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Thermal interface materials (TIMs) are used in a huge variety of forms and applications. This report describes and benchmarks the various forms of TIM, along with advancements to TIM formulation and application. The report also covers the current use of TIMs and drivers for the future in several key markets: electric vehicle batteries, 4G & 5G infrastructure, data centers, LEDs and consumer electronics. Use-cases and market insights are used to forecast Tim demand in these applications in terms of area and tonnage for 2021-2031.

Aerogels are a family of nanoporous materials that have been known for nearly 100 years. There has been a complex history, with key commercial uptake starting in the 21{^st} century. The market is dominated by silica aerogel blankets. This is used as insulation material predominantly for the oil & gas industry. There is lots of activity as new players scale up, particularly in China, and new applications are found, from EV battery packs to building & construction. Beyond silica, there is the emerging field of polymer and carbon aerogels that are at a very early-stage of commercialisation and have the capacity to take the industry in entirely new directions. This report covers the main technologies, players, and markets for the aerogel industry. IDTechEx has been studying the field for many years and brings the most comprehensive and accurate information on this evolving market.

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The 6G opportunity for devices and materials will be 10-100 times 5G. Understand what metamaterials, graphene, new lll-V compounds, polymers and more are needed. One billion dollars hit the table in 2020, kick starting 6G communications. New hardware is as vital as software. Funding escalates to widespread deployment around 2030. Device and materials suppliers need to be in at the start - right now. Only this report maps the huge opportunity.

Understand the $20 billion market emerging for transparent electronics as windows in buildings, greenhouses, trains. Include electric vehicle skylights making electricity and darkening at a touch. Consider smart watch glass, radar-enabled headlights, see-through billboards with OLED and micro LED images, "floating in space". Add conformal overlayers as invisible circuits, sensors, heaters, antennas. Metamaterials, 5G and 6G communications are involved and even new transparent photovoltaic overlayers boosting silicon grid power.

Smart city investment is rising to trillions of dollars. Advanced materials are key with demand rising to around $400 billion yearly. Just "solar everywhere" will be around $35 billion and involve many new materials. The quest includes energy, food and water independence and one vehicle replacing ten types. Solving the materials challenges from 3D printed buildings to 6G communications, self-healing and fragile wave power will create billion-dollar new businesses.

Graphene has long been seen as a "wonder material" and the solution to many of the world's challenges. The reality is very different, and the immediate impact not observed. However, the industry has been progressing over the past decade and a tipping point is now being observed with notable trials progressing into orders, significant capacity installations, and price reductions. This report looks at both graphene powders/platelets and films/wafers. Benchmarking studies, granular forecasts, company profiles, manufacturer capacity/revenue/P&L are all included. IDTechEx have an extensive history in this industry and leverage an extensive amount of primary research to bring the reader the most accurate and up to date technical and market information. Beyond graphene there is an emerging family of 2D materials, each with unique properties and potential across a range of commercial applications. Nearly all are at a very early-stage of development. IDTechEx provides an assessment and outlook with a specific focus on boron nitride, transition metal dichalcogenides, MXenes, and Xenes.

Fluoropolymers for electronics and electrics grab share. 5G, IOT, large redox batteries, electric cars now need more. Sales will be boosted by new biodegradable, paint and 2D molecule forms and introducing 3D printing and RF sputtering. Triboelectrics may become a large user from face masks to ocean wave power. Add 6G wireless and THz electronics but 20 year forecasts and roadmaps are essential. Only this report has them all.

Smart cities are becoming much more ambitious with opportunities dwarfing the push for pervasive city information and communications technology. Learn new multipurpose materials, sensing, vehicle and building technology with over thirty 20 year forecasts. Understand targeted energy, water and food independence technology and infrastructure elimination. $500 billion self-sufficient cities are now planned even in the desert and open sea. Who? Where? How? Find your opportunities in this greatly enlarged market.

MWCNTs, FWCNTs & SWCNTs benchmarking study and critical appraisal; VACNTs, sheets, yarns, composites, slurries, and more; granular market forecasts; key manufacturer profiles and analysis; interview-based company profiles

Material Informatics represents an R&D paradigm shift by fundamentally accelerating the time from innovation to market. There are multiple strategic approaches and already some notable success stories; missing this transition will be very costly. This report provides key insights and outlooks on the market. Through technical primary interviews, readers will get a detailed understanding of the players, business models, technology, and the application areas.

Assess the multibillion dollar opportunity of electronics and electrics becoming smart materials - tape, film, even paint for healthcare, wearables, buildings and more. Research, much in 2020, is analysed into a commercialisation timeline 2020-2040, winners and losers. The user will cut, morph stretch or spray it to shape. Set functions such as light emission and electricity creation and storage. This is both creating new markets and bypassing traditional electronics production.

The report provides a clear and objective picture about the hydrogen economy, giving the reader a perspective of the current status and future development of hydrogen as an energy carrier. A complete description of the different fuel cells and electrolysers, will allow the reader to understand the chemical principles, materials involved, technical limits and future opportunities of each technology, including the main players on the market.

Chapters respectively on new opportunities for graphene, carbon nanotubes, metal organic frameworks, ionic liquids etc. for the supercapacitors, battery-supercapacitor hybrids, pseudocapacitors also covered. Learn these new key-enabling components for automotive, wearables and healthcare. Learn these flexible, stretchable and load-bearing smart materials, some multifunctional, enabling structural electronics and battery elimination: biocompatible, biodegradable, implantable, stretchable materials. Some are smart feedstock you cut to size and they still operate. Forecasts, best research results.

This report is based upon years of research. In the past eight years alone, our analysts have interviewed more than 150 industry players, visited numerous users/suppliers across the world, attended more than 35 relevant conferences/exhibitions globally, and worked with many industry players to help them with their strategy towards this market. For example, in the last five years alone we visited around 35 tradeshows in Japan, USA, Taiwan, Korea, Germany, UK, and so on, to update our report. Prior to this, our analysts played an active role in commercializing conductive pastes, particularly in the photovoltaic industry.

IDTechEx has a long legacy in the field of printed electronics and has been analysing the forefront of this field. We have also been studying technical and commercial developments relating to 3D-shaped electronics and structural electronics including In Mold Electronics (IME) for more than five years. We know all the key players across the value chain. The information for this new report is obtained through extensive interview-based technical primary research.

This report reveals new materials combining electronic, electrical, optronic functions, forecasting a $200 billion opportunity. Monolithic flexible phones. Bionic man. Solar vehicles never plug in. One option - in-mold electronics -reduces car parts 95% by creating electrically-multifunctional single pieces. Chapters detail replacing dumb load-bearing structure even for roads, buildings, windows.

This report investigates the market for various die and substrate attach materials used in power electronics in various electric vehicles. It builds a detailed quantitative model to forecast the addressable market size for die as well as substrate attach materials in various power electronic functions in all manners of electric vehicles. It also develops ten-year market forecasts, in value and mass, segmenting the market by material type. The materials considered herein include nano silver sintering, micro-silver sintering, Cu sintering, SAC and other solders, and transient liquid phase bonding materials.

The market for transparent conductive films and materials has been rapidly changing. This continuing transformation is taking place at all levels: technologies, applications and suppliers. In this report we provide the most comprehensive and authoritative view of this industry.

IDTechEx Research has been analysing the technologies and markets for quantum dots since 2013. Since that time, it has stayed extremely close to the latest research and market developments via its interview programme and company and conference visits.

Piezoelectric harvesting and sensing have been 7% of the piezoelectric business but millions of dollars newly invested in piezoelectric roads and reinvention of sensing for IOT, smart cities healthcare etc. may lead to a new piezo market of over one billion dollars. Patent filings and new materials and formats such as printing, flexible film and coating are strongly increasing in number. This report uniquely covers it all including interviews globally, next technology, markets.

The key next iteration for fiber reinforced polymer composites is the concept of multifunctionality. This is the idea of making a structural part carry out additional role(s) beyond their current primary mechanical task. The market for smart composites is forecast to exceed 5 ktpa by 2029. This includes: enhanced electrical & thermal conductivity, embedded sensors & actuators, energy storage & harvesting, data transmission, self-healing, and adaptive response (morphing) mechanisms.

Aerospace has the highest carbon footprint per tonne-km over any other mode of transportation. Regulatory demands coupled with economic and performance advantages mean that saving any weight is a constant target. This report looks at the key lightweighting approaches for this sector and which players and technologies stand to be the main winners and losers. The predominant focus is on advanced lightweight materials and the rise of additive manufacturing.

Poisonous materials are arriving in many electronic and electrical devices and structures. Mostly, there is no listing of them, assessment of risks, description of alternatives. For the first time this report looks at the toxicity and likely prevalence of the burgeoning number of materials and devices of concern, making recommendations concerning better legal constraints. It reveals many little known alternatives that are safer in manufacture, use, abuse and disposal.

The pressing need for solutions that provide the same functional capacity but at a lighter weight is apparent across numerous industries. Lightweight metals provide the most advanced solution to this challenge. IDTechEx have analysed the complete supply chain for aluminium, magnesium, metal matrix composites (MMC), and metal foams. Each one stands at different levels of market maturity, but all possess underlying advancements in technological innovations and contain a wealth of opportunities.

Composite parts consist of fibres embedded in a matrix to give superior properties in comparison to their individual elements. The industry appears well-established, but beneath the surface, there are significant innovations at every step of the supply chain. This provides both improved and nascent materials and opportunities in both expanding and emerging applications. IDTechEx forecast this market to exceed $9bn by 2027 just for synthetic fibres in composite parts.

This report gives a detailed introduction on the status of perovskite solar cells both in the technology perspective and business aspect. Technology benchmarking and market analysis are performed to analyse the potential of perovskite solar cells in a number of applications such as utility, BIPV, smart window, outdoor furniture, etc. By 2028 the market is expected to reach over $500 million.

Beyond lithium-ion batteries and pumped hydro, new stationary energy storage even provides faster charge-discharge and 6-month seasonal storage of solar. New gravity, air, hydrogen, thermal, supercapacitor and flywheel stationary storage are compared to emerging forms of battery including for smart cities. Beat mainstream lithium-ion on price and performance. Winners, losers, 20-year roadmaps, forecasts new multi-billion dollar businesses. Gaps in the market. At last, you can understand it all.

Boost your sales of devices and battery replacement technologies by understanding battery-free IoT, implants, wearables, smart buildings. Ride the wave of new enablers from 6G Communications wireless information and energy transfer WIET to triboelectrics, pseudocapacitors, skin biofuelcells and plastic film all-in-one multimodal harvesting with storage. Learn how the research pipeline is even leading to batteryless cellphones, smart watches, body area networks and $121 billion in 2041

This report provides a detailed technological analysis with available options and emerging possibilities across the whole manufacturing process, from epitaxy, chip manufacturing, mass transfer and assembly, bonding and interconnection, testing, defect management, repair, light management, full colour realization, to backplane and driving. With addressing the challenges and opportunities, together with the supply chain evaluation, market status assessment & prediction, and player activity analysis, it helps the readers to make better strategic decisions, to find the best technological road map, to seek commercialization and new business opportunities, to know reliable partners, to track the activities of key players, and to get the latest industry progress.

Extensive opportunities for printed and flexible electronics are being created by the transition to electric and autonomous vehicles - these technologies include EV powertrains, interior sensors and displays, and even exterior heating and lighting. This report outlines the current status and opportunities for printed/flexible electronics across 11 application areas, along with 10-year market forecasts by revenue and volume, multiple case studies and assessments of commercial and technological readiness.

IDTechEx's "Air Taxis: Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft" report is designed to help companies understand the emerging urban air mobility market. Providing comprehensive analysis of eVTOL air taxis, from the basics of eVTOL aircraft design architectures, through to OEM players and opportunities in key enabling technologies. The report presents our TCO analysis of eVTOL operations and IDTechEx's independent 20-year forecasts for this transformative new market with considerable long-term potential.

6G communications can be a trillion dollar business only if billions of dollars of Reprogrammable Intelligent Surfaces RIS are deployed everywhere. Read the first report to assess costs, practicality and enabling materials, technologies and players for mass production. See area and dollar forecasts to 2041 - a multi-billion dollar opportunity. Understand how they will affordably improve to give greater user benefits. See the timelines, new infograms, graphs and many images.

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is a set of technologies for stripping carbon dioxide from waste gases and directly from the atmosphere, before either storing it permanently underground or putting it to use. This report explores the technological and economic factors that will shape the future of CCUS across the world, identifying the key challenges and opportunities for growth across the industry.

Haptics are found throughout many familiar product types, from smartphones and games console controllers to cars and industrial equipment. The technology behind this market has changed significantly in the last five years. Decades-old incumbents have been replaced in key markets, and a rich selection of other emerging technologies approach commercialisation. This report assesses all of the key markets and technologies in the diverse and changing haptics industry.

Printed/flexible electronics, already seen in foldable smart phones, are forecast to be widely adopted in applications ranging from medical devices to smart packaging and from e-textiles to consumer products. This technological transition provides extensive opportunities for innovative materials, including amongst others novel OLED emitters, particle-free conductive inks and conductive adhesives. This IDTechEx report includes market forecasts, detailed company profiles based on interviews, case studies, and technological roadmaps spanning the full range of materials. Our comprehensive overview and analysis should enable readers to understand and take advantage of the opportunities presented by this transition to printed/flexible electronics.

5G has been deployed fast globally with an expected market of $720 bn by 2030. The most revolutionary aspect of 5G networks relies on the high frequency 5G technologies. mmWave 5G devices will use low-loss materials to reduce the transmission loss at both board and package level. This gives rise to the low-loss materials market, which will be over $110m by 2031, with CAGR of 28% from 2026 to 2031.

Optics and displays used in augmented, mixed, and virtual reality displays impact the user experience of an immersive environment, hence the quality of these technologies are of paramount importance to future device adoption. This report disseminates the different types of optics used in different devices, and forecasts their growth in the future. Within displays, six key technologies are identified and compared across both AR/MR and VR devices. After this detailed analysis, both topic areas have market forecasts up to 2030, totaling to over $28Bn by 2030.

Only IDTechEx report, "Supercapacitor Markets, Technology Roadmap, Opportunities 2021-2041" has 20 year value forecasts by application and region plus upside. All 80 manufacturers compared: 10 columns 53 pages. Big commercial impact of three major breakthroughs. Deep dive application chapters. Based on 20 years PhD level tracking globally, most in 2020.

This report explores the field of image recognition artificial intelligence (AI) for disease detection by breaking down its five main clinical applications. It describes emerging technologies, highlights key players and analyses market landscape for each sector. Trends, opportunities, threats and challenges (both technical and commercial) are discussed at length, thereby providing detailed insights into the current and future market for this technology.

In the wake of COVID-19, the new IDTechEx report 'Advanced Electric Cars 2020-2040' provides a comprehensive analysis of the global electric car industry in regional detail, and with a long-term outlook to 2040. It also provides a detailed analysis of the underlying technologies enabling the transition, from Li-ion batteries and Electric Traction Motors to Autonomous Vehicle technologies.

Solid state battery is considered to be one of the next-generation battery technologies with its advantages of better safety, superior performance, flexible form factor and lower cost. Both the inorganic and organic solid-state electrolytes have been developed by various players through different technology approaches. Solid state battery has also attracted tremendous attention globally with strategic governmental supports. This report will provide detailed technology analysis, player activities, market assessment and business insights. In a decade, the market for solid state batteries will reach $7 billion.

The sensor business is massively impacted by COVID-19, mobility reinvented, diabetes etc. Only in this report can you see the whole picture as it becomes around $250 billion in 2041.

Metal additive manufacturing will be a key enabling technology across multiple sectors. The technology is already being used for prototypes, tooling, replacement parts, and small to large production runs. There are notable new processes, new entrants, significant acquisitions, and an expanding adoption within end-users. However, given the key current markets, the COVID-19 pandemic will severely impact this industry in the short-to-mid term. IDTechEx provide granular 10-year market forecasts at a critical time for this industry, providing breakdown by process, material, applications, and geography. This research was conducted by IDTechEx technology analysts who, through extensive primary interviews, bring the reader the key information for this market. This report includes over 50 detailed company profiles, from promising start-ups through to market leaders, material players, and more.

IDTechEx has tracked the technology, player and market development of flexible, thin film and printed batteries since 2014. This report provides detailed technological analysis, market status introduction, market assessment, opportunity and barrier discussion, player activity tracking, and gives 10-year market forecast by technology and application.

Only IDTechEx report, "Materials Opportunities in Emerging Photovoltaics 2020-2040" presents new, global, facts-based analysis of materials in emerging photovoltaics on a 20 year view. It is based on interviews by multi-lingual, PhD level IDTechEx analysts across the world. Nearly $40 billion dollars emerging PV sales by technology to 2040. Many opportunities for premium-priced specialist materials.

Energy harvesting converts ambient energy to electricity where it is needed. This report covers the whole power range focusing on conversion technologies including some recently invented. Learn large emerging materials opportunities and solutions to urgent needs.

By 2040, Li-ion battery recycling will become a $31 billion market. In this report, we offer a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the Li-ion battery recycling processes and technologies, the value chain and economics of recycling, key market players as well as the regulations and policies on Li-ion battery recycling. A twenty-year market forecast on Li-ion battery recycling by regions, sectors, battery chemistries, and key metals recovered is presented.

We foresee a rapid 5G infrastructure roll-out and a large amount of 5G devices rushing into the market in the coming years. 5G will represent an enormous market opportunity of about $720 bn by 2030. This report points out the unique niches for the high-frequency 5G materials and provides a holistic view of 5G technologies and vertical applications, which are essential to understanding the 5G market opportunity.

This report characterizes the markets, technologies and players in electronic skin patches. With coverage across 28 application areas and over 120 companies, historic market data from 2010-2019 and market forecasts from 2020 to 2030, it is the most comprehensive study compiled for this emerging product area. It reveals significant opportunity, with nearly $10bn in revenue made from electronic skin patches in 2019, and a forecast for this to grow to nearly $40bn by 2030.

New IDTechEx report, "Energy Harvesting for Electronic Devices 2020-2040" comes at just the right time. The world's first self-powered smartwatches have just arrived. They are not full-function but we are getting there. Then come large numbers of harvesters in Internet of Things nodes, medical implants and wearables. This is the only comprehensive analysis of needs, technologies, their combinations with 20 year technology and market forecasts, gaps in the market.

Digital Water 2020-2030 covers the sensor market in water and wastewater treatment and pipe network markets. This comprehensive overview of the different sensor types, companies, strategies and use cases can provide insightful solutions to the digital water industry. This information is then used to forecast the market growth over the coming decade up to 2030, where it is expected to grow to over $2Bn.

The new triboelectrics addresses big issues such as pandemics, air pollution and sensors everywhere so it can create billion dollar businesses. It has already led to sale of self-powered electrostatic face masks that really do filter deadly particulates. It will lead to making electricity where it is needed and self-powered sensors and actuators that signal status. Here comes the world of less battery and no battery.

Bioplastics, polymers derived from biological feedstocks, are a potential solution to the environmental problems caused by plastic - they are made from renewable resources and often biodegrade. Despite this, bioplastics have historically struggled to compete with fossil-based plastics, which are often far cheaper. However, things are beginning to change. This new report explores the technologies involved in making bioplastics a viable option for the future, providing insights into the markets and outlining the future for the growing technology.

Understand hybrid and pure-electric vehicles and robotic for agriculture, forestry, turf care and their zero emission charging microgrids. Land vehicles the priority but drones and aquaculture covered. Depth on needs, challenges, players, applications, strategies, key enabling technologies including autonomy. Latest examples throughout. See detailed 2020-2030 forecasts in number and value for technology and achievement future timelines.

This critical appraisal of EV motor manufacturing activity will be of interest to all in the EV value chain and those wishing to enter it. In particular, it will be useful to those seeking gaps in the market, acquisitions, investments and best practice. The report is a sister to the IDTechEx publication, "Electric Motors for Electric Vehicles: Land, Water, Air 2020-2030". That report deals with the technology roadmaps and the markets including forecasting in 100 categories.

Research in thermoelectric energy harvesting and sensing is opening up large opportunities. Uniquely, this report assesses the impact of latest research, imaginative new manufacturing approaches and new applications.

This report provides a comprehensive assessment of OLED display technologies and markets. Granular forecasts and historic data are provided for eight market applications - cellphones, tablets/computers, TV, automotive, wearable, industrial/professional, Micro OLED and other - by substrate (glass, rigid plastic and foldable) - broken down by area, average panel price and market value. The report covers global progress with particular focus on Asian activities. Technical progress is assessed by technical IDTechEx analysts with roadmaps towards flexible or printed displays.

This report provides the most comprehensive view of the flexible, printed and organic electronics industry, giving detailed ten year forecasts by device type along with assessment of the trends, capabilities and market successes (and failures). The market is analyzed by each component type in addition to assessing the market value by printed vs non printed, rigid vs flexible electronics and much more. Key components covered include displays, sensors, batteries, logic, functional ink, e-textiles and more.

This report is of vital interest to all in the electric vehicle value chain from materials and component suppliers to parts and motor manufacturers a product integrators. Indeed there is much here for vehicle manufacturers and it is essential reading for planners. Electric motors are the only components that appear in all electric vehicles. Even batteries are sometimes replaced by supercapacitors. Every year, IDTechEx rewrites its definitive study of such motors. This year a new assessment is particularly important because so many things are changing. The chapters reflect these changes.

Emerging semiconductor laser technologies will revolutionise industrial material processing and optical sensing markets. IDTechEx forecast the global laser diode and direct diode laser market to reach a size of $13.985 billion by 2029. Remarkably, the optical sensing segment grows by an order of magnitude during this period. Automotive and electronics industries will benefit greatly from advances in laser manufacturing, 3D sensing and imaging, lidar, and industrial machine vision.

Fuel cells (FC), particularly those based on hydrogen, have long been heralded as the solution for electric transportation. While batteries have stolen the scene in recent years, IDTechEx has identified a number of applications where FCs can offer a better solution than Li-ion batteries, especially when it comes to range and fast refuelling. We believe this market can potentially boom to reach $200B by 2029.

IDTechEx Research has been analysing the technologies and markets for barriers films and thin film encapsulation since 2010 when it was published in the first version of this report. Since that time, it has stayed extremely close to the latest research and market developments via its interview programme and company and conference visits. Each year, IDTechEx Research has updated its assessment, staying up-to-date with the latest technology and market developments.

Piezoelectrics are being reinvented as new self-powered sensors and semiconductor piezotronics sensing a huge range of biological and physical parameters in healthcare. Only this report gives the need, science, potential and objectives pursued with latest progress and forecasts. Printed, flexible, biocompatible, biodegradable, multipurpose and harvesters to power systems: the new virtuosity is all here.

This report provides you with everything that you need to know about stretchable electronics. It provides the most comprehensive and insightful view of this diverse emerging industry, discussing each of the different stretchable materials/components available and/or being developed today, referencing over 60 product types that may integrate stretchable electronics, covering the progress of more than 100 companies and 25 research institutes including first-hand primary research on 62 companies, and providing ten-year market forecasts segmented by more than 14 material/component areas.

This report covers the tools and techniques used for the genetic engineering of microorganisms and the main applications of biomanufacturing. Analysis showing the state of the technology, applications, case studies, market growth, drivers, restraints and investment trend analysis is provided. Investment in synthetic biology reached a record-breaking $1.7 billion in 2017 and is forecast to reach $23.8 billion in 2023.

The report provides coverage of highly innovative laser technologies and the rapidly growing fiber laser market, which are rarely explored by market research companies. The report is authored by an analyst with a technical background in laser physics research.

Smart Glass is electrically active glass mainly for use in automotive, architectural and avionic windows, with demand growing to $1.1 billion in ten years. It is typically for electronic shading in place of physical blinds, or a semi-transparent PV window to generate electricity locally. As the only comprehensive report covering the technologies and markets, it will assist all in the value chain including building and vehicle designers, sellers and users.

Advanced Li-ion battery technologies are being developed all the time, but only a few make it to the mass production stage. This report analyses all main cathode (LCO, NMC, LFP, NCA) and anode (graphite, LTO, silicon, lithium metal) chemistries and benchmarks their potential against other existing or future battery technologies, such as lithium sulphur, lithium air, supercapacitors, redox flow batteries, sodium ion batteries, and zinc batteries.