Nanotechnology and MEMS 2003: The Race to Commercialize the Ultra-Small

SUMMARY

This 2003 report updates readers about the exciting emerging nanotechnology and related microtechnology markets. This 18-chapter study highlights the opportunities and technologies for this important technology race. Growing government spending around the world is making nanotechnology R&D the NEXT BIG THING!

The excitement about making ultra-small structures as a result of nanoscience R&D opens a whole world of potential commercial applications. Experts at the US National Science Foundation have suggested that the value of the worldwide commercial market for nanotechnology-based products might reach $1 trillion or more between 2010 and 2015. The big investors from major world regions are betting that nanotechnology will become a big contributor to the world economy.

Therefore, if the US has 50% of the market in 2003, how big will the world nanotechnology market become? This report estimates that the US nanotechnology R&D market will reach nearly $3.3 billion in 2007. The commercial markets could be a factor of 10X to 100X as big as the R&D market.

For example, drug delivery is an estimated $50 billion worldwide commercial market that also uses some emerging nanotechnologies. This report discusses how nanotechnology R&D is being used for new drug delivery applications.

While nanoscale devices exist in R&D labs, microscale devices and MEMS sensors or actuators are appearing on the market in some large industrial, automotive or consumer applications. This report estimates that the worldwide commercial MEMS market will reach $31 billion.

This report is a "must-have" for anyone interested in the business and investment opportunities in nanotechnology and MEMS. This technology report provides an overview of current nanotechnology and MEMS R&D. This study discusses the commercialization drivers for nanotechnology, identifies thought leaders and reviews their key intellectual property. This report assesses the market and outlook. It discusses the business activities of the key nanotechnology R&D firms and highlights the future directions of nanotechnology.

Major corporations such as IBM, Intel, AMD, TSMC, UMC, Toshiba, NEC, GE, Hitachi, Xerox, Philips, Siemens and hundreds of others are making key advances in the field. Toshiba and Intel have moved to 90 nanometer processes for commercial semiconductor production in 2003 to 2004.

Readers will learn about key business opportunities and the lessons learned from work in ultra small technologies. This 118-page report uses more than 29 tables and figures to show the trends of this emerging technology. This study profiles key nanotechnology R&D firms and how they do business. This report also looks at the invention of better manipulation instrumentation and materials for use in nanoscience and technology research that has the effect of accelerating progress in other industries. This study discusses expanding venture capital investment field, who is investing in nanotechnology and why.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. The World of the of Ultra-Small

• Defining Nanotechnology
  • The R&D Landscape
  • Nanotechnology is Important
• Nanotechnology R&D
  • High-Powered Microscopes & Instruments
  • Manipulating Atoms
  • Engineering Templates from Living Things
  • Top-Down Manufacturing of Small Things
  • MEMS for Tiny Devices and Liquid Handling
  • Nanotubes for New Structures
  • Nano-based Materials
  • Electricity Conduction
• MEMS R&D
  • Parts for Industrial or Consumer Products
  • Tiny Sensors and Controllers
  • Shrinking Semiconductor Chips
  • MEMS for Biomedical Applications
  • Chemical Micro-manipulation

2. Inventors and Intellectual Property

• Leaders in Nanotechnology and MEMS R&D
  • Identifying the Experts
  • Thought Leaders
• Atom Manipulator Instruments
  • AFM to SPM
  • Needed R&D Infrastructure
• Creating Structures
  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Particles and Other Structures
• Electronics
  • Computer Parts
  • Molecular Computing
• MEMS
  • Electronic Switching
  • Nanoelectronic Biosensors
  • Medical Diagnostics and BioDefense

3. The Business of Nanotechnology R&D

• Business Model and Patents
  • The R&D Business Model
  • Intellectual Property Matters
• Generating Revenues from Nanotechnology
  • Commercial Ideas
  • Create and Patent R&D Deliverables, Then Out-License
  • Supply Infrastructure for Government Projects
  • Supply Product Design and Simulation Services
• Near-Term Business Goals
  • Basic Research
  • "Grand Challenges"
  • New Research Centers and Networks
  • Key Infrastructure
  • Fostering Workforce Fairness Programs
  • The NNI Timeline and Early Achievements

4. Market Estimates and Potential Opportunities, 2002-2007

• Estimating the Market for Nanotechnology
• Industry Segments
• Market Size, 2002~2007

5. Commercialization Drivers

• A Changing Commercial Environment
  • At the Edge of Silicon Chip Design
  • Boosting Disk Drive Storage
  • Very Small Parts for Consumer Electronics
  • New Devices for Healthcare
• Potential Product Areas
  • All Purpose AOCDs
  • Smaller Transistors
  • Smaller Electronics Components
  • Small Detectors, Sensors and Controllers
  • New Types of Materials

6. Developing New Business

• Business Development Practices
• NNI Creates Opportunities

7. Nanotechnology Directions

• Recent Innovations
• Future Trends
• R&D Direction Follows Money Allocation
• The Important Things First
• The Best Bets
• Basic Research in University Labs
• Nanobiotechnology

8. Nanobiotechnology Enabled Drug Delivery

• The Market for Nanotechnology Drug Delivery
• Emerging Technology
• Commercial Implications

9. Profiles of Biosensor Companies

• Nanogen, Inc.
• Quantum Dot Corporation

10. Profiles of Research Instrument Companies

• Asylum Research
• nPoint, Inc. (formerly PIEZOMAX Technologies)
• Veeco Instruments, Inc.

11. Profiles of MEMS Companies

• MEMGen Corporation
• Zyvex

12. Profiles of Nanoelectronics Companies

• Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
• IBM Research Center

13. Profiles of Nanofabrication Companies

• Arryx, Inc.
• NanoInk, Inc.

14. Profiles of Nanomaterials Companies

• Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc.
• Nanoprobes, Incorporated

15. Profiles of Other Nanotech Companies

• NanoBio Corporation
• NanoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• STMicroelectronics

16. Conclusions and Comments

• Potential Advances and Challenges
  • Growing Government Budgets for R&D
  • Foster Better Communications
  • Need for Common Standards
  • Need for Multi-disciplinary University Education
• New R&D Areas in Nanotechnology
  • Beginning Era of Experimentation
  • Combining Materials With New Properties
  • Biosensors and Bioactuators
• Commercial Opportunities
  • Lab Infrastructure and Instruments
  • New Materials
  • Computer Simulation
  • Infrastructure and Consulting Services
• Concluding Thoughts

17. Appendix - A Short History

18. Appendix - Nanotechnology Glossary