The global market for thin film technologies (including equipment, materials and services) is currently valued at more than $50 billion and continues to grow.  On-going miniaturization in the semiconductor industry also impacts other sectors.  As a result, there is a continuous effort to create components and products that are smaller, thinner, lighter and also, for certain applications, flexible.  In addition, new developments in nanotechnology are also contributing to advances in materials and fabrication methods for producing very thin films, that is, those films below 30 nanometers or those with a thickness measured in atoms.  

There are various types of thin film materials (e.g., metals, alloys, oxides, non-oxides, metalorganics and metal salts).  These materials can be deposited by a variety of physical or chemical methods, and they find application in the fabrication process of numerous devices within several industrial sectors (including electronics, optoelectronics, mechanical/chemical, energy, optical coatings, life science and decorative coatings).

This report determines the current market status for thin film materials, defines trends and presents forecasts of growth over the next five years. The thin film material industry is also analyzed on a worldwide basis from the standpoint of both manufacturing and consumption.  In addition, technological issues, including the latest process developments and events, are discussed.

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS

• The global market for thin film materials increased from $6.9 billion in 2009, to $8.4 billion in 2010, and to $9.3 billion in 2011. We project this market will reach $14.9 billion by 2016 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10%.
• Electronics represents the largest field of application for thin film materials.  With estimated global sales of nearly $4.9 billion in 2011, the electronics sector accounts for 52.5% of the total market for thin film materials. Demand for thin film materials within this sector has grown at a healthy CAGR of 12.9% since 2009.
• The largest segments of the electronics market are currently represented by integrated circuits (57.6% of the total market), interconnecting components (including printed circuits, which account for a 14.5% of the total) and optical and magnetic data storage media (16.8%).

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 
    STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES   1
    REASONS FOR DOING THIS STUDY  
    INTENDED AUDIENCE 2
    SCOPE OF REPORT  3
    METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES  4
    ANALYST CREDENTIALS  7
    DISCLAIMER   8

CHAPTER TWO: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  
    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY   9
   SUMMARY TABLE GLOBAL MARKET FOR THIN FILM MATERIALS,
     THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS)   10
   SUMMARY FIGURE GLOBAL MARKET FOR THIN FILM MATERIALS,
     2009­2016 ($ MILLIONS)   11

CHAPTER THREE: OVERVIEW
    COATINGS AND FILMS 12
    THICK, THIN AND ULTRATHIN FILMS  12
    MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF THIN FILM TECHNOLOGY
      AND RECENT EVENTS   13
   TABLE 1 THIN FILM DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGICAL MILESTONES   14
   TABLE 1 (CONTINUED)  15
   FIGURE 1 THIN FILMS: WORLDWIDE PATENT APPLICATIONS AND
      PATENTS, 1971-2010  16
         APPLICATIONS FOR THIN AND ULTRATHIN FILMS  17
              ELECTRONICS 17
              OPTOELECTRONICS   17
              MECHANICAL/CHEMICAL   18
              ENERGY   18
              OPTICAL COATINGS   18
              LIFE SCIENCES AND OTHERS  18
   TABLE 2 APPLICATIONS OF THIN AND ULTRATHIN FILMS, 2011  19

CHAPTER FOUR: TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR THIN AND ULTRATHIN FILMS 
    INTRODUCTION   20
    THIN FILM COATINGS  20
   TABLE 3 BASIC CONSTRUCTION STEPS OF A THIN FILM DEVICE  20
                  SUBSTRATE SELECTION   21
TABLE 4 SUBSTRATE MATERIALS FOR THIN AND ULTRATHIN
  FILMS, 2011   21
TABLE 4 (CONTINUED)   22
          THIN FILM DEPOSITION 22
          PATTERNING AND FINISHING   23
     THIN FILM DEPOSITION PROCESSES   23
          PHYSICAL PROCESSES  23
          CHEMICAL PROCESSES   23
          HYBRID PROCESSES  24
TABLE 5         THIN FILM TECHNOLOGIES, 2011   24
TABLE 5         (CONTINUED)   25
TABLE 5         (CONTINUED)   26
TABLE 5         (CONTINUED)   27
               DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGIES FOR ULTRATHIN FILMS  27
TABLE 6 DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGIES FOR ULTRATHIN FILMS,
  2011  28
          LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS FROM 2009
            TO PRESENT   28
               Thin Film Technologies   29
                      Reactive High-Power Impulse Magnetron
                           Sputtering  29
                      Hybrid Chemical Vapor Deposition   29
                      Microwave-Assisted Rotatable PVD  30
                      Capacitive-Coupled Magnetic Neutral Loop Plasma
                           Sputtering System   31
                      High-Power Impulse Ionized PVD   31
                      Low-Temperature High-Power Impulse Magnetron
                           Sputtering  32
                      Modulated Ion-Induced Atomic Layer Deposition   33
                      Catalyst-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition   33
               Ultrathin Film Technologies   34
                      Ultrathin Films by Exfoliation   34
                      Field-Aided Preferential Deposition  34
                      Printable Ultrathin Films  35
                      Electroless Plating with Silane-Based Catalyst  36
                      Pulsed Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor
                           Deposition  37
     FREE-STANDING THIN FILMS  38
          THIN FILM DEPOSITION AND FILM RELEASE   38
               Peeling 38
               Lift-Off 38
               Laser Lift-Off   38
               Substrate Compression   39
          VACUUM FILTRATION   39
               FLOW COATING   39
TABLE 7 METHODS FOR FABRICATION OF FREE-STANDING THIN
  FILMS  39
TABLE 8 FREE-STANDING THIN FILMS: FILM COMPOSITION AND
  APPLICATIONS  40
          LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS FROM 2009
             TO PRESENT   41
               Chemical Release of Free-Standing Single-Walled Carbon
                  Nanotube Films  41
               Free-standing Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin
                  Films Formed by Direct Dry Printing Process  41
               Large-Area, Free-Standing Zinc Oxide Thin Films   42
               Process for Manufacturing Free-Standing Ultrathin
                  Carbon Nanotube Films   42
     THIN FILM MATERIALS  43
          PHYSICAL PROCESSES  44
TABLE 9 PHYSICAL PROCESSES: TYPICAL DEPOSITION
  MATERIALS FOR THIN FILMS, 2011   44
TABLE 9 (CONTINUED)   45
TABLE 9 (CONTINUED)   46
TABLE 9 (CONTINUED)   47
TABLE 9 (CONTINUED)   48
TABLE 9 (CONTINUED)   49
               CHEMICAL PROCESSES   49
                   Chemical Vapor Deposition   50
TABLE 10 CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION: MATERIALS FOR THIN
  FILMS, 2011   50
                                   Functional Group Sources  50
                                   Metal Sources  51
                                         Metal Hydrides and Halides  51
                                         Metalorganic Precursors   52
                                               Metalorganic   (Continued)   53
TABLE 11 COMMON METALORGANIC PRECURSORS, 2011   54
TABLE 11 (CONTINUED)  55
                         Chemical Solution Deposition   55
                              Sol-gel Methods   55
                              Organic-Inorganic Hybrids   56
TABLE 12 CHEMICAL SOLUTION DEPOSITION: MATERIALS FOR
  THIN FILMS, 2011  56
TABLE 12 (CONTINUED)   57
                         Plating Type Methods   57
                               Electroplating 57
                               Electroless Plating  58
                               Electrophoretic Deposition   58
   TABLE 13 PLATING TYPE METHODS: MATERIALS FOR THIN
     FILMS, 2011   59
                           Other Chemical Processes   59
                                 Liquid Phase Epitaxy   60
                                 Liquid Phase Deposition   60
                                 Interfacial Polymerization  60
                                 Langmuir-Blodgett Deposition   60
                                 Self-Assembled Monolayer Deposition   61
                                 Layer-by-Layer Assembly   61
                                 Flame Hydrolysis  62
                                 Spray Pyrolysis   62
                                 Laser Reactive Deposition  62
   TABLE 14 OTHER CHEMICAL PROCESSES: MATERIALS FOR THIN
     FILMS, 2011   63
                  LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS FROM 2009
                    TO PRESENT   63
                      Silver Precursor for Doping Free-Standing Carbon
                         Nanotube Films  63
                             Silver Precursor for Doping   (Continued)   64
                      Diimine Copper Complexes for Atomic Layer Deposition   65
                      Precursors Containing Electron Donating Group-
                         Substituted Alkenyl Ligands for Chemical Vapor
                         Deposition   65
                      Phosphoamidinate Precursors for Chemical Vapor
                         Deposition   66
                      Organometallic Precursors for High-Purity Metal Films
                         formed by CVD   66
                      Sputtering Targets Based on Carbon Nanotubes  67
                      Electroplating Solutions for Solar Cells   67
                             Electroplating Solutions   (Continued)  68
                      Copper Sputtering Targets for Microelectronics and
                         Optoelectronics   69
                      Alternative Sputtering Target Materials for Transparent
                         Conductive Films 69
                      Polymeric Precursors for Printing Thin Films for Solar
                         Cells  70
                      Precursors for Chemical Vapor Deposition of High-K
                         Films   71
                  TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS FOR THIN FILM MATERIALS  72

CHAPTER FIVE: GLOBAL MARKETS
    ANALYSIS OUTLINE  73
    GLOBAL MARKET SUMMARY  74
   TABLE 15 GLOBAL MARKET FOR THIN FILM MATERIALS,
     THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS)   75
FIGURE 2 GLOBAL MARKET FOR THIN FILM MATERIALS, 2011­
   2016 ($ MILLIONS)   75
     CURRENT MARKET STATUS  75
         CURRENT MARKET SUMMARY  76
TABLE 16 GLOBAL MARKET FOR THIN FILM MATERIALS,
   THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)   76
FIGURE 3 GLOBAL MARKET FOR THIN FILM MATERIALS, 2009­
   2011 ($ MILLIONS)  76
                         Revenues by Deposition Technology   77
TABLE 17 THIN FILM MATERIALS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY
   DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)  78
FIGURE 4 THIN FILM MATERIALS: MARKET SHARE BY
   DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGY, 2011 (%)   78
FIGURE 4 (CONTINUED)  79
                         Revenues by Application   79
TABLE 18 THIN FILM MATERIALS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY
   APPLICATION, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)  80
FIGURE 5 THIN FILM MATERIALS: MARKET SHARE BY
   APPLICATION, 2011 (%)  81
                         Revenues by Film Thickness   81
TABLE 19 THIN FILM MATERIALS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY FILM
  THICKNESS, 2009 THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)  82
                         Revenues by Region   82
TABLE 20 THIN FILM MATERIALS: REVENUES BY REGION,
   THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)  83
FIGURE 6 THIN FILM MATERIALS: MARKET SHARE BY REGION,
   2011 (%)  83
FIGURE 6 (CONTINUED)  84
     MARKET GROWTH TRENDS   84
         INDUSTRY GROWTH   84
              Electronics 84
                    Semiconductors   84
TABLE 21 FORECAST - SEMICONDUCTORS: REVENUES BY
  REGION, THROUGH 2016 ($ BILLIONS)  85
                                   Printed Circuits and Other Interconnecting
                                      Components   85
TABLE 22 FORECAST - PRINTED CIRCUITS AND OTHER
  INTERCONNECTING COMPONENTS: REVENUES BY REGION,
  THROUGH 2016 ($ BILLIONS)  86
                                   Data Storage Devices  86
                                         Solid State Drives   86
                                         Internet Downloads and Cloud Computing   87
                                         Hard Disk Drive Market Growth   87
TABLE 23 FORECAST - HARD DISK DRIVES: GLOBAL PRODUCTION
   BY TYPE, THROUGH 2016 (MILLION UNITS)   88
FIGURE 7 FORECAST ­ HARD DISK DRIVES: PRODUCTION SHARE
   BY TYPE, 2016 (% UNITS)   88
                                           Optical Storage Media Market Growth   89
TABLE 24 FORECAST ­ OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIA: GLOBAL
   PRODUCTION BY TYPE, THROUGH 2016 (MILLION UNITS)  89
FIGURE 8 FORECAST ­ OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIA: PRODUCTION
   SHARE BY TYPE, 2016 (% UNITS)  90
                        Optoelectronics  90
TABLE 25 FORECAST ­ ADVANCED DISPLAYS: GLOBAL REVENUES
   BY TYPE, THROUGH 2016 ($ BILLIONS)   91
TABLE 26 FORECAST - ADVANCED DISPLAYS: COATED AREA BY
   TYPE, THROUGH 2016 (MILLION M2)  92
FIGURE 9 FORECAST - ADVANCED DISPLAYS: COATED AREA
   SHARE BY TYPE, 2016 (%)   93
                        Mechanical/Chemical  93
TABLE 27 FORECAST ­ APPLICATIONS FOR PROTECTIVE
  COATINGS: GLOBAL REVENUES, THROUGH 2016 ($ BILLIONS) 94
                        Energy  94
TABLE 28 FORECAST - PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES: GLOBAL
   PRODUCTION BY TYPE, THROUGH 2016 (MW)   95
FIGURE 10 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES: PRODUCTION SHARE BY
   TYPE, 2016 (%)   95
FIGURE 10 (CONTINUED) 96
                  Other Industry Sectors  96
              TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS   96
                  On-going Miniaturization in the Semiconductor Industry  96
TABLE 29 IC CONFIGURATIONS, 2009-2016 97
                        Thin, Ultrathin and Flexible Devices   97
                        Roll-to-roll and Large Area Coatings  98
                        Merging of Thick and Thin Film Technologies  98
                        Nanotechnology   98
TABLE 30 THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY   99
TABLE 30 (CONTINUED)  100
TABLE 31 NANOTECHNOLOGY: GLOBAL REVENUES BY SEGMENT,
   THROUGH 2016 ($ BILLIONS)  100
FIGURE 11 NANOTECHNOLOGY: GLOBAL MARKET SHARE BY
   SEGMENT, 2011 (%)  101
              Energy and Environmental Factors   101
              Others  102
         REGIONAL TRENDS  102
     MARKET FORECAST  103
         REVENUES BY APPLICATION   103
   TABLE 32 FORECAST ­ THIN FILM MATERIALS: GLOBAL
      REVENUES BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS)  104
   FIGURE 12 FORECAST ­ THIN FILM MATERIALS: MARKET SHARE
      BY APPLICATION, 2016 (%)  104
   FIGURE 12 (CONTINUED)  105
                           Revenues by Deposition Technology   105
   TABLE 33 FORECAST ­ THIN FILM MATERIALS: GLOBAL
      REVENUES BY DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2016 ($
      MILLIONS)  106
   FIGURE 13 FORECAST ­ THIN FILM MATERIALS: GLOBAL MARKET
      SHARE BY DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGY, 2016 (%)  106
   FIGURE 13 (CONTINUED)  107
                           Revenues by Film Thickness   107
   TABLE 34 FORECAST ­ THIN FILM MATERIALS: GLOBAL
     REVENUES BY FILM THICKNESS, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS)   107
                           Revenues by Region   108
   TABLE 35 FORECAST ­ THIN FILM MATERIALS: REVENUES BY
      REGION, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS)   108
   FIGURE 14 FORECAST ­ THIN FILM MATERIALS: MARKET SHARE
      BY REGION, 2016 (%)  109

CHAPTER SIX: ELECTRONICS  
    OBJECTIVE  110
    THIN FILMS FOR ELECTRONICS  110
   TABLE 36 THIN FILMS IN ELECTRONICS, 2011  110
   TABLE 36 (CONTINUED)   111
   TABLE 36 (CONTINUED)   112
         CURRENT MARKET BY APPLICATION   112
   TABLE 37 THIN FILM MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONICS: GLOBAL
     REVENUES BY APPLICATION, 2011 ($ MILLIONS/%)   113
         ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON INDUSTRY GROWTH   113
             PASSIVE COMPONENTS   113
   TABLE 38 FORECAST ­ PASSIVE COMPONENTS: GLOBAL
     REVENUES BY TYPE, THROUGH 2016 ($ BILLIONS)  114
                  MEMS AND NEMS  114
   TABLE 39 FORECAST ­ MEMS AND NEMS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY
     TYPE, THROUGH 2016 ($ BILLIONS)   115
                  OTHER APPLICATIONS  115
   TABLE 40 FORECAST ­ OTHER APPLICATIONS IN ELECTRONICS:
     GLOBAL REVENUES BY TYPE, THROUGH 2016 ($ BILLIONS)  115
         RECENT INDUSTRY EVENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS   116
             THIN FILM MEMORY BY ROLL-TO-ROLL PRINTING   116
             SILICA/ALUMINA NANOLAMINATES AS LOW-K
                DIELECTRIC  116
           ULTRATHIN HIGH-PERMITTIVITY GATE INSULATING
             FILM  117
           SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY THIN FILMS FOR MEMS   118
           EMBEDDED THIN FILM PASSIVE COMPONENTS  118
       MARKET SUMMARY AND FORECAST  119
           REVENUES BY APPLICATION   119
  TABLE 41 FORECAST ­ THIN FILM MATERIALS FOR
    ELECTRONICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY APPLICATION,
    THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS)   120
                 REVENUES BY DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGY   121
  TABLE 42 FORECAST ­ THIN FILM MATERIALS FOR
    ELECTRONICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY DEPOSITION
    TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS)  121
                 REVENUES BY FILM THICKNESS  122
  TABLE 43 FORECAST ­ THIN FILM MATERIALS FOR
    ELECTRONICS: GLOBAL REVENUES BY FILM THICKNESS,
    THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS)   122

CHAPTER SEVEN: GLOBAL INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
    GLOBAL INDUSTRY STRUCTURE   123
    LEADING MANUFACTURERS OF THIN FILM MATERIALS  124
  TABLE 44 LEADING MANUFACTURERS OF THIN FILM MATERIALS,
    2011  124
  TABLE 44 (CONTINUED)   125
  TABLE 44 (CONTINUED)   126
  TABLE 44 (CONTINUED)  127
       NOTABLE RECENT INDUSTRY CHANGES  128
  TABLE 45 NOTABLE RECENT INDUSTRY CHANGES   128
       THIN FILM MATERIALS PRODUCTION BY REGION   129
  TABLE 46 THIN FILM MATERIALS: MANUFACTURING BY REGION,
    2009-2016 (PERCENT OF SALES)  129
       THIN FILM MATERIALS CONSUMPTION BY REGION  129
  TABLE 47 THIN FILM MATERIALS: CONSUMPTION BY REGION,
    2009-2016 (PERCENT OF SALES)  130
       COMPANY PROFILES  130
           AIR LIQUIDE   131
           AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS   132
           AKZO NOBEL  133
           ATOTECH  134
           BASF   135
           DAIDO STEEL   136
           DOW CHEMICAL  137
                 Dow Chemical (Continued)   138
           ENTHONE 139
           HERAEUS  140
   TABLE 48 HERAEUS TARGETS, 2011   141
                 HITACHI METALS  142
                 JOHNSON MATTHEY  143
                 JX NIPPON MINING & METALS  144
                 KOBE STEEL   145
                 LINDE  146
                 MACDERMID   147
                 MATERION  147
   TABLE 49 MATERION TECHNOLOGIES, 2011  148
                 MATSUDA SANGYO   149
                 MERCK   150
                 MITSUI MINING & SMELTING  150
                 PRAXAIR  151
                     Praxair (Continued)   152
                 SAMSUNG CORNING PRECISION MATERIALS 153
                     Samsung Corning Precision Materials (Continued)  154
                 SUMITOMO METAL MINING   155
                 TOSOH   156
                     Tosoh (Continued) 157
                 ULVAC 158
   TABLE 50 ULVAC SPUTTERING TARGETS, 2011   159
                 UMICORE  159
   TABLE 51 UMICORE SPUTTERING TARGETS, 2011  160

CHAPTER EIGHT: U S  PATENT ANALYSIS
    INTRODUCTION   161
    SUMMARY OF PATENTS AWARDED IN 2011  161
   TABLE 52 THIN AND ULTRATHIN FILMS, U S  PATENTS, 2011 Pages 162-212
     GENERAL TRENDS  213
TABLE 53 THIN AND ULTRATHIN FILMS: U S  PATENT TRENDS,
  THROUGH 2011  213
     TRENDS BY COUNTRY AND REGION   213
FIGURE 15 THIN AND ULTRATHIN FILMS: PATENT SHARE BY
   REGION, 2011 (%)   214
FIGURE 16 THIN AND ULTRATHIN FILMS: PATENT SHARE BY
   COUNTRY, 2011 (%) 215
     TRENDS BY ASSIGNEE   216
TABLE 54 ASSIGNEES OF U S  PATENTS RELATED TO THIN AND
  ULTRATHIN FILMS, 2011   217
TABLE 54       (CONTINUED)   224
     TRENDS BY PATENT CATEGORY  225
FIGURE 17 THIN AND ULTRATHIN FILMS: SHARES OF U S
   PATENTS BY CATEGORY, 2011 (%)  225
FIGURE 17 (CONTINUED)  226
     TRENDS BY DEPOSITION METHOD   226
FIGURE 18 THIN AND ULTRATHIN FILMS: SHARES OF U S
   PATENTS BY DEPOSITION METHOD, 2011 (%)  227