With the shift in interest to smaller and smaller structural details, elecron microscopy and atomic force microscopy are becoming more and more important. The electron and scanning probe microscopes market typically services the semiconductors and data storage industry, which in 2008 was worth approximately US$178billion. The market for electron and scanning probe microscopes for the semiconductors and date storage market was US$856.8 million in 2008, growing to US$1361 million by 2015. Market drivers include increasing yields, increased demand for more sophisticated failure analysis techniques, increases in the complexity and performance level of devices used in electronic products, reduction of manufacturing costs, increased resolution, increasing device complexity and shrinking geometries.

Report contents

- World and regional markets for Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM), Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM) and Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM)
- Key market players and market share
- Market structures, market drivers and restraints, key areas of growth, key sectors, technical challenges
- Key end user markets
- Company profiles
- Over 125 tables and figures

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2 REPORT METHODOLOGY
3 MARKET SUMMARY

4 PRODUCTS
4.1 SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (SEM)
4.1.1 Introduction
4.1.2 Current SEM world market
4.1.3 SEM 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 and market share
4.1.6.1 Market share, by percentage 
4.1.7 World SEM market revenues 2004-2015, total
4.1.8 World SEM market revenues, 2004-2015, by end user
4.1.9 World Market for SEMs, 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
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
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 SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE COMPANIES
6.1 Applied Materials, Inc.
6.2 Aspex Corporation
6.3 Camscan Electron Optics, Ltd
6.4 Carl Zeiss SMT
6.5 Evex Analytical
6.6 FEI Company
6.7 Hitachi High-Technologies
6.8 JEOL Ltd.
6.9 NovelX
6.10 Omicron Nanotechnology GmbH
6.11 Tescan