Slides from NanoMarkets webinar on Smart Coatings Feb 2015n-tech Research
These are the slides from the NanoMarkets webinan on Smart Coatings that was held on February 11, 2015. Findings from the firm's recently released report were presented.
Smart Coatings Markets, An Emerging Opportunityn-tech Research
The report analyzes the markets for smart coatings in key sectors of the economy including construction, energy, automotive, healthcare, consumer electronics, textiles and the military. Coverage includes relatively mature smart coatings (e.g., self-cleaning coatings), along with latest materials such as smart multi-layer coatings. The report provides an eight-year forecast in value ($ millions) terms for the overall smart coatings market. - See more at: http://ntechresearch.com/market_reports/smart-coatings-markets-an-emerging-opportunity
Slides created from the n-tech Research report, Markets for Metamaterials 2016-2023 that the firm issued on Q1 of 2016. In the report the firm stated that that the market for metamaterials used for communications, medicine, defense, aerospace, sensing and other applications will exceed $1.0 billion by 2021 and reach $4.1 billion by 2025. - See more at: http://ntechresearch.com/news/n-tech-research-predicts-market-for-metamaterials-will-reach-over-1.0-by-20
Electrochromic Glass and Film Markets 2016-2023 Slidesn-tech Research
Slides created from the n-tech Research report, Electrochromic Glass and Film Markets 2016-2023 issued in Q4 2015. The firm predicts that the electrochromic glass market will become a $3 billion market by 2020, sSee more at: http://ntechresearch.com/news
Slides from NanoMarkets webinar on Smart Coatings Feb 2015n-tech Research
These are the slides from the NanoMarkets webinan on Smart Coatings that was held on February 11, 2015. Findings from the firm's recently released report were presented.
Smart Coatings Markets, An Emerging Opportunityn-tech Research
The report analyzes the markets for smart coatings in key sectors of the economy including construction, energy, automotive, healthcare, consumer electronics, textiles and the military. Coverage includes relatively mature smart coatings (e.g., self-cleaning coatings), along with latest materials such as smart multi-layer coatings. The report provides an eight-year forecast in value ($ millions) terms for the overall smart coatings market. - See more at: http://ntechresearch.com/market_reports/smart-coatings-markets-an-emerging-opportunity
Slides created from the n-tech Research report, Markets for Metamaterials 2016-2023 that the firm issued on Q1 of 2016. In the report the firm stated that that the market for metamaterials used for communications, medicine, defense, aerospace, sensing and other applications will exceed $1.0 billion by 2021 and reach $4.1 billion by 2025. - See more at: http://ntechresearch.com/news/n-tech-research-predicts-market-for-metamaterials-will-reach-over-1.0-by-20
Electrochromic Glass and Film Markets 2016-2023 Slidesn-tech Research
Slides created from the n-tech Research report, Electrochromic Glass and Film Markets 2016-2023 issued in Q4 2015. The firm predicts that the electrochromic glass market will become a $3 billion market by 2020, sSee more at: http://ntechresearch.com/news
Information provided in this presentation are taken from NanoMarkets' report:-"Smart Glass Opportunities in the Automotive Industry—2014." It makes an assessment of smart glass technology for automotive applications. It also highlights the key trends that are likely to shape the revenue potential of smart automotive sector in the coming years.
After many years of being no more than a niche, the smart windows market now seems ready to take off. NanoMarkets believes that several factors are combining to make this happen. The most obvious perhaps is that there is growing awareness of energy conservation, green building and fuel efficient transportation by building owners and governments. Second, the addressable markets for smart windows are expanding rapidly as the result of the growing wealth in China, India and to some extent Latin America.
Concurrent with these demand side changes, improved smart windows technologies are emerging. And as a result of all this, we believe that the smart windows market provides important growth opportunities to everyone from materials/coatings suppliers to glass manufacturers to window manufacturers, not to mention end users such as builders, building owners, home owners, and transportation owners.
With all these developments in mind, NanoMarkets is publishing this new report to pinpoint and quantify where the money will be made – and lost – in the worldwide smart windows business. The report covers both traditional passive smart windows, as well as the new breed of active electrochromic and thermochromic smart window technologies. It also discusses the numerous challenges that will have to be overcome in this market to make new products a success.
This report analyzes the markets for self-dimming windows, self-cleaning windows and the smart windows of the future that will combine window functionality with the ability to serve as either lighting or solar panels; or both. As with all NanoMarkets reports, this report contains an eight-year forecast of shipments and revenues in this market and an appraisal of the latest strategies of major players in this market. The report also discusses in which regional markets smart windows will do best, as well as the supply chain dynamics in this business.
IDTechEx Research: Printed Electronics for the Automotive IndustryIDTechEx
The total market for flexible and printed electronics in automotive applications is expected to reach $5.5bn by 2026, spearheaded by significant growth expected by OLED displays and lighting as well as in-mold electronics applications in the next decade. These slides from IDTechEx focus on these, along with other technologies that benefit from additive processing and flexibility in form factor and will include advances in printed sensors, haptics, thin film photovoltaics and others. Slides cover: Market forecasts for printed electronics in vehicles; Mature markets; Fast growing opportunities; Opportunities in the long term.
Wearable Technology Components Market by 2024- By BIS ResearchShmir
Two exclusive Reports on Wearable Electronics for :
1. Components
2. Products
Book within this month to get free updates and bundled offer
For more details & samples contact : shmir@bisresearch.com
Opening remarks from the IDTechExShow! in Berlin, April 2016. Learn more about this show that co-locates Printed Electronics Europe, Sensors Europe, Wearables Europe, Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing Europe, Internet of Things Applications Europe, Energy Harvesting and Storage Europe, 3D Printing Europe, and Graphene Europe.
Emerging Non-Volatile Memory 2018 - Market and Technology Report by Yole Déve...Yole Developpement
After more than 15 years in development, PCM has finally taken off in stand-alone applications.
STT-MRAM will lead the embedded memory race.
More details here: https://www.i-micronews.com/report/product/emerging-non-volatile-memory-2018.html
The overall embedded system market is expected to grow from USD 86.5 billion in 2020 to USD 116.2 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 6.1% during the forecast period.
Augmented & Mixed Reality Opportunity SnapshotHarbor Research
Technological, customer and competitive forces are driving rapid change within the emerging augmented, virtual and mixed reality technology arena. Opportunities abound in this new environment as the number of players, applications and solutions explode.
The Future of The AR / MR Market Remains Uncertain
Although the AR / MR arena has a bright future overall, winners and losers will emerge over time as technology, competition, and customer requirements alter the landscape. In such an environment, developers and suppliers must be aware of the forces at work and clearly understand the impacts of these forces on their business and the market itself.
When faced with uncertainty, a useful tool to employ in thinking about the future is scenario development. Looking at alternative futures encourages new thinking and provides a base for market foresight. The purpose of scenarios is not to cover all eventualities, but to predict the impacts of these challenges so that competitors can respond.
Contact Us to Purchase the Full Brief: http://harborresearch.com/about-us/contact-harbor/
See The Full Blog Post Here: http://harborresearch.com/the-future-of-augmented-and-mixed-reality/
The global market for quantum dots (QDs) in 2010 was worth an estimated $67 million in revenues. This market is projected to grow over the next 5 years at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 59.3%, reaching almost $670 million by 2015, representing a tenfold increase.
The entrance of Chinese players and the rise of new technical solutions are poised to trigger profound changes in the memory business.
More information on: https://www.i-micronews.com/products/status-of-the-memory-industry-2020/
Chinese Microfluidics Industry 2018 Report by Yole DeveloppementYole Developpement
Will the Chinese microfluidics industry change the worldwide microfluidic landscape?
More information on that report at: https://www.i-micronews.com/category-listing/product/chinese-microfluidics-industry-2018.html
Global and china ic substrate industry report, 2015ResearchInChina
IC substrate industry may be in a predicament in 2015, rooted in two aspects: first, the maturing of FOWLP; second, the tablet sales decline and sluggish smartphone growth. In addition, the prosperity of IC substrate industry in 2013 stimulated large-scale expansion of enterprises in 2014, thus leading to an insufficient rate of capacity utilization.
Intel Foveros and TSMC 3D SoIC are competing head-to-head for high-end packaging – How will Samsung react ?More information here : https://www.i-micronews.com/products/high-end-performance-packaging-3d-2-5d-integration-2020/
Nasiol is the registered trade mark of Artekya Ltd. Co., which is the main and pioner manufacturer of protective Nano coating materials in Turkey and Europe
Information provided in this presentation are taken from NanoMarkets' report:-"Smart Glass Opportunities in the Automotive Industry—2014." It makes an assessment of smart glass technology for automotive applications. It also highlights the key trends that are likely to shape the revenue potential of smart automotive sector in the coming years.
After many years of being no more than a niche, the smart windows market now seems ready to take off. NanoMarkets believes that several factors are combining to make this happen. The most obvious perhaps is that there is growing awareness of energy conservation, green building and fuel efficient transportation by building owners and governments. Second, the addressable markets for smart windows are expanding rapidly as the result of the growing wealth in China, India and to some extent Latin America.
Concurrent with these demand side changes, improved smart windows technologies are emerging. And as a result of all this, we believe that the smart windows market provides important growth opportunities to everyone from materials/coatings suppliers to glass manufacturers to window manufacturers, not to mention end users such as builders, building owners, home owners, and transportation owners.
With all these developments in mind, NanoMarkets is publishing this new report to pinpoint and quantify where the money will be made – and lost – in the worldwide smart windows business. The report covers both traditional passive smart windows, as well as the new breed of active electrochromic and thermochromic smart window technologies. It also discusses the numerous challenges that will have to be overcome in this market to make new products a success.
This report analyzes the markets for self-dimming windows, self-cleaning windows and the smart windows of the future that will combine window functionality with the ability to serve as either lighting or solar panels; or both. As with all NanoMarkets reports, this report contains an eight-year forecast of shipments and revenues in this market and an appraisal of the latest strategies of major players in this market. The report also discusses in which regional markets smart windows will do best, as well as the supply chain dynamics in this business.
IDTechEx Research: Printed Electronics for the Automotive IndustryIDTechEx
The total market for flexible and printed electronics in automotive applications is expected to reach $5.5bn by 2026, spearheaded by significant growth expected by OLED displays and lighting as well as in-mold electronics applications in the next decade. These slides from IDTechEx focus on these, along with other technologies that benefit from additive processing and flexibility in form factor and will include advances in printed sensors, haptics, thin film photovoltaics and others. Slides cover: Market forecasts for printed electronics in vehicles; Mature markets; Fast growing opportunities; Opportunities in the long term.
Wearable Technology Components Market by 2024- By BIS ResearchShmir
Two exclusive Reports on Wearable Electronics for :
1. Components
2. Products
Book within this month to get free updates and bundled offer
For more details & samples contact : shmir@bisresearch.com
Opening remarks from the IDTechExShow! in Berlin, April 2016. Learn more about this show that co-locates Printed Electronics Europe, Sensors Europe, Wearables Europe, Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing Europe, Internet of Things Applications Europe, Energy Harvesting and Storage Europe, 3D Printing Europe, and Graphene Europe.
Emerging Non-Volatile Memory 2018 - Market and Technology Report by Yole Déve...Yole Developpement
After more than 15 years in development, PCM has finally taken off in stand-alone applications.
STT-MRAM will lead the embedded memory race.
More details here: https://www.i-micronews.com/report/product/emerging-non-volatile-memory-2018.html
The overall embedded system market is expected to grow from USD 86.5 billion in 2020 to USD 116.2 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 6.1% during the forecast period.
Augmented & Mixed Reality Opportunity SnapshotHarbor Research
Technological, customer and competitive forces are driving rapid change within the emerging augmented, virtual and mixed reality technology arena. Opportunities abound in this new environment as the number of players, applications and solutions explode.
The Future of The AR / MR Market Remains Uncertain
Although the AR / MR arena has a bright future overall, winners and losers will emerge over time as technology, competition, and customer requirements alter the landscape. In such an environment, developers and suppliers must be aware of the forces at work and clearly understand the impacts of these forces on their business and the market itself.
When faced with uncertainty, a useful tool to employ in thinking about the future is scenario development. Looking at alternative futures encourages new thinking and provides a base for market foresight. The purpose of scenarios is not to cover all eventualities, but to predict the impacts of these challenges so that competitors can respond.
Contact Us to Purchase the Full Brief: http://harborresearch.com/about-us/contact-harbor/
See The Full Blog Post Here: http://harborresearch.com/the-future-of-augmented-and-mixed-reality/
The global market for quantum dots (QDs) in 2010 was worth an estimated $67 million in revenues. This market is projected to grow over the next 5 years at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 59.3%, reaching almost $670 million by 2015, representing a tenfold increase.
The entrance of Chinese players and the rise of new technical solutions are poised to trigger profound changes in the memory business.
More information on: https://www.i-micronews.com/products/status-of-the-memory-industry-2020/
Chinese Microfluidics Industry 2018 Report by Yole DeveloppementYole Developpement
Will the Chinese microfluidics industry change the worldwide microfluidic landscape?
More information on that report at: https://www.i-micronews.com/category-listing/product/chinese-microfluidics-industry-2018.html
Global and china ic substrate industry report, 2015ResearchInChina
IC substrate industry may be in a predicament in 2015, rooted in two aspects: first, the maturing of FOWLP; second, the tablet sales decline and sluggish smartphone growth. In addition, the prosperity of IC substrate industry in 2013 stimulated large-scale expansion of enterprises in 2014, thus leading to an insufficient rate of capacity utilization.
Intel Foveros and TSMC 3D SoIC are competing head-to-head for high-end packaging – How will Samsung react ?More information here : https://www.i-micronews.com/products/high-end-performance-packaging-3d-2-5d-integration-2020/
Nasiol is the registered trade mark of Artekya Ltd. Co., which is the main and pioner manufacturer of protective Nano coating materials in Turkey and Europe
Building owners & managers now have unparalleled opportunity to control their lighting, receive data on the performance and achieve energy savings that were previously not considered possible.
I recently presented a paper at Total Facilities in Melbourne which outlined what is possible & how to navigate between useful data & noise.
The goal of this report is to quantify and analyze the market opportunity for advanced glazing systems over the next eight years, and it builds on industry analysis that NanoMarkets has carried out in other building products markets such as BIPV and solid-state lighting where "sustainability" and energy efficiency are key. NanoMarkets has been covering such markets for around six years now.
Vibrant Gujarat Summit profile on Disruptive TechnologiesVibrant Gujarat
A Disruptive Technology is a technology or innovation, which is initially a combination of niche technologies or innovative ideas to create a high end product or service, typically such which the existing market does not expect; and when the technology becomes affordable and accessible, it eventually ends up disrupting the existing consumer market and creating a market of its own.
White Paper: Smart Materials in the Construction Sectorn-tech Research
In this paper we discuss the market potential for smart materials in the construction space. Various smart materials, coatings and surfaces are addressed along with market sizes
This report discusses Digital Industry in significant detail and provides manufacturers with the basics for developing a digital transformation strategy for their enterprise.
The optical coating equipment supports in application of optical coatings done over the target material. The performance of an optical coating is dependent upon the number of layers, thickness of the individual layers, and the refractive index difference at the layer interfaces.
Competitive Analysis:
Business Goals
Technology Strategy
Developmental Goals:
House of Quality (HOQ) for Theia’s Smart Glasses
Final Project Report
CSE 171A
Authors:
Alena Fernandez
Ashwin Chidambaram
Brittany Cook
Christopher Chiang
Conrad Pereira
Shen Cheng
Sunny Chaubey
Vaughn Fisher
Professor:
Subhas Desa
Contents
Add Headings (Format > Paragraph styles) and they will appear in your table of contents.
Final Project Report: The completed project report is due either on Thursday, December 5 (in class), or (if you need more time) Tuesday, December 10 (before 5 PM, at Building E2, Room 561), or Thursday, December 12 (before 5 PM, at Building E2, Room 561). The guidelines for the final project report are as follows:
· Create a clear, well-structured, and well-written “end-to-end” complete and correct project report that could be understood, used, and/or implemented by a third-party (e.g., a senior management review group, another project group, an UCSC SOE awards committee, business plan competition committee). Make sure to name your company and your product.
· Include a Table of Contents.
· The report should be broken up into numbered sections with captions (e.g., Section 3.5: House of Quality).
· The front-end of the report should have two components. First, create a useful 1- page executive summary. Then, create a 3-5 page cross-referenced description (of the actual contents of the report) which includes (1) a block diagram, similar to a “function-structure”, showing how all the parts of the report (e.g., competitive landscape, HOQ, conceptual design) are connected to each other, and (2) a short write-up which uses this function structure to explain “how the report should be used”.
· The different sections of the report should have brief but clear explanations of the work done, with all figures and tables clearly cross-referenced to the text. Each section should have a clear set of conclusions.
· The sections of the report should be connected to each other to tell a coherent story.
· End the report with an overall set of conclusions and guidelines, and with a detailed statement of the next steps (or future work).
Executive Summary Comment by Ashwin Chidambaram:
Block Diagram
Conclusion and Guidelines
Management (M): Perform steps 1-5 concurrently.
1. (Firm-level Strategy). Map the industry-market landscape for the technology/product, and then establish the overall competitive strategy, technology strategy, and market strategy of the technology firm.Competitive Analysis:
Competition:
Vuzix, Google,Everysight, Snapchat, Toshiba
Competition level: High
Suppliers:
Luxottica, Essilor, Asahi Glass Co.
Power level: Medium
Buyers:
People with impaired vision, regular consumers, company employees
Power level: Low
Compliments:
Amazon (Alexa), Weather Channel (App), Google/Google Maps (App), CAD (Software)
New Entrants:
Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft
Threat leve ...
2015 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the global manufacturing industry. Manufacturing plants are not longer dirty, dark and dangerous places to work; they house some of the world’s most sophisticated equipment, are managed using complex data and software, and run on powerful technology systems. As the concept of a ‘smart factory’ becomes more of a reality, we take a look at the manufacturing trends shaping the industry in 2015.
By End use, the residential segment is projected to be the largest segment in the structural insulated panels market. This is primarily due to favorable and lenient lending policies initiated by governments across all regions, which drive the sales of residential construction projects. The spending on residential construction is estimated to witness a surge, particularly in the emerging countries of APAC. There is a trend of urbanization in the region, resulting in a high growth rate for the residential construction sector. All these factors are expected to drive the structural insulated panels market in the residential building segment, globally.
Chapter from NanoMarkets report on Quantum Dots in Lighting and Displaysn-tech Research
This new NanoMarkets report provides an in depth market analysis of the opportunities emerging within the field of quantum dots (QDs), examining the latest products, strategies and technical developments in electronics applications for these emerging materials. Within the report we assess how QDs are likely to penetrate addressable markets in lighting and display applications and along what time horizon. We also examine the technology hurdles facing QDs broader adoption and how the industry will resolve them. The report also evaluates the potential of QDs vs competing technologies and provides NanoMarkets opinions on how well QDs will fare.
The report also includes NanoMarkets’ assessments of the strategies of leading firms active in the QD space with attention paid as to which are the companies to watch in the market. In addition, detailed and granular forecasts of QD shipments in volume and value terms and by application will be provided.
Smart Mirrors Technologies and Markets, 2015-2022n-tech Research
In this report n-tech Research updates our evaluation of the various types of technologies that companies are using to make mirrors "smart," while noting how different sectors may have different value propositions. We also explore the various market drivers for "smart mirrors" the four key end-market sectors: automotive, home/consumer, retail/commercial, and medical/healthcare. We provide eight-year forecasts for the various "smart" technologies in each sector, both in volumes and in value terms.
This report is designed to provide guidance for marketing, business, and technology executives from not only the traditional "mirror" sector (i.e. glass and coatings), but also from the various electronics sectors providing these "smart" functionalities, particularly displays, touch sensors, and consumer electronics. We also believe this report will be valuable to evaluators in these end-markets as they evaluate how such "smart mirrors" are evolving to meet their unique application requirements.
- See more at: http://ntechresearch.com/market_reports/smart-mirrors-technologies-and-markets-2015-2022
Emerging and Innovative Approaches in Photovoltaics 2014 Report by Yole Devel...Yole Developpement
Emerging and Innovative Approaches in Photovoltaics
It’s time to reinforce and reshape R&D efforts to speed-up the PV business
NOW IS THE TIME FOR INNOVATION!
2012 - 2013 was a tough time for most PV manufacturers, as they faced difficulties due to strongly decreasing market prices resulting from an overcrowded market and high total manufacturing overcapacities. During this period the industry was focused on securing short-term sales, and there was little investment in new equipment and R&D activities.
But now the PV market is showing signs of renewed optimism. Investors are renewing their interest in PV start-up companies developing emerging PV technologies and applications. Equipment makers are finding new opportunities in equipment sales, either to increase production capacity in existing facilities or to build new ones. Big players, especially in China, are increasing their acquisition activities in order to secure a competitive advantage.
All of these developments open new opportunities for R&D funding, and the possibility to transfer R&D achievements into an industrial environment. At the same time, the increased performance and decreasing cost of PV components and systems will allow for new applications and wider use of PV technology for electricity generation.
PHOTOVOLTAICS: WHERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION?
Although photovoltaics (PV) has reached a relatively high level of technological maturity, with many PV products commercially available today, strong efforts are underway to develop new solar cell technologies, to improve the performance of existing ones and to develop new applications for solar cells.
In this report, the PV industry’s main technology and market trends are presented, and the suitability of different PV technologies (crystalline silicon, CIGS, organic PV, etc.) for various applications is analyzed - with a focus on existing potential for further innovations.
For most conventional applications, where PV serves solely to generate electricity, it’s difficult to compete with continuously improving crystalline silicon technology, which dominates the PV market (>85% market share). Therefore, most developers of alternative PV technologies are focused on other PV functionalities (flexibility, color, low-light performance, indoor light performance, etc.) and on alternative application segments. Moreover, tandem and multijunction hybrid approaches, such as a multijunction solar cell, are also being studied.
The large number of process steps in PV product manufacturing provides great potential for innovative solutions: by avoiding, replacing, improving or adding process steps and materials used, a combination of many “small” improvements can lead to better performance and lower manufacturing costs.
More information on that report at http://www.i-micronews.com/reports/Emerging-Innovative-Approaches-Photovoltaics/5/441/
Markets and Opportunities for Transparent Displays: 2014 to 2021 Chapter 1n-tech Research
NanoMarkets believes that the market for transparent displays is about to expand dramatically. “Smart glasses,” such as Google Glass and Augmented Reality (AR) applications have focused attention on displays that can simultaneously display information and function as windows on the real world.
Display firms have begun to respond to these major trends with novel types of transparent displays. To do so they have had to invent new technologies. Transparent TFTs are especially challenging, with the most likely material solution being ZnO, though other options are possible. Hiding backlighting in transparent LCDs is also an issue, creating opportunities for transparent OLED displays; but these have their own challenges too.
In this report, NanoMarkets identifies where the revenues will be generated by transparent displays over the next eight years. In addition to leading edge applications such as smart glasses and AR, this report also considers near-term applications for transparent displays in more mundane applications such as retail and automotive.
This report is designed to be a guide to how transparent displays will be commercialized and provides both a roadmap to how the transparent display market will evolve and an assessment of the latest transparent display technology.
And in addition to granular eight-year forecasts of the transparent display market, this report also discusses the product/market strategies of transparent display makers, both large and small.
To learn just how to get iCON ready, we sat down for a Q&A session with the Tour Leaders: Erich Bozenhardt, Process Manager, and Tom Piombino, Senior Director, Process Architecture, both of IPS, and Dennis Powers, Director of Sales Engineering, G-CON Manufacturing
Smart Structures in the Construction Sector: Evolving into a Major Market Opp...n-tech Research
The concept of smart structures (a.k.a intelligent structures) is hard to define. One definition has “smart structures” as “systems that incorporate particular functions of sensing and actuation to perform smart actions in an ‘intelligent’ way.” This provides an idea as to the kind of thing a smart structure is and also how broadly the concept can be applied.
But it doesn’t provide a firm grip on what the revenue generation capabilities of smart structures are outside the context of specific applications and end-user industries. In theory, smart structures may be applied to a large number of end user industries and an even larger number of applications within these industries.
However, as a practical matter materials suppliers, electronics companies and OEMs are currently exploring two major industries where smart structures can become commercialized within a timeframe that might seriously interest investors and corporate managers. These two areas are the construction industry – our subject in this article -- and the aerospace industry:
Evaluating Opportunities for Solar PV in Mobile Electronic Devicesn-tech Research
PV technology has been paired with small electronic devices for decades, most notably in calculators. What's new here is the emergence of alternative PV technologies -- organic PV (OPV), dye-sensitized (DSC), and thin-film variants such as CIGS -- promising not only those specific capabilities, but also potentially produced in large volumes using low-cost manufacturing processes. Many within these PV sectors are developing the technology with an eye toward building-integrated PV (BIPV), but strict performance and lifetime requirements mean this is still some ways off. Consumer electronics, on the other hand, presents an alluring easier target with opportunities right now, and potentially massive addressable volumes.
The Evolving Building Integrated Photovoltaics Marketn-tech Research
n-tech Research has witnessed the progression of technologies and products and suppliers into—and more often, out of—the BIPV market over the past six years. This market, as we see it now, is in a transition and must refine its messaging to an end-user base with shifting priorities.
More than ever, BIPV needs to be sold—and technologically developed—with an emphasis on aesthetics and what can be called its "smart" capabilities, vs. simply energy generation.
While energy efficiency is – and will remain – an important factor shaping sales of BIPV products. This means that in the future there will be more dimensions along which BIPV firms can compete. These, for example, would include color, transparency and substrate conformability.
We predict an acceleration toward truly integrated BIPV products within a building envelope, and a reshaping of manufacturing strategies and supply chains to develop and deliver these products.
Smart Glasses and the Evolution of Human-Computing Interfacesn-tech Research
Within the emerging category of wearable computing, arguably the most characteristic product to emerge is "smart glasses" which mesh the communications capabilities of smartphones with additional visual and other sensual enhancements, including augmented reality. The primary selling feature of smart glasses is their ability to display video, navigation, messaging, augmented reality (AR) applications, and games on a large virtual screen, all completely hands-free. The current poster child for smart glasses is Google’s "Glass" product, but there are more than 20 firms offering smart glasses or planning to do so.
The hands-free nature of smart glasses opens up new possibilities for human-computer interfaces (HCI), drawing from smart phones as well as interfaces developed in other contexts (e.g. virtual reality). Early smart glasses models are leaning on mature and low-cost technologies with notable influence from smartphones; however we see a gradual trend for smart glasses (and other wearable computing devices) to be driven by more natural interface controls, once these technologies have time to mature as well -- and they're getting remarkably close.
Power Sources for the Internet-of-Things: Markets and Strategiesn-tech Research
NanoMarkets believes that the deployments of sensors and processors for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) are creating huge new opportunities for manufacturers of power source devices. Because of IoT, power devices such as thin-film and printed batteries, energy harvesting modules, small flexible photovoltaics panels and thermoelectric sources, which have enjoyed marginal revenues up to now, may begin generating hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenues.
However, suppliers of IoT power sources, as well as the semiconductor industry more generally face significant uncertainties in the IoT space. Not only is future of the IoT itself unclear, but also how the IoT “power infrastructure” will shape up technologically is a great unknown.
The objective of this report is to identify where the money will be made and lost in the emergent IoT power source business. It begins with an assessment of the power requirements of the various devices that NanoMarkets believes will form the “things” in the IoT. These include sensor networks, MCUs/MPUs and tagging devices, for example. The report continues by considering how established technologies such as batteries will adapt to new IoT opportunities and whether emerging technologies such as energy harvesting and thermoelectric power sources will find their first big markets as the result of IoT.
The report explores the opportunities for all industry sectors that will be impacted by the development of new power sources for the IoT. In particular we examine how leading battery companies, chipmakers, OEMs and others are preparing for the business opportunities in the IoT power source space. The report also discusses the strategies of eight firms that NanoMarkets believes will shape the market for power sources for the IoT over the next decade.
We believe that this report will be essential reading for business development and marketing executives in the battery, energy harvesting, RFID, sensors, photovoltaics and semiconductor industries, as well as the investment community. In addition to providing a thorough analysis of the IoT power source markets, this report also provides detailed eight-year forecasts of power sources for the IoT in both volume and value terms and with break outs by power source types.
- See more at: http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/power-sources-for-the-internet-of-things-markets-and-strategies
Translating CIGS Efficiency Improvements Into Market Opportunityn-tech Research
NanoMarkets sees broader adoption of both BIPV and CIGS hinging on a trade-off between cost and reliability, with lower-cost encapsulations emerging that offer minimal performance. We also note that transparency of the barrier also is very important, since any light obstruction directly reduces the performance of the PV cells within; we expect competition on this front as well.
The multimillion-dollar question about BIPV is this: what will convince customers -- architects, builders, and homeowners, even construction materials suppliers and financing entities -- to justify the extra expense in a BIPV application? Companies and organizations continue to improve and innovate around the technologies involve with building-integrated photovoltaics (PV), from new cell designs and technologies such as PERC, metal wrap-through, and "smart wire" structures, to new and improved materials from thin-film CIGS to dye-sensitized and organic PV, and the latest solar PV wonder-material perovskite. Standardization will help reduce the complexity (and thus costs) of BIPV installations; this already has made some headway in the U.K. for products such as roof tiles and shingles. These are needed progress in performance and cost reductions, but they're not enough.
NanoMarkets believes the answer lies in other factors to consider
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2. About n-tech Research
The rebrand of industry analyst firm NanoMarkets that was founded in
2004
Extensive experience in examining the commercial opportunities arising
from advances in materials and their application to industries and
applications
Special focus on the evolution of highly functional and smart materials and
their expansion into markets that dates back to 2010
Serve a global client base that values experienced analysis over factory
market research models of offshoring and outsourced businesses
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3. Multifunctional Smart Coatings and Surfaces: 2016-2025
n-tech believes that the coming decade will see substantial new business revenues generated
by smart surfaces that exhibit multiple functionalities: combinations of color shifting,
antimicrobial, self-cleaning, self-healing, self-dimming glass and photovoltaics.
In most cases, these surfaces will be created through multilayer coating approaches, but in
some instances, embedded sensors or special surface patterning will be used to achieve the
required functionality. There will also a growing number of smart coatings capable of delivering
multifunctionality in a single layer.
This report identifies the opportunities that these trends are creating in the construction,
automotive, aerospace, health care, textiles and consumer products sectors. It also assesses
which combinations of functionalities will be the most successful and quantify the revenues and
volume shipments of smart multifunctionals to each of the end users segments in a ten-year
forecast period, with further breakouts by material type and functionality.
Additional details about the report are available at:
http://ntechresearch.com/market_reports/multifunctional-smart-coatings-and-surfaces-2016-
2023
All n-tech reports and content at www.ntechresearch.com
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4. Topics for today
• Multifunctionality: Definitions and drivers
• Market forecast: Applications and technologies
• Analysis of smart materials markets: Focus on
construction
• Technology assessment
• Companies to watch
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5. What are multifunctional smart coatings and surfaces?
• Smart coatings are multifunctional if they provide complex functionality on a
single substrate. Example: A glass coating that enables both photovoltaics
capability and self-dimming capabilities. This might be provided through a
multilayer coating
• Another coating that might be considered both smart and multifunctional is
a multipurpose coating that can offer several different smart functionalities,
but not always at the same time. Example: Polyphenol coatings can be
deployed as antimicrobials/anti-inflammatories for medical implants, but
also tune optical properties of metallic nanoparticles for both medical
diagnostics and therapeutics.
• Today multifunctional smart materials are usually coatings. Multifunctional
smart surfaces can be created (1) by deeply embedding sensors in a
surface or (2) patterning the surface in a manner that provides it with
multifunctional intelligence.
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6. Five drivers for multifunctionals?
• New growth opportunity for the coatings industry: Coatings markets in the
industrial world growing slowly. Multifunctional coatings represent new avenue to
growth for the mature coatings industry.
• Gold plating against commoditization: Multifunctionality adds considerable value
to coatings, IP that can be strongly protected. Potential for high margins and “smart”
adds to these advantages.
• What’s next after multipurpose coatings: Multifunctional coatings can be
positioned as solving many different problems, so better to cope with fragmentation
of demand. Think of it as smart snake oil that works.
• Need to growth R&D funding: The multifunctional message is way to raise profile
of R&D projects in industry and academia. Higher profile equates to more funding
and investment $
• Fits well with the current technological zeitgeist: Smart coatings and surfaces
can be messaged as being in tune with IoT, etc. Multifunctionality enhances the
potential for effective marketing.
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7. Marketing vs demand
• “Multifunctionality” and “smartness” are “cool” and effective for messaging new
coatings and surface technologies. Important not to mistake this for proof of real
demand – especially not in a weak economy
• In the report we have assessed likely demand for smart multifunctionals through
determination of sellable combination of functions. n-tech has built a ten-year
revenue forecasting model based on this assessment
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9. 8
Potential Multifunctional Smart Materials in Buildings
Pairings Part of
Building
Opportunities Challenges Current Status
SD +
CS
SC
SH
PV
Windows,
skylights
SD windows can provide enhanced
light control with CS functionality
and greater longevity/resilience with
SC and SH. Monolithic integration
of PV into windows is a long term
goal of BIPV; PV+SD may be highly
suitable to LEED buildings
Combining functionalities
at a price point and with
product lifetimes that are
acceptable to customers.
Technical issues
surrounding multilayer
coatings
Self-dimming windows are available today.
They occupy a very small share of the
windows market at present and no
commercial product appears to combine SD
with another functionality. However, SD is
a very well-funded technology and so may
have the resources to adopt other
functionalities as a value-added strategy
SC +
SH
SA
Interior walls
and surfaces;
high-use/ traffic
areas
There is a natural fit between SC
and SH and SA, since these
combinations make for a more
pristine environment. This
opportunity may present itself
especially in a healthcare or other
institutional environment
Current performance
levels of SC and SH may
not be up to what is
needed for practical
purposes. Longevity and
application technology
may also be an issue
This does not appears to be a product area
where there is much going on in terms of
product development or even R&D
SC +
SH
CS
Exterior walls,
supports,
roofing
SC and SH are a natural fit and
individually they are both fairly well
developed. CS is already used on
exterior walls of prestige buildings
and could be combined with SC
Coating application for
SC+ SH needs to
preserve performance.
Adding CS could prove
very challenging, but no
one really knows for sure
as yet
SC + SH receives a little attention in the
R&D space. For now CS seems to be
entirely unifunctional, but may fit into
combinations in a few years
SD: Self-dimming CS: Color-shifting SC: Self-cleaning SH: Self-healing SA: Smart antimicrobial PV: Photovoltaic
Source: n-Tech Research
10. Opportunities for multifunctionals in the
construction industry
• Huge addressable market: Total of all exterior and interior surfaces
• Familiarity with smart materials: Already using smart materials – smart
windows and color-shifting paints
• Evangelism needed: Winning over specifiers/architects is an issue
• Geography of opportunity: Main growth markets in the US, China, India and
the Middle East. But many economic and political uncertainties
• Green gone: “Green” drivers for smart materials not as powerful as in the past,
because of reduced subsidies and lower energy prices
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11. Some multifunctionals products for the
construction industry
• Smart windows are already deployed: Solid technology platform for
additional functionality – PV, self-cleaning and self-healing. Improved
price/performance and near-term revenues
• Self-cleaning and self-healing panels: Premium products exist. Strong
business case exists for combining self-cleaning and antimicrobial functionality.
Microban and others already working hard to get antimicrobial functionality onto
surfaces
• Smart concrete: Concrete is now a strong focus of smart materials R&D.
Combination of self-cleaning and self-healing seems to present opportunity.
But not much has happened yet.
• Multifunctional BIPV Implies the need for PV coatings, which exist (Heliatek
and Sunpartner). Power levels need to improve but combining with self-
cleaning increases efficiency
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12. Other multifunctional markets
• Automotive: Multifunctionals at R&D stage but have potential. German and
Japanese car makers are enthusiastic about “smartness.” Self-healing/self-
cleaning combos likely to grow out of today’s anti-scratch coatings. Smart
glass/mirrors can be leveraged for multifunctionality with embedded sensors and
self-healing/self-cleaning. Antimicrobials for public vehicles
• Aerospace: Similar to auto, but leading-edge tech will create spinoffs in other
industries. Smart material R&D funded by defense/aerospace. Constrained by
small number of aircraft shipped. SHM systems represent a good take off point for
multifunctionals – detection plus self-repair
• Medical/healthcare: Major drivers are hospital acquired infections and resistant
bugs. Need to move beyond multipurpose to combine antimicrobial, self-cleaning
and self-healing. Especially important for implants and surgical tools. Need for
trials in some cases
• Consumer products: Furniture already uses multilayer coatings and consumer
electronics is focused on coatings to improve quality and as a feature. But how
much will consumers pay for smart?
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13. Fabrication
• Multilayer coating:
• Dominant for multifunctionals
• Well understood and relatively inexpensive
• Widely used in auto industry
• Issues with interference between layers
• Single-layer multifunctional coatings
• Natural progression of product development
• Start-up opportunities?
• Embedded Sensor-based multifunctionals
• Growing availability of powerful low-cost sensors from IoT
• R&D interest
• Other
• Surface patterning
• Printing
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Multifunctionality Roadmap for Smart Materials
Type of material Current Status Future Evolution Timeframe for Evolution Opportunities
Multi-purpose functional
materials
In widespread use and has been for
some time. Often presented as
multifunctional
Will overlap increasingly
with smart multifunctional
surfaces
Transition to
multifunctionality happening
now and will play out over
the next three to five years
Using mature multipurpose
multifunctional materials as a
platform for true
multifunctionality
Multifunctional smart
coatings
Multilayer coatings are well
established technology but are not
necessarily smart.
Smart multilayer coatings
are beginning to emerge.
Single layer multifunctional
coatings are currently the
province of start- ups
Research program that will
transition to
commercialization in two to
three years
Novel synthesis and coating
methods for multifunctional
smart coatings. Creating of
stable long-lived multifunctional
smart coatings
Embedded sensors Use for multi-functional surfaces is
very immature
Unclear at the present time Commercialization likely to
occur in the next decade
Probably long-term stability and
longevity of multifunctional
smart surfaces easier to achieve
with sensors
Patterned surfaces Patterning is widely used as part of
the fabrication of multifunctional
smart surfaces. However, using
surface patterning as the primary
way of creating multifunctional
surfaces is immature
Unclear at the present time Commercialization likely to
occur in the next decade
For now the opportunity
probably lies in the ability to
create patterning technologies
that could create a smart
multifunctional surface. This
could prove quite difficult
Programmable matter Not yet addressing multifunctionality Multifunctionality will be
addressed
Unknown, but probably after
2020
Using smart composites and
metamaterials to address
multifunctionality
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Six Companies to Watch in the Multifunctional Surfaces Business
Company Reason to Watch Current Activity What to Watch For
BASF Strong in the auto coatings space where
smart multifunctionals seems to have
good prospects. Also history of early
investment in new technologies
Investment in SLIPS Technologies Further investment in smart materials and
smart coatings offerings
Heliatek Leading supplier of organic PV with an
interest in integrating into building
substrates
Still mostly trying to develop the basic
OPV product
Alliances with other firms capable of
supplying additional functionalities in a
multifunctional bundle.
Microban Leading supplier of antimicrobial
coatings for a wide variety of surfaces.
Likely to supply the antimicrobial
technology platform for future
multifunctionals
Offering a broad range of antimicrobials
for many different substrates
Saint-Gobain Innovative glass company with substantial investment in the smart glass sector
(Sage)
Signs that its glass coatings is moving
towards smarter functionalities
SLIPS Technologies Has a product that is apparently
inherently multifunctional. Has
investment from BASF and can tap into
BASF supply chain
In development/growth mode Alliances formed and especially early
customers will indicate likely future for
start-ups in this space
Yangfeng
Automotive
Interiors
YFAI is the former Johnson Controls
auto interiors which was both
innovative and had a strong presence in
the automotive industry
Working on techniques for disinfection and maintaining clean interiors through the
use of antimicrobial plastics with inherent protection or special coatings, and self-
healing polymer surfaces that repair minor scratches and dents. Under Johnson
Controls it developed technology to change the color of a car’s interior at the touch of
a button. Self-cleaning isn't as explicitly covered in YFAI’s work (at least publicly) but
historically Johnson Controls has included it as part of its efforts.