Research Articles

Around the clock access to health metrics, made accessible by wearable devices for consumers, is revolutionizing fitness optimization and healthcare in a non-invasive way. This article covers different wearable devices, and the many types of sensors and their primary applications.

Green hydrogen is an up and coming zero-emission technology helping to boost decarbonization efforts within the energy sector. This article explores the main benefits and production methods of green hydrogen.

Metal additive manufacturing specifically boasts increased benefits when compared to other material feedstocks in 3D printing, including freedom of design, local manufacturing, cost savings, and reduced manufacturing times. This article covers some of the outlooks for the market including key trends and forecasts.

Join IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Yulin Wang on Thursday 2nd October for 'Thermal Interface Materials: TIM1, TIM1.5, TIM2 - 3.2x market size increase from 2025 to 2036', a webinar that will dive deep into the evolving world of TIMs, exploring how these materials are shaping the future of thermal management across diverse applications. Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times during the day.

Conductive additives are essential materials in the construction of Li-ion cells. This article highlights how advanced carbons, such as carbon nanotubes and graphene, are disrupting the Li-ion conductive additive market with their enhanced performance at lower loading quantities.

As semiconductor packaging surges toward 2.5D and 3D architectures, managing thermal resistance at the interface becomes mission-critical. With traditional thermal interface materials (TIMs) no longer sufficient, the next generation of TIMs offers the opportunity to gain a quantum leap in thermal efficiency, reliability, and market growth. The market size of next-generation TIM1 and TIM1.5 for advanced semiconductor packaging will exceed at a CAGR of 31% from 2026 to 2036.

Watch this short IDTechEx video to learn about refrigerant trends, emerging material solutions and car refrigerant demand through to 2036.

Join Daniel Parr, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, on Thursday 25th September 2025 for this deep dive webinar into emerging application spaces for supercapacitors. Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times during the day.

In this article, IDTechEx explores the fascinating relationship between quantum computing and AI: two supposed tech revolutions that frequently grab the spotlight. Underneath the hype, there exist both technical synergies and competing market forces.

Principal Technology Analyst Dr Chang covers the status of the passive RFID market in 2025 and the outlook to 2031.

CCUS technologies can enable global decarbonization without deindustrialization. In this article, some key insights from the new IDTechEx "Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Markets 2026-2036" report are shared.

This article discusses some of the potential applications of advanced coatings technologies. Coatings are a vital tool in a multitude of industries globally. Find out more in IDTechEx's latest report, 'Advanced Coatings 2026-2036: Market, Technologies, Players'.

Join Dr. Yu-Han Chang, Principal Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, on Tuesday 23rd September 2025 for an exclusive webinar exploring the dynamic and fast-growing RFID industry. Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times during the day.

This new report "Critical Material Recovery 2026-2046: Technologies, Markets, Players" characterizes secondary source critical material recovery markets, technologies, and players. Market roadmaps for emerging secondary sources, value chain analysis, and twenty-year market forecasts from 2026 to 2046 are provided. IDTechEx identifies a significant value opportunity, with the critical material recovery market forecast to grow to over US$66 billion annually by 2046, at a CAGR of 9.2%.

This article, drawing from IDTechEx's report on Thermal Management for Electric Vehicles 2026-2036 takes a deep dive into the thermal management related materials and components in an EV, along with analysis on key trends and players for each.

Graphene has long been hailed as a wonder material, but its commercial journey has been defined by cautious progress rather than overnight disruption. Today, the industry is steadily advancing beyond the laboratory stage. IDTechEx projects robust growth for graphene-related materials in the coming decade, driven by expanding demand across multiple application sectors.

Diabetes is becoming increasingly common, with 784 million people worldwide expected to be dealing with the condition by 2045 according to IDTechEx's research. This article covers some of the most common approaches to effectively managing the condition, and explores some methods under development.

Webinar: Growing Scrutiny on Microplastics and Evolving Regulations Presenter: Dr Shababa Selim, Senior Technology Analyst, IDTechEx Date: Thursday 18 September 2025

This new IDTechEx market report, "Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Markets 2026-2036: Technologies, Market Forecasts, and Players", provides a comprehensive outlook of the emerging CCUS industry and carbon markets, with an in-depth analysis of the technological, economic, regulatory, and environmental aspects that are set to shape the CCUS industry over the next 10 years.

Webinar: Trends, Technologies and Outlook for Rare Earth Magnet Supply and Demand Presenter: Dr Jack Howley, Technology Analyst, IDTechEx Date: Tuesday 16 September 2025

Mounting regulatory pressure and a looming waste crisis from end-of-life composites are driving innovations in recyclable resin systems and recycling pathways. In this article, IDTechEx Technology Analyst, Maia Benstead, explores the key emerging technologies and players looking to drive uptake of sustainable composite materials.

IDTechEx covers the ever-growing, multifaceted autonomous vehicle market, made possible with advancing automotive radar and sensing technology. This article covers front and side vehicle radars, and the use of in-cabin sensing and AI features.

Inertial measurement units, or IMUs, form the backbone of the physical layer of modern navigation systems. IMUs are continually evolving to serve a diverse and challenging set of performance requirements from industry.

IDTechEx analyst Dr Jack Howley summarizes the rare earth magnet market.

IDTechEx's new report "Biomanufacturing Specialty Chemicals 2026-2036" examines the role of white biotechnology in producing specialty chemicals, focusing on food additives, cosmetic and personal care ingredients, pigments, and enzymes.

Robotics is a multifaceted technology sector presenting many capabilities to expand into a variety of applications, from automotives and warehousing and logistics, to domestic functions. This article explores some of the latest developments across humanoid, collaborative, and mobile robots.

This report offers a detailed independent analysis of the technological and commercial progress of graphene and other 2D materials. Coverage across 18 application areas including segmented market forecasts from 2026 to 2036. IDTechEx has over a decade of experience covering the graphene industry, predicting growth to a market value of US$2.7 billion by 2036.

From the natural gas that underpins power generation to the carbon dioxide emissions driving the climate crisis, there is no denying gases have a significant impact on modern life. This IDTechEx article explores future technologies in power, mobility, and manufacturing enabled by the two lightest gases: hydrogen and helium.

Webinar: IDTechEx Analyzes the Market and Technology: Is Autonomous Driving Software Ready to Take on the World? Presenter: John Li, Technology Analyst, IDTechEx Date: Thursday 11 September 2025

The concept of the Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) has rapidly emerged as a transformative trend reshaping the automotive industry. Yet, despite widespread use of the term, there remains significant confusion around its core meaning, structural elements, and real-world driving forces.

Developments in the renewable energy sector are increasingly generating attention, as sustainability and decarbonization goals are becoming exponentially prevalent. This article covers new technologies from green hydrogen to nuclear fusion.

IDTechEx has released a brand-new market report, "Glass in Semiconductors 2026-2036: Applications, Emerging Technologies, and Market Insights", providing end-to-end market intelligence for seven distinct glass product segments, with technology deep-dives, benchmarking, supply chain mapping, adoption drivers, risk analysis, and unit and revenue forecasts 2025-2036.

This brand-new IDTechEx report comprehensively examines advanced coatings technologies, including key developments, drivers and commercial activity throughout the coatings industry. It covers application technologies, alternative materials and key markets, including 10-year granular market forecasts.

2024 saw mixed success for micro EVs in different global regions. This new article by IDTechEx Technology Analyst Pranav Jaswani breaks down recent sales trends and underscores what they mean for the future of the micro EV industry.

The new IDTechEx market report "Glass in Semiconductors 2026-2036: Applications, Emerging Technologies, and Market Insights" provides the first bottom-up market model segmented by seven physical product classes, from carrier wafers through to photonic tiles. Readers will gain a clear picture of how large the opportunity is - US$4.4 billion by 2036.

Major automotive group Stellantis has officially discontinued its hydrogen fuel cell technology development program. This also means that its hydrogen-powered Pro One vehicles will no longer commence serial production this year. According to IDTechEx's analysis, light commercial vehicles were never a good value proposition for fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) technology, but is this the start of the fall for FCEVs globally? In this article, IDTechEx investigates the developments in the first half of this year in the FCEV industry.