Nanosensors: A Market Opportunity Analysis

SUMMARY

Nanosensor Market Analysis Report

Summary:

Sensing systems in the form of burglar alarms, pressure sensors and medicaldiagnostic kits, etc., have been around for decades, but suddenly the sensorbusiness seems ready to take a great leap forward. The World Semiconductor TradeStatistics organization has the sensor market pegged as the fastest growing ofall the product segments that it covers for the 2003 to 2006 period.

The drivers for this growing market are very diverse. For example, concernsabout national security are pushing the need for sensors that warn againstchemical or biological attacks or dangerous items hidden in luggage. In thetransportation industry the need to make cars and planes safer, more fuelefficient and more comfortable for passengers is spawning new generations ofmechanical and chemical sensors. In medicine, with its growing emphasis on earlyprevention, new biosensors and labs-on-a-chip offer an especially cost effectivemeans of diagnosis. Meanwhile, the next big thing in computing will supposedlybe pervasive computing in which always on mobile and fixed computers willprocess information from a myriad different sources including weather sensorsand security sensors.

Although the sensor market is so fragmented, nanotechnology has some uniquecapabilities that suggest that it will have a large impact in many of themarkets most important segments. Nanosensors are inherently more sensitive thanany other kind of sensor, making them a future choice where lives are at stake.In addition, their small size and potentially low cost means that they can bewidely deployed -- perhaps being embedded in construction materials -- therebyproviding more comprehensive readings than a few scattered "macrosensors"Nanotechnology also promises to created integrated devices that combine both thesensor itself and the mechanism that converts what is sensed into usefulinformation.

This new report from NanoMarkets analyzes and quantifies the market fornanosensors over the next eight years. It first examines each of the keyapplications areas for these emerging products and then traces how the needs ofeach sector translates into the types of nanosensors required and the materialsplatforms likely to be used. In this report we also provide a survey of the ofthe nanosensor development work and the products that are currently available,as well as the technology issues that still need to be resolved. We also reviewthe activities of all the leading materials and device manufacturers who arecurrently focused on nanosensors and provide detailed forecasts by application,type of nanosensor and materials platform used.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents *(subject to change)

Executive Summary

Chapter One: Introduction

• 1.1 Background to this Report
• 1.2 Objective of this Report
• 1.3 Scope of this Report
• 1.4 Methodology and Sources of this Report

Chapter Two: Nanosensor Technology Assessment

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Review of Development and Commercialization of Nanosensors
  • 2.2.1 Chemical and Gas Sensors
  • 2.2.2 Radiation Sensors
  • 2.2.3 Electrical and Magnetic Sensors
  • 2.2.4 Mechanical and Fluidic Sensors
  • 2.2.4.1 From MEMs to NEMs?
  • 2.2.5 Thermal Sensors
  • 2.2.6 Optical Sensors
  • 2.2.7 Biosensors
  • 2.2.7.1 Nanosensors and Labs-on-a-chip
• 2.3 Technology Enablers for Nanosensors
  • 2.3.1 Computational Simulation.
  • 2.3.2 Communications Technology
  • 2.3.3 Microelectronics, Signal Processing and Photonics
  • 2.3.4 New Materials and Surface Science
  • 2.3.5 Improved Nanomanufacturing tools
• 2.4 Technology Challenges for Nanosensors
  • 2.4.1 Advanced Materials Requirements, Cost and Availability
  • 2.4.2 Manufacturability
  • 2.4.3 Interfaces to Micro/Macro Level Devices

Chapter Three: Why Nanosensors? -- The Customer Perspective

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Analysis of the Marketplace Advantages of Nanosensors
  • 3.2.1 Increased Sensitivity
  • 3.2.2 Smaller and Lighter
  • 3.2.3 Redundant Functionality
  • 3.2.4 Less Power Consuming
  • 3.2.5 Integration of Sensing and Information Processing Functionality
  • 3.2.6 Cost Factors
• 3.3 New Product Opportunities
  • 3.3.1 Nanosensor Networks
  • 3.3.2 Nanosensor Swarms and Embedded Sensors
  • 3.3.3 Nanosensors as a Replacement for Test Systems
  • 3.3.4 Robotics
  • 3.3.5 Personal Transportation Systems and Wearable Computing

Chapter Four: Addressable Markets for Nanosensors

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Environmental and Atmospheric Monitoring
• 4.3 Energy Monitoring
• 4.4 Industrial Control
• 4.5 Robotics
• 4.6 Pervasive Computing
• 4.7 Aerospace, Automotive and Other Transportation Applications
• 4.9 Biomedical Applications
• 4.10 Homeland Defense
• 4.11 Military

Chapter Five: The Players

• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Profiles
• [The nanosensor R&D and marketing activities of the followingcompanies are being analyzed as part of the NanoMarkets research process.Profiles of approximately 25 of the most influential firms will be includedin the final report. Other firms will be added as the research dictates.What follows is a provisional list only.]
  • Access Pharmaceuticals
  • Advanced Diamond Technologies
  • Advanced Metal Technologies/AS2T
  • Affymetrix
  • Agilent
  • Ambri
  • Applied Gene Technologies
  • Boeing
  • Broadley-James
  • Cyrano Sciences
  • Dendritech
  • Dow Corning
  • Genencor
  • Graviton
  • Honeywell
  • Integrated Microsystems
  • Integrated Nano-Technologies
  • Jenoptik Laser
  • Materials Modification
  • MicroChemical Systems
  • MicroSensor Systems
  • Molecular Nanosystems
  • Motorola
  • Nanomix
  • Nanoplex Technologies
  • Nanoproducts
  • Nanoproduktor
  • Nanosensors
  • Nanosphere
  • Nanosys
  • NanoTek
  • Norsam
  • Samsung
  • Texas Instruments
  • Zyvex
• 5.3 Emerging Alliances

Chapter Six: Eight-Year Projections of Expenditures for Nanosensor Devices

• 6.1 Forecast Methodology
• 6.2 Projections by Application Segment
  • 6.2.1 Environmental and Atmospheric Monitoring
  • 6.2.2 Energy Monitoring
  • 6.2.3 Industrial Control
  • 6.2.4 Robotics
  • 6.2.5 Pervasive Computing
  • 6.2.6 Aerospace, Automotive and Other Transportation
  • 6.2.7 Biomedical Applications
  • 6.2.8 Homeland Defense
  • 6.2.9 Military
  • 6.2.10 Other
• 6.3 Projections by Nanosensor Type
  • 6.3.1 Chemical and Gas Sensors
  • 6.3.2 Radiation Sensors
  • 6.3.3 Electrical and Magnetic Sensors
  • 6.3.4 Mechanical and Fluidic Sensors
  • 6.3.5 Thermal Sensors
  • 6.3.6 Optical Sensors
  • 6.3.7 Biosensors
  • 6.3.8 Other
• 6.4 Projections by Sensor Material Platform
  • 6.4.1 Organic Molecular
  • 6.4.2 Inorganic Molecular
  • 6.4.3 Carbon Nanotube
  • 6.4.4Polymer
  • 6.4.5 NEMs
  • 6.4.6 Other