The fastest growing markets to 2016 will be in interior and exterior household protection, textiles and medical markets, driven by the increased demands for protective and repellent coatings. Conductive carbon nanotube coatings are also finding market traction in the electronics and automotive sectors and this will continue to be a strong growth area. Continuing to hold the biggest market share will be military applications such as anti-corrosion coatings which also find application in the gas and oil markets.
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Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' web site. View the report: Nanocoatings: Global Market and Applications