Published March 2018| 270 pages | Table of contents
Nanotechnology and nanomaterials are key enablers for a whole new generation of products and processes. New products with enhanced properties are coming onto the market from a broad range of players in consumer electronics, packaging, healthcare and coatings.
This publication provides a comprehensive review the state of the nanotech sector at present, it’s development, and future prospects. Strategic analysis of the key global markets nanotech will impact is the core theme.
Our expert team and industry contributors bring you fascinating, authoritative articles, illustrated with stunning images on nanotech in markets from coatings to consumer electronics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Graphene in printable, flexible and stretchable electronic devices and sensors that will revolutionalize consumer electronics and health (Page 4)
- The wearables revolution
- Nanomaterials
- Graphene
- Conductive inks
- Medical and healthcare wearables and sensors
- Flexible batteries
2. Graphene in construction (Pg. 11)
- Cement.
- Steel coatings.
- Companies.
3. Graphene in lighting (Pg. 14)
- Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).
- Graphene LED light bulbs.
- Deep ultraviolet light (UV light) LEDs
- Companies.
4. Graphene in Australia (Pg. 18)
- Graphene companies in Australia.
- Research.
5. Graphene anti-corrosion coatings (Pg. 22)
- Market drivers.
- Green anti-corrosion coatings.
- Nanocoatings.
- Graphene.
- The oil and gas market.
- The marine market.
- Companies.
6. Graphene pricing (Pg. 28)
- Why the distinctions between different grades of graphene are important.
- Prospects for new processes to make high quality graphene.
- Selling prices for the different recognized variants of graphene. The price per unit mass of different materials referred to as graphene ranges over an amazing 9 orders of magnitude, for a billion dollars per kilogram equivalent of monolayer material (though of course the amount of this material is very small) to a few dollars per kilogram for exfoliated graphite.
- Processes for producing large quantities of the highest grade materials, namely monolayer and/or few-layer graphene, at a modest cost.
7. Graphene batteries (Pg. 34)
- Flexibility.
- Graphene in lithium-ion batteries (LIB).
- Graphene in lithium-air batteries.
- Sodium-ion batteries,
- Supercapacitors.
- Product developers.
8. Self-healing capabilities coatings, polymers and polymer composites (Pg. 40)
- What are self-healing materials?
- Extrinsic self-healing.
- Intrinsic self-healing.
- Healing volume.
- Self-healing coatings.
- Self-healing polymer composites.
- Self-healing metals.
- Metal matrix composites.
- Self-healing ceramics.
- Self-healing nanomaterials.
- Self-healing biomaterials.
- 3d printing of self-healing materials.
- Self-healing single-walled carbon nanotubes.
- Graphene self-healing materials.
- Shape memory composites.
- Markets for self-healing materials and coatings.
- Companies profiles.
9. Nanotechnology in medical wearables (Pg. 48)
- Medical wearables.
- Nanomaterials.
- Patch-type skin sensors.
- Hydration sensors.
- Wearable sweat sensors.
- Smart footwear.
- Companies.
10. Nanocomposites (P. 58)
- Markets for nanocomposites.
- Aerospace.
- Automotive.
- Packaging.
- Nanoclays.
- Nanocellulose.
- Sporting goods.
- Companies.
11. Nanotechnology in smart textiles (Pg. 64)
- Types of smart textiles.
- Smart textile products.
- Conductive inks.
- Industrial monitoring.
- Military.
- Energy harvesting textiles.
12. Nanocellulose in Japan (Pg. 72)
- NanoFibrillar Cellulose (NFC).
- NanoCrystalline Cellulose (NCC).
- Nanocellulose producers in Japan.
13. Conductive nano inks (Pg. 78)
- Graphene conductive inks.
- Printable sensors.
- Printed batteries.
- Printable antennas.
14. The market for Ta-C coatings (Pg. 82)
- Main hard ta-C coating material properties.
- Comparison with graphene.
- ta-C for larger applications.
- Recent progress in carbon fundamentals.
- ta-C future markets.
15. Waterproofing electronics (Pg. 90)
- Nanocoatings for waterproofing electronics.
- Main hydrophobic, superhydrophobic nanocoatings product developers in waterproofing electronics and coatings techniques.
16. Graphene quantum dots (Pg. 94)
- Properties.
- Synthesis.
- Applications.
- Advantages.
- Recent commercial activity.
17. The market for single wall carbon nanotubes (Pg. 100)
- Applications.
- Electronics.
- Companies.
18. Nanotechnology in the smart textiles and wearables market (Pg. 106)
- Market growth.
- From rigid to flexible and stretchable.
- Smart textiles.
- Product developers.
19. Nanotech investments, deals and funding January 2017-December 2017 (Pg. 112)
20. Nanotech government, regulation & policy news January 2017-December 2017 (Pg. 136)
21. Nanotech business and product news January 2017-December 2017 (Pg. 150)
22. Graphene business and product news January 2017-December 2017 (Pg. 180)
23. Nanocoatings business and product news January 2017-December 2017 (Pg. 234)
24. Other nanotech business and product news January 2017-December 2017 (Pg. 244)
