Carbon Nanotubes: Technologies and Commercial Prospects : Market Research Report

Carbon Nanotubes: Technologies and Commercial Prospects

Published by: BCC Research

Published: Mar. 30, 2007 - 291 Pages

INTRODUCTION: MOTIVATION; OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT; SCOPE AND FORMAT; CONTRIBUTION OF THE STUDY AND TARGET AUDIENCE; METHODOLOGY AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION; AUTHOR'S CREDENTIALS; RELATED REPORTS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS; BCC ONLINE SERVICES; DISCLAIMER
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Summary Table:; GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CARBON NANOTUBES IN PROMISING COMMERCIAL SECTORS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS); Summary Figure:; GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CARBON NANOTUBES IN PROMISING COMMERCIAL SECTORS, 2006-2011 ($ MILLIONS)
TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW: Figure 1 FORMATION OF SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBE STRUCTURE; Figure 2 CARBON NANOTUBE STRUCTURES; Table 1 CHRONOLOGY OF SOME CNT LANDMARK DEVELOPMENTS; Table 2 SOME COMPARATIVE PROPERTIES OF CARBON ALLOTROPES; Table 3 SOME CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES; Table 4 COMPARATIVE PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT CARBON NANOTUBES AND CARBON FIBERS; Table 5 DIVERSE RANGE OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS FOR CNTS; Table 6 SOME EXAMPLES OF OPTIMUM FORMS OF CNTS REQUIRED FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS; Table 7 PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS OF SOME INORGANIC NANOTUBES; Table 8 COMPARISON OF THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF CNT BATCH PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; Table 9 SYNTHETIC PROCESS FACTORS AFFECTING CNT GROWTH; Table 10 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CNT PROCESSES; Table 11 COMPARISON OF SEVERAL SWNT CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; Table 12 COMMON CNT CHEMICAL PURIFICATION PROCESSES, OUTCOMES AND DISADVANTAGES; Table 13 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT IN SEPARATION, PURIFICATION, CAPPING AND UNCAPPING OF CNTS BASED ON U.S. PATENTS; Table 14 LEADING U.S. RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS SPEARHEADING CNT SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT; Table 15 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CNTS AND POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS; Table 16 EXEMPLARY U.S. PATENTS RELATING TO CNT CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALIZATION; Table 17 ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZED CNT DISPERSIONS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS; Table 18 NOTABLE DEVELOPMENTS IN SORTING ELECTRONIC GRADE CNTS; Table 19 EXEMPLARY PATENTS RELATING TO SELF-ASSEMBLY AND ORGANIZATION OF CNTS; Table 20 SCALABLE DEVICE INTEGRATION OF CNTS; Table 21 EXEMPLARY PATENTS RELATING TO THE USE OF CNTS AS NANOTEMPLATES
PATENT ANALYSIS: Figure 3 NUMBER OF U.S. CNT PATENTS ISSUED 1994 TO 2006 (CUMULATIVE TOTAL, 1865)*; PATENT ACTIVITY CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION SECTOR; Figure 4 BREAKDOWN OF THE MAIN INDUSTRY/APPLICATION SECTORS EMERGING FROM U.S. CNT PATENTS ISSUED, 1994-2004 (%); Table 22 INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AND EXEMPLARY APPLICATIONS EMERGING FROM ISSUED U.S. CNT PATENTS (1994-2006); Figure 5 U.S. CNT PATENTS ISSUED CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO INDUSTRIAL/APPLICATIONS SECTORS, 1994 TO 2002; Figure 6 U.S. CNT PATENTS ISSUED IN 2003 AND 2004 CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO INDUSTRIAL/APPLICATION SECTOR; Figure 7 U.S. VERSUS ASIAN CNT PATENTS ISSUED CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO INDUSTRIAL/APPLICATIONS SECTOR, 1994 TO 2004; Figure 8 U.S. CNT PATENTS ISSUED FOR EUROPEAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, 1994-2004; Figure 9 U.S. CNT PATENTS ISSUED TO LEADING U.S. STATES, 1994-2004; Table 23 SMALL U.S. BUSINESSES AWARDED MULTIPLE U.S. CNT PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS, 1994-OCT 24, 2006; Table 24 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS IN THE BIOMED SECTOR, 1994-2004; Table 25 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS IN THE COMPOSITES SECTO, 1994-2004; Table 26 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR, 1994-2004; Table 27 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS IN THE SYNTHESIS SECT, 1994-2004; Table 28 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS IN OTHER SECTORS, 1994-2004; Table 29 U.S. CNT PATENT LEADERS AMONG LARGE U.S. BUSINESSES*; Table 30 OTHER LARGE U.S. BUSINESSES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS*; Table 31 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEADERS AMONG U.S. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS, 1994-2006*; Table 32 U.S. CNT PATENTS: U.S. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS, 1994-2006*; Table 33 U.S. CNT PATENTS: LEADING JAPANESE CORPORATION, 1994-2006*; Table 34 U.S. CNT PATENTS: LEADING KOREAN AND TAIWANESE ORGANIZATIONS, 1994- 2006*; Table 35 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEADERS AMONG EUROPEAN AND OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS, 1994-2006*; Figure 10 GROWTH IN U.S. CNT PATENTS PENDING, 2001-2006*, VERSUS PATENTS ISSUED 2006*
INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS: Table 36 INFLUENTIAL PLAYERS INVOLVED IN LARGE SCALE CNT PRODUCTION AND MARKET EXPLOITATION; Table 37 INFLUENTIAL PLAYERS INVOLVED IN SMALL SCALE CNT PRODUCTION AND MARKET EXPLOITATION; Table 38 MARKET SEGMENTATION OF CNT INDUSTRY; Table 39 MAJOR MILESTONES IMPACTING CARBON NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC. COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; COMPANY PROFILES: ADDITIVES, COATINGS, INK, AND ANCILLARY PRODUCTS; COMPANY PROFILES: LARGE U.S. CORPORATIONS; Table 40 LARGE U.S. CORPORATIONS LEADING IN CNT PATENT ACTIVITY*; Table 41 EXEMPLARY COMPANIES LEADING THE CNT INDUSTRY EVOLUTION; Table 42 DIVERSITY IN CNT CONSUMER MARKET PRODUCTS; Table 43 COMPETITIVE MATERIAL ALTERNATIVES TO CNTS FOR CERTAIN APPLICATIONS; Table 44 PROGRESS IN IDENTIFYING AND RESOLVING CNT TOXICOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR
MARKETS BY APPLICATION: Table 45 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES COMPARED WITH OTHER FIBERS; Table 46 CNT COMPOSITES: RANGE OF POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS; Table 47 CNT COMPOSITES: PROPERTIES ENDOWED; Table 48 MECHANICAL PROPERTY ENHANCEMENTS IN VARIOUS CNT COMPOSITES; Table 49 ENHANCEMENTS CLAIMED IN VARIOUS CNT CERAMIC SYSTEMS; Table 50 SOME EXAMPLES OF CNT-METAL COMPOSITES; Table 51 SOME EXAMPLES OF CNT-POLYMER COMPOSITES; Table 52 VARIOUS PROCESSING STRATEGIES USED TO MANUFACTURE POLYMER-CNT COMPOSITES; Table 53 ULTIMATE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CNT FIBERS AND EXAMPLES OF THEIR ENHANCEMENT IN VARIOUS POLYMER COMPOSITE SYSTEMS; Table 54 KEY PROPERTIES CONTROLLING ULTIMATE REINFORCING AND CONDUCTIVITY POTENTIAL OF SWNTS IN A POLYMER MATRIX; Table 55 POLYMER COMPOSITE CNT PRODUCTS CURRENTLY MANUFACTURED OR UNDER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; Table 56 LEADING COMPANIES INVOLVED IN THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CNT-POLYMER COMPOSITES; Table 57 U.S. CNT-POLYMER COMPOSITES PATENTS: LEADING COMPANIES*; Table 58 U.S. CNT PATENTS ISSUED IN THE COMPOSITES SECTOR TO OTHER COMPANIES, 1994-2004; Table 59 EXAMPLES OF READY-TO-MOLD HYPERION AUTOMOTIVE MWNT-RESIN COMPOUNDS; Table 60 COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE FOR HYPERION CONDUCTIVE AUTOMOTIVE MWNT-RESIN COMPOUNDS; Table 61 ADVANTAGES OF MWNTS COMPARED WITH CONVENTIONAL CONDUCTIVE FILLERS USED IN MOLDED AUTOMOTIVE PLASTICS; Table 62 CLASSIFICATION OF CONDUCTIVE MOLDED PLASTICS ACCORDING TO FILLER LOADING AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; Table 63 VARIOUS APPLICATIONS OF MWNTS IN ELECTROSTATICALLY DISSIPATIVE PLASTIC AUTO COMPONENTS; Table 64 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AEROSPACE CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES INDUSTRY; Table 65 VARIOUS ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS OF MWNTS IN MOLDED PLASTIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS; Table 66 FUTURE SPACE APPLICATIONS FOR CNTS; Table 67 SPORTING GOODS APPLICATIONS OF MWNT-PLASTIC COMPOSITES; Table 68 COMPARATIVE PROPERTY PERFORMANCE OF CONDUCTIVE TRANSPARENT COMPOSITE COATINGS; Table 69 KEY CNT PROPERTIES ATTRACTING FUTURE ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; Table 70 U.S. CNT PATENTS IN THE ELECTRONICS SECTOR (LEADING U.S. ORGANIZATIONS), 1994-2006*; Table 71 U.S. CNT PATENTS IN THE ELECTRONICS SECTOR: LEADING EUROPEAN AND ASIAN ORGANIZATIONS, 1994-2006*; Table 72 ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN CNT ELECTRONIC THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS; Table 73 ADVANTAGES OF CNTS AS A COLD FIELD EMISSION CATHODE; Table 74 ADVANTAGES OF FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS OVER LCDS; Table 75 MAJOR FACTORS DICTATING EMERGENCE OF CNT-BASED TECHNOLOGY IN FPD MARKETPLACE; Table 76 LEADING U.S. ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN CNT-FED PATENT ACTIVITY; Table 77 LEADING FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN CNT-FED PATENT ACTIVITY; Table 78 MAJOR PLAYERS AND ANCILLIARY GROUPS/COMPANIES INVOLVED IN CNT-FED DEVELOPMENT; Table 79 ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN CNT-FED PROTOTYPES; Table 80 ADVANTAGES AND CHALLENGES OF MOTOROLA'S CNT-BASED FED COMPARED WITH EXISTENT FPD TECHNOLOGIES; Table 81 EXAMPLES OF OTHER FIELD EMISSION DEVICE APPLICATIONS; Table 82 ADVANTAGES OF FE-CNT FLUORESCENT WHITE LIGHT SOURCE OVER CONVENTIONAL LAMPS; Table 83 RATIONALIZING CNT SYNTHESIS WITH END USE FE PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; Table 84 ORGANIZATIONS WITH U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY RELATING TO CNT-BASED FIELD EMISSION LIGHT SOURCES; Table 85 LEADING ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE APPLICATION OF CNTS IN FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS AND DISPLAYS; Table 86 ATTRACTIVE PROPERTIES OF CNTS FOR MEMORY APPLICATIONS; Table 87 LEADING PLAYERS IN CNT-MEMORY INITIATIVES BASED ON U.S. PATENTS; ENERGY STORAGE; Table 88 CNTS ENDEARING PROPERTIES USED FOR FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS; Table 89 KEY PROPERTIES AFFECTING FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; Table 90 LEADING ORGANIZATIONS PATENTING CNT FUEL CELL ENHANCEMENTS; Table 91 U.S. CNT PATENT ACTIVITY LEADERS*: HYDROGEN STORAGE; CAPACITORS; Table 92 PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES; Table 93 ADVANTAGES OF SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICES COMPARED WITH BATTERIES; Table 94 COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF BATTERIES VERSUS CAPACITORS; Research Activities in CNT-Based EDLCs; SOLAR/PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; Table 95 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN CNT-BASED SOLAR CELLS; Table 96 CNT U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY IN SOLAR CELL APPLICATIONS; Table 97 ATTRACTIVE PROPERTIES OF CNTS AS SEPARATION MEMBRANES; Table 98 RESEARCH AND COMMERCIAL PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENTS OF VARIOUS CNT-BASED MEMBRANE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES; Table 99 TYPES OF CNT SENSORS; Table 100 TYPES OF CNT BIOSENSOR SYSTEMS; Table 101 KEY PROPERTIES OF CNTS EXPLOITED IN SENSOR APPLICATIONS; COMMERCIAL PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENTS; OTHER APPLICATIONS; Table 102 POTENTIAL USES OF CNTS IN THE BIOMEDICAL AREA; Table 103 RECENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS IN CNT BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; Table 104 U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY IN CNT CATALYST SUPPORTS*; Table 105 APPLICATIONS OF CNTS IN PHOTOCATALYTIC SYSTEMS
MARKET ANALYSIS: Figure 11 GLOBAL MARKET CNT PRODUCT COMMERCIALIZATION ROADMAP AND PROJECTED REVENUE GROWTH, 2006-2011; Table 106 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED COMPOSITE PRODUCT REVENUES, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS); Table 107 PROS AND CONS FOR CNT FIELD EMISSION DISPLAY MARKET; Table 108 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS IN FIELD EMISSION DISPLAY, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS); Table 109 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS IN DISPLAY BACKLIGHT MARKET, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION); Table 110 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS IN FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS AND ELECTRONICS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION); Table 111 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-MEMORY BASED PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION); Table 112 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED SENSOR PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION); Table 113 LEADING PLAYERS IN CNT-BASED BATTERY TECHNOLOGY ACCORDING TO U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY; Table 114 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS IN BATTERY AND FUEL CELL, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION); Table 115 U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY IN CNT-BASED EDL CAPACITORS AND APPLICATIONS; Market Prediction for CNTs in Capacitor Technology; Table 116 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CAPACITORREVENUES FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION); Table 117 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR MICRO FUEL CELL REVENUES FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION); MARKET PROSPECTS FOR CNTS IN OTHER APPLICATIONS; Table 118 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED CATALYST SUPPORTS, THROUGH 2011($ MILLION)
LIST OF TABLES: Summary Table:; GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CARBON NANOTUBES IN PROMISING COMMERCIAL SECTORS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS); Table 1 CHRONOLOGY OF SOME CNT LANDMARK DEVELOPMENTS; Table 2 SOME COMPARATIVE PROPERTIES OF CARBON ALLOTROPES; Table 3 SOME CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES; Table 4 COMPARATIVE PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT CARBON NANOTUBES AND CARBON FIBERS; Table 5 DIVERSE RANGE OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS FOR CNTS; Table 6 SOME EXAMPLES OF OPTIMUM FORMS OF CNTS REQUIRED FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS; Table 7 PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS OF SOME INORGANIC NANOTUBES; Table 8 COMPARISON OF THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF CNT BATCH PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; Table 9 SYNTHETIC PROCESS FACTORS AFFECTING CNT GROWTH; Table 10 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CNT PROCESSES; Table 11 COMPARISON OF SEVERAL SWNT CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; Table 12 COMMON CNT CHEMICAL PURIFICATION PROCESSES, OUTCOMES AND DISADVANTAGES; Table 13 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT IN SEPARATION, PURIFICATION, CAPPING AND UNCAPPING OF CNTS BASED ON U.S. PATENTS; Table 14 LEADING U.S. RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS SPEARHEADING CNT SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT; Table 15 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CNTS AND POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS; Table 16 EXEMPLARY U.S. PATENTS RELATING TO CNT CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALIZATION; Table 17 ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZED CNT DISPERSIONS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS; Table 18 NOTABLE DEVELOPMENTS IN SORTING ELECTRONIC GRADE CNTS; Table 19 EXEMPLARY PATENTS RELATING TO SELF-ASSEMBLY AND ORGANIZATION OF CNTS; Table 20 SCALABLE DEVICE INTEGRATION OF CNTS; Table 21 EXEMPLARY PATENTS RELATING TO THE USE OF CNTS AS NANOTEMPLATES; Table 22 INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AND EXEMPLARY APPLICATIONS EMERGING FROM ISSUED U.S. CNT PATENTS (1994-2006); Table 23 SMALL U.S. BUSINESSES AWARDED MULTIPLE U.S. CNT PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS, 1994-OCT 24, 2006; Table 24 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS IN THE BIOMED SECTOR, 1994-2004; Table 25 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS IN THE COMPOSITES SECTO, 1994-2004; Table 26 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR, 1994-2004; Table 27 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS IN THE SYNTHESIS SECT, 1994-2004; Table 28 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS IN OTHER SECTORS, 1994-2004; Table 29 U.S. CNT PATENT LEADERS AMONG LARGE U.S. BUSINESSES*; Table 30 OTHER LARGE U.S. BUSINESSES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS*; Table 31 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEADERS AMONG U.S. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS, 1994-2006*; Table 32 U.S. CNT PATENTS: U.S. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS, 1994-2006*; Table 33 U.S. CNT PATENTS: LEADING JAPANESE CORPORATION, 1994-2006*; Table 34 U.S. CNT PATENTS: LEADING KOREAN AND TAIWANESE ORGANIZATIONS, 1994- 2006*; Table 35 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEADERS AMONG EUROPEAN AND OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS, 1994-2006*; Table 36 INFLUENTIAL PLAYERS INVOLVED IN LARGE SCALE CNT PRODUCTION AND MARKET EXPLOITATION; Table 37 INFLUENTIAL PLAYERS INVOLVED IN SMALL SCALE CNT PRODUCTION AND MARKET EXPLOITATION; Table 38 MARKET SEGMENTATION OF CNT INDUSTRY; Table 39 MAJOR MILESTONES IMPACTING CARBON NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC. COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; Table 40 LARGE U.S. CORPORATIONS LEADING IN CNT PATENT ACTIVITY*; Table 41 EXEMPLARY COMPANIES LEADING THE CNT INDUSTRY EVOLUTION; Table 42 DIVERSITY IN CNT CONSUMER MARKET PRODUCTS; Table 43 COMPETITIVE MATERIAL ALTERNATIVES TO CNTS FOR CERTAIN APPLICATIONS; Table 44 PROGRESS IN IDENTIFYING AND RESOLVING CNT TOXICOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR; Table 45 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES COMPARED WITH OTHER FIBERS; Table 46 CNT COMPOSITES: RANGE OF POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS; Table 47 CNT COMPOSITES: PROPERTIES ENDOWED; Table 48 MECHANICAL PROPERTY ENHANCEMENTS IN VARIOUS CNT COMPOSITES; Table 49 ENHANCEMENTS CLAIMED IN VARIOUS CNT CERAMIC SYSTEMS; Table 50 SOME EXAMPLES OF CNT-METAL COMPOSITES; Table 51 SOME EXAMPLES OF CNT-POLYMER COMPOSITES; Table 52 VARIOUS PROCESSING STRATEGIES USED TO MANUFACTURE POLYMER-CNT COMPOSITES; Table 53 ULTIMATE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CNT FIBERS AND EXAMPLES OF THEIR ENHANCEMENT IN VARIOUS POLYMER COMPOSITE SYSTEMS; Table 54 KEY PROPERTIES CONTROLLING ULTIMATE REINFORCING AND CONDUCTIVITY POTENTIAL OF SWNTS IN A POLYMER MATRIX; Table 55 POLYMER COMPOSITE CNT PRODUCTS CURRENTLY MANUFACTURED OR UNDER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; Table 56 LEADING COMPANIES INVOLVED IN THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CNT-POLYMER COMPOSITES; Table 57 U.S. CNT-POLYMER COMPOSITES PATENTS: LEADING COMPANIES*; Table 58 U.S. CNT PATENTS ISSUED IN THE COMPOSITES SECTOR TO OTHER COMPANIES,1994-2004; Table 59 EXAMPLES OF READY-TO-MOLD HYPERION AUTOMOTIVE MWNT-RESIN COMPOUNDS; Table 60 COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE FOR HYPERION CONDUCTIVE AUTOMOTIVE MWNT-RESIN COMPOUNDS; Table 61 ADVANTAGES OF MWNTS COMPARED WITH CONVENTIONAL CONDUCTIVE FILLERS USED IN MOLDED AUTOMOTIVE PLASTICS; Table 62 CLASSIFICATION OF CONDUCTIVE MOLDED PLASTICS ACCORDING TO FILLER LOADING AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; Table 63 VARIOUS APPLICATIONS OF MWNTS IN ELECTROSTATICALLY DISSIPATIVE PLASTIC AUTO COMPONENTS; Table 64 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AEROSPACE CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES INDUSTRY; Table 65 VARIOUS ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS OF MWNTS IN MOLDED PLASTIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS; Table 66 FUTURE SPACE APPLICATIONS FOR CNTS; Table 67 SPORTING GOODS APPLICATIONS OF MWNT-PLASTIC COMPOSITES; Table 68 COMPARATIVE PROPERTY PERFORMANCE OF CONDUCTIVE TRANSPARENT COMPOSITE COATINGS; Table 69 KEY CNT PROPERTIES ATTRACTING FUTURE ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; Table 70 U.S. CNT PATENTS IN THE ELECTRONICS SECTOR (LEADING U.S. ORGANIZATIONS), 1994-2006*; Table 71 U.S. CNT PATENTS IN THE ELECTRONICS SECTOR: LEADING EUROPEAN AND ASIAN ORGANIZATIONS, 1994-2006*; Table 72 ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN CNT ELECTRONIC THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS; Table 73 ADVANTAGES OF CNTS AS A COLD FIELD EMISSION CATHODE; Table 74 ADVANTAGES OF FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS OVER LCDS; Table 75 MAJOR FACTORS DICTATING EMERGENCE OF CNT-BASED TECHNOLOGY IN FPD MARKETPLACE; Table 76 LEADING U.S. ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN CNT-FED PATENT ACTIVITY; Table 77 LEADING FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN CNT-FED PATENT ACTIVITY; Table 78 MAJOR PLAYERS AND ANCILLIARY GROUPS/COMPANIES INVOLVED IN CNT-FED DEVELOPMENT; Table 79 ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN CNT-FED PROTOTYPES; Table 80 ADVANTAGES AND CHALLENGES OF MOTOROLA'S CNT-BASED FED COMPARED WITH EXISTENT FPD TECHNOLOGIES; Table 81 EXAMPLES OF OTHER FIELD EMISSION DEVICE APPLICATIONS; Table 82 ADVANTAGES OF FE-CNT FLUORESCENT WHITE LIGHT SOURCE OVER CONVENTIONAL LAMPS; Table 83 RATIONALIZING CNT SYNTHESIS WITH END USE FE PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; Table 84 ORGANIZATIONS WITH U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY RELATING TO CNT-BASED FIELD EMISSION LIGHT SOURCES; Table 85 LEADING ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE APPLICATION OF CNTS IN FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS AND DISPLAYS; Table 86 ATTRACTIVE PROPERTIES OF CNTS FOR MEMORY APPLICATIONS; Table 87 LEADING PLAYERS IN CNT-MEMORY INITIATIVES BASED ON U.S. PATENTS; Table 88 CNTS ENDEARING PROPERTIES USED FOR FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS; Table 89 KEY PROPERTIES AFFECTING FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; Table 90 LEADING ORGANIZATIONS PATENTING CNT FUEL CELL ENHANCEMENTS; Table 91 U.S. CNT PATENT ACTIVITY LEADERS*: HYDROGEN STORAGE; Table 92 PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES; Table 93 ADVANTAGES OF SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICES COMPARED WITH BATTERIES; Table 94 COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF BATTERIES VERSUS CAPACITORS; Table 95 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN CNT-BASED SOLAR CELLS; Table 96 CNT U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY IN SOLAR CELL APPLICATIONS; Table 97 ATTRACTIVE PROPERTIES OF CNTS AS SEPARATION MEMBRANES; Table 98 RESEARCH AND COMMERCIAL PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENTS OF VARIOUS CNT-BASED MEMBRANE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES; Table 99 TYPES OF CNT SENSORS; Table 100 TYPES OF CNT BIOSENSOR SYSTEMS; Table 101 KEY PROPERTIES OF CNTS EXPLOITED IN SENSOR APPLICATIONS; Table 102 POTENTIAL USES OF CNTS IN THE BIOMEDICAL AREA; Table 103 RECENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS IN CNT BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; Table 104 U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY IN CNT CATALYST SUPPORTS*; Table 105 APPLICATIONS OF CNTS IN PHOTOCATALYTIC SYSTEMS; Table 106 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED COMPOSITE PRODUCT REVENUES, THROUGH 2011 $ MILLIONS); Table 107 PROS AND CONS FOR CNT FIELD EMISSION DISPLAY MARKET; Table 108 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS IN FIELD EMISSION DISPLAY, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS); Table 109 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS IN DISPLAY BACKLIGHT MARKET, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION); Table 110 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS IN FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS AND ELECTRONICS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION); Table 111 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-MEMORY BASED PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION); Table 112 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED SENSOR PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION); Table 113 LEADING PLAYERS IN CNT-BASED BATTERY TECHNOLOGY ACCORDING TO U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY; Table 114 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS IN BATTERY AND FUEL CELL, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION); Table 115 U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY IN CNT-BASED EDL CAPACITORS AND APPLICATIONS; Table 116 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CAPACITORREVENUES FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION); Table 117 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR MICRO FUEL CELL REVENUES FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION); Table 118 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED CATALYST SUPPORTS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
LIST OF FIGURES: Summary Figure:; GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CARBON NANOTUBES IN PROMISING COMMERCIAL SECTORS, 2006-2011; Figure 1 FORMATION OF SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBE STRUCTURE; Figure 2 CARBON NANOTUBE STRUCTURES; Figure 3 NUMBER OF U.S. CNT PATENTS ISSUED 1994 TO 2006 (CUMULATIVE TOTAL, 1865)*; Figure 4 BREAKDOWN OF THE MAIN INDUSTRY/APPLICATION SECTORS EMERGING FROM U.S. CNT PATENTS ISSUED, 1994-2004 (%); Figure 5 U.S. CNT PATENTS ISSUED CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO INDUSTRIAL/APPLICATIONS SECTORS, 1994 TO 2002; Figure 6 U.S. CNT PATENTS ISSUED IN 2003 AND 2004 CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO INDUSTRIAL/APPLICATION SECTOR; Figure 7 U.S. VERSUS ASIAN CNT PATENTS ISSUED CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO INDUSTRIAL/APPLICATIONS SECTOR, 1994 TO 2004; Figure 8 U.S. CNT PATENTS ISSUED FOR EUROPEAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, 1994-2004; Figure 9 U.S. CNT PATENTS ISSUED TO LEADING U.S. STATES, 1994-2004; Figure 10 GROWTH IN U.S. CNT PATENTS PENDING, 2001-2006*, VERSUS PATENTS ISSUED 2006*

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Among the numerous categories in the evolving field of newly synthesized nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are perhaps among the most dynamic and undergoing the most rapid pace of development. The past 5 years have witnessed relentless growth in research, development, and technological understanding of these remarkable materials. Universities, small businesses, and start-ups, as well as large corporations have continued to probe and exploit numerous commercial possibilities. As a result, the list of product applications is expanding considerably and is projected to do so well into the future.

The most tangible evidence for growth and interest is reflected first by the emergence of new CNT industrial producers capable of offering CNTs in near-commercial scale quantities at more affordable unit pricing. In addition, after several years of incubation, there is a new breed of university spin-offs or nanotechnology companies targeting specific application sectors. Additional evidence of growth is the increasing presence of larger, more established corporations that recognize the future market opportunities offered by CNTs. Finally, over the past 5 years there has been phenomenal growth in patent activity. For instance, in the past 3 years the number of CNT-related issued patents has almost tripled, reaching close to 600 patents in 2006 alone. For patents pending, the situation is even more dramatic, approaching a cumulative backlog close to 4500 patents applications.

In view of the technical momentum behind a growing multibillion dollar technology investment, and the enormous business potential, this report provides a timely update on carbon nanotubes-overall status of technology, and analysis of where the carbon nanotube market will be in the immediate future.

SCOPE OF STUDY

This report contains:

An overview of the global market for carbon nanotubes, including definitions and important details about the industry
Historical and current market data about carbon nanotubes which are then used to provide detailed forecasts through 2011; it also discusses the market in terms of commercial sectors and applications for CNTs, including composites, electronics, energy, and other categories
Definitions, history, and product methodology for the latest important technological breakthroughs, as well as a discussion of unique properties of CNTs, and the different features and challenges of each.
Profiles of important companies.

METHODOLOGY AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION

This report is primarily derived from the enormous amount of patent and technical literature relating to CNTs disclosed in the public domain. In addition, complementary information has also been drawn from the business community such as company investment news, company profiles, press releases, and personal telephone interviews with selected companies.

AUTHOR'S CREDENTIALS

John Oliver, the author of this report, is the founder of Innov8 Solutions, which provides advanced materials consultation services to various clients. He has over 30 years industrial R&D experience in surface and colloid science spanning a wide range of materials technology. Primarily, working as a senior scientist at Xerox Research Centre of Canada, he developed an invaluable understanding in advanced materials used in digital printing technologies such as xerography and inkjet printing. More recently through his involvements with the Alberta Research Council and several local universities, his interests have evolved into the realm of nanomaterials and microsystems device integration. He has a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from McGill University, a BSc degree in Chemistry from Surrey University, U.K. His publications include more than 40 technical articles, 20 patents, and one technical book.

He is the editor of BCC's monthly Nanoparticle News and the author of a previous BCC technical report Quantum Dots: Technical Status and Market Prospects, NAN027A.

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Carbon Nanotubes: Technologies and Commercial Prospects

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