Nanomaterials are minuscule particles having sizes to the scale of nanometers. Their physical, electrical and thermal properties make them special ingredients for a number of applications. These Nanomaterials have very high tensile strength, have excellent electrical conductivity, and have the ability to bear high working temperatures. However, notwithstanding some challenges like high cost of production and integration issues, the Nanomaterials market have made great breakthroughs and has enabled nanotechnology to become one of the hottest technologies to make a big impact on such a wide range of applications like electronics, medical, aerospace, defense, automotive, energy, construction, etc. With some of the big producers stepping up their production capacities, the prices of Nanomaterials are bound to come down and this will induce a spiral effect on the application areas and pushing up the demand of Nanomaterials. With extensive research involving nanotechnology being done by almost all the leading companies in the above mentioned application areas, the challenges of integration of Nanomaterials will eventually loosen out and in a nutshell, it can be said that nanotechnology is surely the market for tomorrow.

All the major types of Nanomaterials like nano metal-oxides, nanometals, nanotubes, nanoclays, quantum dots, nanowires, nanoballs nanopolymers, nano-dendrimers, and Cornell Dots. We have also included the sub-types of these types of Nanomaterials and also done an in-depth analysis for their production technologies as well. Major application areas for Nanomaterials like electronics, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, medical applications, construction, textiles etc have been covered in detail. We have done an in-depth geographic analysis for each of the markets and their sub-segments, covering the major regional markets, viz. U.S, Europe, Asia and Rest of the World.

The intended audience of this report includes:

• Nanomaterial suppliers
• Nanotechnology companies
• Electronic components and devices manufacturers
• Display Manufacturers
• Automotive companies
• Aerospace and defence companies
• Medical imaging companies
• Pharmaceutical companies
• Chemical companies
• Construction component manufacturers
• PV Cell manufacturers
• Turbine manufacturers
• Packaging material manufacturers

KEY TAKE AWAYS

• To define the global Nanomaterials market
• To measure the global Nanomaterials and its various sub-segments and applications.
• To identify the major driving factors and inhibitors
• To analyze the trends and forecasts of the nanomaterial market and its segments
• To identify the major stakeholders in the market and draw a competitive landscape for the market leaders
• To analyze the trends and opportunities in major regions, viz. U.S, Europe, and Asia.
  
  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction

2. Summary

3. Market Overview
   3.1. Definition of the market
   3.2. Evolution of Nanomaterials
   3.3. Affecting factor analysis
   3.4. Pricing trend comparison for the Nanomaterials
   3.5. Comparison of Nanomaterials on a number of parameters like electrical conductivity, physical strength, thermal resistance, etc

4. General Industry Overview
   4.1. Overview of global electronic semiconductors and display market
   4.2. Overview of global construction market
   4.3. Overview of global automotive market
   4.4. Overview of global aerospace and defense market
   4.5. Overview of global drug delivery, medical imaging and therapeutic drugs market

5. Nanomaterials
   5.1. Nano-metal oxides
        5.1.1. Silica
        5.1.2. Aluminum Oxide
        5.1.3. Titanium Dioxide
        5.1.4. Zinc Oxide
        5.1.5. Iron Oxide
        5.1.6. Others
   5.2. Nano-metals
   5.3. Nanotubes
        5.3.1. Types of nanotubes
               5.3.1.1. Single walled
               5.3.1.2. Double walled
               5.3.1.3. Multiwalled
        5.3.2. Production methods
               5.3.2.1. Arc discharge
               5.3.2.2. Laser ablation
               5.3.2.3. Catalytic growth
               5.3.2.4. Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
               5.3.2.5. Others
   5.4. Nanoclays
   5.5. Quantum Dots
        5.5.1. Types
               5.5.1.1. Zinc sulphide
               5.5.1.2. Lead sulphide
               5.5.1.3. Cadmium Selenide
               5.5.1.4. Indium Phosphide
               5.5.1.5. Others
        5.5.2. Production technologies
               5.5.2.1. Colloidal synthesis
               5.5.2.2. Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
   5.6. Nanowires
        5.6.1. Types of nanowires
               5.6.1.1. Metallic
                        5.6.1.1.1. Nickel
                        5.6.1.1.2. Platinum
                        5.6.1.1.3. Gold
                        5.6.1.1.4. Others
               5.6.1.2. Non-metallic
                        5.6.1.2.1. Silicon
                        5.6.1.2.2. Indium-Phosphide
                        5.6.1.2.3. Gallium nitride
                        5.6.1.2.4. Others
               5.6.1.3. Insulating
                        5.6.1.3.1. Silicon Oxide
                        5.6.1.3.2. Tin-Oxide
                        5.6.1.3.3. Others
        5.6.2. Synthesis Technologies
               5.6.2.1. Suspension
               5.6.2.2. Deposition
               5.6.2.3. Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth
               5.6.2.4. Solution-phase synthesis
   5.7. Nanoballs
   5.8. Nanopolymers
   5.9. Nano-dendrimers
   5.10. Cornell Dots

6. Applications
   6.1. Electronics
        6.1.1. Semiconductors
        6.1.2. Displays
        6.1.3. Lighting
        6.1.4. Sensors
        6.1.5. Information storage
   6.2. Automotive
   6.3. Aerospace and defense
   6.4. Energy
        6.4.1. Turbines
               6.4.1.1. Wind turbines
               6.4.1.2. Hydro-turbines
               6.4.2. Solar PV Cells
        6.4.3. Fuel Cells and Energy storage
        6.4.4. Batteries
   6.5. Medical applications
        6.5.1. Drug delivery
        6.5.2. Therapeutic agents
        6.5.3. Medical imaging systems
6.6. Construction
        6.6.1. Paints and coatings
        6.6.2. Glass
        6.6.3. Flooring, walls and ceiling
        6.6.4. Window/door panels
   6.7. Textiles and special clothing
   6.8. Packaging materials.
   6.9. Others

7. Geographic Analysis
   7.1. United States
   7.2. Europe
   7.3. Asia

8. Company Profiles
   8.1. Bayer
   8.2. Arkema
   8.3. Hyperion Catalysis
   8.4. Nanoledge
   8.5. Thomas Swan
   8.6. Nanocyl
   8.7. Sud-Chemie
   8.8. Sun-Nanotech
   8.9. Sumitomo
   8.10. Osram
   8.11. BASF
   8.12. Carbolex
   8.13. Dow Chemical
   8.14. Dow Corning
   8.15. Eastman Kodak
   8.16. Evident Technologies
   8.17. Exxon Mobil corporation
   8.18. Fujitsu corporation
   8.19. General Motors
   8.20. Helix
   8.21. Honeywell International
   8.22. IBM Corp
   8.23. Motorola
   8.24. Nanocor
   8.25. Nanolab
   8.26. Nanophase technologies corporation
   8.27. Neophotonics
   8.28. Novamont SpA
   8.29. Nanoclays
   8.30. Samsung
   8.31. Siemens
   8.32. Southern Clay Products
   8.33. 3M
   8.34. Toray
   8.35. Xerox
   8.36. Xintek
   8.37. Zyvex
   8.38. MIV Therapeutics
   8.39. Advanced Nanotech
   8.40. Infineon Technologies

9. Patents
   9.1. U.S Patents
   9.2. Europe Patents
   9.3. Asia Patents