The AFM market was valued at US$572.3million globally in 2008. The current economic downturn has affected sales, a trend which will continue to 2010-2011; however sales will remain relatively healthy. There are 14 companies in the AFM market, making it extremely competitive. Main markets are semiconductors and data storage, nanotechnology/nanomaterials and bio-med and life sciences.

Report contents

- World and regional markets for Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM)

- Market structures, market drivers and restraints, key areas of growth, key sectors, technical challenges

- Key end user markets

- Company profiles

- Over 60 tables and figures

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2 REPORT METHODOLOGY
3 MARKET SUMMARY

4 PRODUCTS
4.1 ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (AFM)
4.1.1 Introduction
4.1.2 Current AFM world market
4.1.3 AFM market structure
4.1.4 Markets for future growth, critical factors and challenges
4.1.5 Market drivers and restraints
4.1.6 Key players, products and market share
4.1.6.1 Market share, by percentage
4.1.7 World AFM market revenues, 2004-2015, total
4.1.8 World AFM market revenues, 2004-2015, by end user
4.1.9 World Market for AFMs, by region
4.1.9.1 North America
4.1.9.2 Europe
4.1.9.3 Asia-Pacific
4.1.9.4 Rest-of-the-World

5 MARKETS FOR ADVANCED MICROSCOPES

5.1 SEMICONDUCTORS
5.1.1 Market Drivers
5.1.2 Total world revenues in semiconductors end user market, 2004-
2015
5.1.2.1 World market revenues in semiconductors sub-segments, 2004-
2015
5.1.2.2 Market revenues, 2004-2015, by region

5.2 NANOMATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
5.2.1 Market drivers
5.2.2 Market revenues forecast
5.2.3 Total world revenues in nanotechnology/nanomaterials end user
market, 2004-2015
5.2.3.1 Market revenues, 2004-2015, by equipment type
5.2.3.2 Market revenues, 2004-2015, by region

5.3 BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
5.3.1 Market drivers
5.3.2 Total world revenues in bio-medicine and life sciences end users
market, 2004-2015
5.3.2.1 Market revenues, 2004-2015, by equipment type
5.3.2.2 Market revenues, 2004-2015, by region

5.4 POLYMERS
5.4.1 Market drivers
5.4.2 Total world revenues in polymers end user market, 2004-2015
5.4.2.1 Market revenues, 2004-2015, by equipment type
5.4.2.2 Market revenues, 2004-2015, by region

5.5 METALS
5.5.1 Market drivers
5.5.2 Total world revenues in metals end user market, 2004-2015
5.5.2.1 Market revenues, 2004-2015, by equipment type
5.5.2.2 Market revenues, 2004-2015, by region
5.6 CERAMICS 61
5.6.1 Market drivers
5.6.2 Total world revenues in ceramics end user market, 2004-2015
5.6.2.1 Market revenues, 2004-2015, by equipment type
5.6.2.2 Market revenues, 2004-2015, by region
5.7 THIN FILM TRANSISTORS 64
5.7.1 Market drivers
5.7.2 Total world revenues in thin films end user market, 2004-2015
5.7.2.1 Market revenues, 2004-2015, by equipment type
5.7.2.2 Market revenues, 2004-2015, by region
5.8 FIBER OPTICS
5.8.1 Market drivers
5.8.2 Total world revenues in fiber optics end user market, 2004-2015
5.8.2.1 Market revenues, 2004-2015, by equipment type
5.8.2.2 Market revenues, 2004-2015, by region

6 ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE COMPANIES (13 PROFILES)
TABLES & FIGURES
Table 1: AFM, SEM and TEM revenues and companies, 2008 (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 1: Electron and scanning probe microscopes market revenues, 2008, by end user market (Millions
$US) (Source: Future Markets, Inc.).
Figure 2: Electron and scanning probe microscopes market revenues, 2015, by end user market (Millions
$US) (Source: Future Markets, Inc.).
Table 2: Nanotechnology government funding 2004-2015 forecasted, Millions US$ (Source: Future Markets,
Inc., 2009).
Figure 3: Nanotechnology government funding 2004-2015 forecasted, Millions US$ (Source: Future Markets,
Inc., 2009).
Figure 4: Methodology used for the report 1 (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 5: Methodology used for the report 2 (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 6: Product Diffusion model used in Forecasting (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 3: Electron and Scanning Probe market overview (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 4: Database of Key Industry Participants by Product Type (World), 2009 (Source: Future Markets, Inc.,
2009).
Table 5: Optical, electron microscopy and AFM (Source: NT-MDT).
Figure 7: A typical atomic-force microscope (Source: University of Durham).
Table 6: Market status for AFMs (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 7: AFM Market: Competitive Structure (World) (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 8: Predicted markets for growth for AFMs (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 9: Factors considered critical by customers for AFMs (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 10: Main challenges for AFMs (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 8: Drivers and restraints for AFMs (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 9: Key AFM companies and their products (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 11: Market share of AFM suppliers 2008, by percentage, estimate (Source: Future Markets, Inc.,
2009).
Table 10: AFM Market: Revenue Forecasts (World), 2004-2015 (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 12: AFM Market: Revenue Forecasts (World), 2004-2015 (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 11: End user markets for AFM, by revenues, 2008 (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 13: End users for AFMs by revenues, by sector, and percentage of overall market, 2008, Millions US$
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(Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 12: End user markets by AFM revenues, 2015 (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 14: End users for AFMs by revenues, by sector, and percentage of overall market, forecast 2015,
Milllions US$ (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 13: AFM Market: Percent of Revenues by Geographic Region (World), 2004-2015 (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 15: AFM Market: Percent of Revenues by Geographic Region (World), 2004-2015 (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 14: AFM Market: Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2015 (Source: Future Markets, Inc.,
2009).
Figure 16: AFM Market: Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2015 (Source: Future Markets, Inc.,
2009).
Table 15: AFM Market: Revenue Forecasts (Europe), 2004-2015 (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 17: AFM Market: Revenue Forecasts (Europe), 2004-2015 (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 16: AFM Market: Revenue Forecasts (Asia-Pacific), 2004-2015 (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 18: AFM Market: Revenue Forecasts (Asia-Pacific), 2004-2015 (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 17: AFM Market: Revenue Forecasts (Rest-of-the-World), 2004-2015 (Source: Future Markets, Inc.,
2009).
Figure 19: AFM Market: Revenue Forecasts (Rest-of-the-World), 2004-2015 (Source: Future Markets, Inc.,
2009).
Table 18: Market categories (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 19: Instruments Used in Semiconductors and Data Storage Analysis (Source: Future Markets, Inc.,
2009).
Table 20: Market drivers for TEM, SEM and AFM analysis in the semiconductors and data storage end user
market (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 21: Semiconductors end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 20: Semiconductors end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 21: Semiconductors and data storage market by sub-segment for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues
(Millions US$) (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 22: Semiconductors and data storage end user market, by type of equipment, Revenues (Millions
US$) (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 23: Semiconductors and data storage end user market for SEM, TEM and AFM, by region, Revenues
(Millions US$) (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 22: Market drivers for failure analysis for nanotechnology/nanomaterials end user market (Source:
Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 23: Nanotechnology/nanomaterials end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues (Millions US$)
(Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 24: Nanotechnology/nanomaterials end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues (Millions US$)
(Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 25: Nanotechnology/nanomaterials end user market, by type of equipment, Revenues (Millions US$)
(Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 26: Nanotechnology/nanomaterials end user market for SEM, TEM, AFM, by region, Revenues
(Millions US$) (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 24: Market drivers for AFM, SEM, TEM for bio-medicine and life sciences end user market (Source:
Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 25: Bio-medicine and life sciences end user market for SEM, AFM ,TEM, Revenues (Millions US$)
(Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 27: Bio-medicine and life sciences end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues (Millions US$)
(Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 28: Bio-medicine and life sciences end user market by type of equipment, Revenues (Millions US$)
(Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 29: Bio-medicine and life sciences end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, by region, Revenues
(Millions US$) (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
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Table 26: Market drivers for AFM, SEM and TEM for polymers end user market (Source: Future Markets,
Inc., 2009).
Table 27: Polymers end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 30: Polymers and plastics end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source:
Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 31: Polymers end user market by type of equipment, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 32: Polymers end user market for AFM, SEM, TEM, by region, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source:
Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 28: Market drivers for AFM, SEM, TEM for metallurgy end user market (Source: Future Markets, Inc.,
2009).
Table 29: Metallurgy end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 33: Metallurgy end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 34: Metallurgy end user market by type of equipment, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 35: Metallurgy end user market for AFM, SEM, TEM, by region, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source:
Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 30: Market drivers for AFM, SEM, TEM for ceramics end user market (Source: Future Markets, Inc.,
2009).
Table 31: Ceramics end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 36: Ceramics end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 37: Ceramics end user market by type of equipment, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 38: Ceramics end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, by region, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source:
Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 32: Market drivers for thin film transistors end user market (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 33: Thin films end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 39: Thin films end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 40: Thin films end user market by type of equipment, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 41: Thin films end user market for AFM, SEM and TEM, by region, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source:
Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 34: Market drivers for fiber optics end user market (Source: Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Table 35: Fiber optics end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 42: Fiber optics end user market for SEM, AFM, TEM, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 43: Fiber optics end user market for SEM, RIE etc. by region, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source:
Future Markets, Inc., 2009).
Figure 44: Fiber optics end user market by type of equipment, Revenues (Millions US$) (Source: Future
Markets, Inc., 2009).