Report: Carbon Nanotubes: Technologies and Commercial Prospects TOC

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
  - REPORTS
  - MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
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
- WHAT ARE CARBON NANOTUBES?
- Figure 1 FORMATION OF SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBE STRUCTURE
- Figure 2 CARBON NANOTUBE STRUCTURES
  - A BRIEF HISTORY OF NANOTUBES
- Table 1 CHRONOLOGY OF SOME CNT LANDMARK DEVELOPMENTS
  - COMPARISON OF CARBON COMPOUNDS
- Table 2 SOME COMPARATIVE PROPERTIES OF CARBON ALLOTROPES
  - DIAMOND
    - Diamondoids
    - Nanocrystalline Diamond and Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Films
  - GRAPHITE
  - FULLERENES
    - Spherical Form: Buckminsterfullerene
    - Cylindrical Form: CNTs
    - Linear Form: Carbynes
  - CARBON NANOFIBERS
  - CARBIDE-DERIVED MESOPOROUS CARBON
    - PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES
- Table 3 SOME CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES
- Table 3 (CONTINUED)
- Table 4 COMPARATIVE PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT CARBON NANOTUBES AND CARBON FIBERS
  - APPLICATIONS OF CARBON NANOTUBES
- Table 5 DIVERSE RANGE OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS FOR CNTS
- Table 6 SOME EXAMPLES OF OPTIMUM FORMS OF CNTS REQUIRED FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS
  - OTHER TYPES OF NANOTUBE COMPOUNDS
    - SYNTHETIC INORGANIC NANOTUBES
- Table 7 PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS OF SOME INORGANIC NANOTUBES
  - NATURAL INORGANIC NANOTUBES
  - ORGANIC NANOTUBES
    - NANOTUBE PRODUCTION
- Table 8 COMPARISON OF THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF CNT BATCH PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
  - ARC DISCHARGE
  - LASER ABLATION
  - CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
  - SYNTHETIC PROCESSES FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH
- Table 9 SYNTHETIC PROCESS FACTORS AFFECTING CNT GROWTH
  - CONTINUOUS SCALABLE PRODUCTION
- Table 10 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CNT PROCESSES
- Table 11 COMPARISON OF SEVERAL SWNT CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
  - Chemical Vapor Deposition
  - Flame Combustion
  - Plasma Torch
    - Plasma Torch (Continued)
  - Other Developments
    - Catalyst-Free SWNTs
    - Use of Natural Lava Catalysts
    - Higher Purity and Controlled Diameter SWNTs
    - Different Carbon Feedstock
    - Pulsed Laser Vaporization
  - PURIFICATION AND PRODUCT QUALITY CONTROL
- 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
  - CNT APPLICATIONS INTEGRATION
- Table 14 LEADING U.S. RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS SPEARHEADING CNT SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT
  - SURFACE CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALIZATION
- 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 17 (CONTINUED)
  - SEPARATING ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES
- Table 18 NOTABLE DEVELOPMENTS IN SORTING ELECTRONIC GRADE CNTS
- Table 18 (CONTINUED)
  - CNT GROWTH AND DEVICE FABRICATION
- Table 19 EXEMPLARY PATENTS RELATING TO SELF-ASSEMBLY AND ORGANIZATION OF CNTS
- Table 20 SCALABLE DEVICE INTEGRATION OF CNTS
  - OTHER FORM FACTORS
- Table 21 EXEMPLARY PATENTS RELATING TO THE USE OF CNTS AS NANOTEMPLATES
  - DOUBLE-WALLED CNTS AND BUCKYPAPER
  - FEW-WALLED CNTS
  - SWNT-BASED PEAPODS OR NANO TEST TUBES
  - MWNT-BASED MICROCAPSULES
  - DRY SPINNING OF CNT FIBERS AND SHEET FORMING YARNS
  - WET SPINNING OF SWNTS
  - CONTINUOUSLY GROWN SWNT FIBERS
  - CNT REINFORCED POLYMER FIBERS
    - CNT Reinforced ... (Continued)
PATENT ANALYSIS
- RATIONALE AND METHODOLOGY
- U.S. PATENTS ISSUED
  - CHRONOLOGICAL GROWTH TRENDS IN PATENT ACTIVITY
- 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 6 (CONTINUED)
  - Comparison of U.S. Patent Activity with Asian, European, and Other Countries
- 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
  - Domestic Patent Activity
- Figure 9 U.S. CNT PATENTS ISSUED TO LEADING U.S. STATES, 1994-2004
  - Small Businesses
- Table 23 SMALL U.S. BUSINESSES AWARDED MULTIPLE U.S. CNT PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS, 1994-OCT 24, 2006
- Table 23 (CONTINUED)
- 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 28 (CONTINUED)
  - Large Businesses
- Table 29 U.S. CNT PATENT LEADERS AMONG LARGE U.S. BUSINESSES*
- Table 30 OTHER LARGE U.S. BUSINESSES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS*
  - Academic Institutions
- Table 31 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEADERS AMONG U.S. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS, 1994-2006*
  - Government and Other Not-for-Profit Institutions
- Table 32 U.S. CNT PATENTS: U.S. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS, 1994-2006*
  - U.S. Patent Activity According to Foreign Ownership
    - Leading Japanese Companies
    - Leading Korean and Taiwanese Organization
- Table 33 U.S. CNT PATENTS: LEADING JAPANESE CORPORATION, 1994-2006*
- Table 34 U.S. CNT PATENTS: LEADING KOREAN AND TAIWANESE ORGANIZATIONS, 1994- 2006*
  - Leading Organizations in European and Other Countries
- Table 35 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEADERS AMONG EUROPEAN AND OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES AWARDED U.S. CNT PATENTS, 1994-2006*
  - U.S. PATENTS PENDING
- Figure 10 GROWTH IN U.S. CNT PATENTS PENDING, 2001-2006*, VERSUS PATENTS ISSUED 2006*
  - CHALLENGES IN PATENTING NANOTECHNOLOGY
    - PATENT BACKLOG
    - WHO OWNS WHAT?
      - Who Owns What? (Continued)
      - Who Owns What? (Continued)
INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
- OVERVIEW
- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
- NANOTUBE PRODUCERS
- Table 36 INFLUENTIAL PLAYERS INVOLVED IN LARGE SCALE CNT PRODUCTION AND MARKET EXPLOITATION
- Table 36 (CONTINUED)
- Table 37 INFLUENTIAL PLAYERS INVOLVED IN SMALL SCALE CNT PRODUCTION AND MARKET EXPLOITATION
  - MARKET SEGMENTATION
- Table 38 MARKET SEGMENTATION OF CNT INDUSTRY
  - COMPANY PROFILES: CNT PRODUCERS
    - Arkema (France)
    - Bayer Material Science AG (Leverkusen, Germany)
    - Carbon Nanotechnologies Incorporated (Houston, TX)
- Table 39 MAJOR MILESTONES IMPACTING CARBON NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC. COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- Table 39 (CONTINUED)
  - Catalytic Materials, LLC (Holliston, MA)
  - Fullerene International Corporation (Japan)
  - Hyperion Catalysis International (Cambridge, MA)
  - Iljin Nanotech Co., Ltd. (Korea)
  - Liftport Nanotechnology (Millville, NJ)
  - Luna Innovations, Incorporated (Blacksburg, VA)
  - MER Corporation (Tuscon, AZ)
  - Nanocyl S.A. (Sambreville, Belgium)
  - Nanoledge S.A. (Montpellier, France)
  - Nanothinx S.A. (Rio-Patras, Greece)
  - Raymor Industries, Inc. (Boisbriand, QC, Canada)
  - Shenzhen Nanotech Port Co., Ltd. (China)
  - Showa Denko KK (Japan)
  - SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc. (Norman, TX)
  - Tailored Materials Corporation, Inc. (Tuscon, AZ)
  - Thomas Swan & Company, Ltd. (U.K.)
  - Xintek, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC)
- COMPANY PROFILES: ADDITIVES, COATINGS, INK, AND ANCILLARY PRODUCTS
  - Eikos, Inc. (Franklin, MA)
  - First Nano, Inc. (Ronkonkoma, NY)
  - Nanomix, Inc. (Emeryville, CA)
  - Nanopolaris, Inc. (Pasadena, CA)
  - Nano-Proprietary, Inc. (Austin, TX)
  - Q-Flo Limited (Cambridge, U.K.)
  - Xidex Corporation (Austin, TX)
  - Zyvex Corporation (Richardson, TX)
  - Zyvex Corporation ... (Continued)
    - COMPANY PROFILES: LARGE U.S. CORPORATIONS
- Table 40 LARGE U.S. CORPORATIONS LEADING IN CNT PATENT ACTIVITY*
  - DuPont Company
  - General Electric Company
  - Hewlett Packard Company
  - Intel Corporation
  - International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
  - Motorola Incorporated
- COMPANY PROFILES: LARGE FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
  - CHALLENGES AND ISSUES FACING THE CNT INDUSTRY
    - INDUSTRY DRIVING FORCES
- Table 41 EXEMPLARY COMPANIES LEADING THE CNT INDUSTRY EVOLUTION
  - NANOTUBE CONSUMERS AND THE EVOLVING GRADE STRUCTURE
- Table 42 DIVERSITY IN CNT CONSUMER MARKET PRODUCTS
  - COST/PERFORMANCE BALANCE
  - COMPETITION
- Table 43 COMPETITIVE MATERIAL ALTERNATIVES TO CNTS FOR CERTAIN APPLICATIONS
  - TOXICITY
- Table 44 PROGRESS IN IDENTIFYING AND RESOLVING CNT TOXICOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR
  - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
  - NANOTECHNOLOGY RISKS AND REGULATORY CONTROL
    - European Commission
    - U.S. Led Nanotechnology Regulatory Control Initiatives
      - Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology at Rice University
      - City of Berkeley CA, Nanomaterials Ordinance
      - Nanoethics and Social Advocacy Groups
    - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
    - Asian Initiatives
    - International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
    - International ...(Continued)
MARKETS BY APPLICATION
- COMPOSITES
- 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
  - CEMENT MATRIX
  - ERAMIC MATRIX
- Table 49 ENHANCEMENTS CLAIMED IN VARIOUS CNT CERAMIC SYSTEMS
- Table 49 (CONTINUED)
  - Eramic Matrix (Continued)
- DIAMOND COMPOSITES
- GLASS MATRIX
- METAL MATRIX
- Table 50 SOME EXAMPLES OF CNT-METAL COMPOSITES
  - POLYMER MATRIX
- Table 51 SOME EXAMPLES OF CNT-POLYMER COMPOSITES
- Table 52 VARIOUS PROCESSING STRATEGIES USED TO MANUFACTURE POLYMER-CNT COMPOSITES
- Table 52 (CONTINUED)
  - Electrical Conductivity Properties of Polymer-CNT Composites
  - Mechanical Properties of 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
  - Thermal Conductivity Properties of Polymer-CNT Composites
  - Commercial Product Applications of Polymer-CNT Composites
- 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
  - Automotive Applications
- 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
  - Aeronautical Applications
    - Aeronautical ... (Continued)
- Table 64 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AEROSPACE CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES INDUSTRY
  - Electronic Applications
- Table 65 VARIOUS ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS OF MWNTS IN MOLDED PLASTIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
  - Flame Retardant Applications
  - Space Applications
- Table 66 FUTURE SPACE APPLICATIONS FOR CNTS
  - Sporting Goods Applications
- Table 67 SPORTING GOODS APPLICATIONS OF MWNT-PLASTIC COMPOSITES
  - Other Applications and Important Property Considerations
    - Adhesives
    - Biocatalytic Films
    - Biomedical Composites
    - Polymer Composite Coatings and Inks
- Table 68 COMPARATIVE PROPERTY PERFORMANCE OF CONDUCTIVE TRANSPARENT COMPOSITE COATINGS
  - Polymer ...(Continued)
    - Sensor Networks for Ongoing Composite Structural Diagnostics
    - Surface Chemical Functionalization and Form Factor
- ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
  - ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
    - Emergence of Nanoelectronics
- 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*
  - CNT Electronic Components Development
    - CNT Electronic ... (Continued)
    - Synthesis and Characterization of Electronic Grade SWNTs
    - Synthesis (Continued)
    - Electronic Device Integration and Self-Assembly
    - Nanoinstruments, Ltd. (Cambridge, U.K)
    - Competition-Silicon Nanowires
    - Connectivity and Large-Scale Integration
    - Thermal Management (Solid-Based)
    - California Institute of Technology
- Table 72 ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN CNT ELECTRONIC THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS
- Table 72 (CONTINUED)
  - Fujitsu Limited (Japan)
  - Koila, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)
  - LG Electronics (Korea)
  - Molecular Nanosystems, Inc.(Palo Alto, CA)
  - Nanoconduction, Inc.(Sunnyvale, CA)/NASA Ames Research Center
  - National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO)
  - Nextreme Thermal Solutions (Research Triangle Park, NC)
  - Purdue University
  - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  - University of California, Berkeley
  - University of Colorado
- Thermal Management (Liquid-Based)
  - Cooligy, .(Mountain View, CA)
  - Seoul National University, Korea
  - University of Leeds/Institute of Particle Science and Engineering, U.K
- Beyond the CMOSFET Paradigm
  - Current Industry FET Development
    - GE Global Research Center
    - IBM Optoelectronic Applications
    - Infineon Technologies, Germany
  - Development of Other CNT Nanoelectronic Components
- FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS AND RELATED DEVICES
  - What is Field Emission?
  - Why CNTs are Attractive Material Candidates?
- Table 73 ADVANTAGES OF CNTS AS A COLD FIELD EMISSION CATHODE
  - Field Emission Applications
  - Field Emission Displays
    - Fabrication
    - How CNT-FEDs Compare with Other Display Technologies
- Table 74 ADVANTAGES OF FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS OVER LCDS
  - Major Factors Dictating CNT-FED Development
  - Leading Organizations Involved in FED Development
- 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 78 (CONTINUED)
- Table 79 ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN CNT-FED PROTOTYPES
  - cDream Corporation (San Jose, CA)
  - Commissariat a L' Energie Atomique (CEA)/LETI (France)
  - CopyTele, Inc.(Melville, NY)
  - Futaba Corporation (Japan)
  - Japan, Inc.
  - Motorola Laboratories (Tempe, AZ)
- Table 80 ADVANTAGES AND CHALLENGES OF MOTOROLA' S CNT-BASED FED COMPARED WITH EXISTENT FPD TECHNOLOGIES
  - Nano-Proprietary, Inc.(NNPP)/Applied Nanotech, Inc.(Austin, TX)
  - Synthesis ... (Continued)Printable Field Emitters, Ltd. (U.K.)
  - Samsung (Korea)
  - Taiwan, Inc.
- OTHER FIELD EMISSION DEVICE APPLICATIONS
  - Light Bulbs and Light Sources
- 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
  - Applications of CNT-Based Field Emission Light Sources
    - Advance Nanotech, Inc./ University of Bristol
- Table 84 ORGANIZATIONS WITH U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY RELATING TO CNT-BASED FIELD EMISSION LIGHT SOURCES
  - Ahwahnee Technology (San Jose, CA)
  - Delta Optoelectronics, Inc.(Taiwan)
  - Dialight Japan Company Limited
  - Ecole Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne/NanoLight Int' l, Ltd. (Switzerland)
  - Electrovac AG (Austria)
  - Foxconn/Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)
  - IBM/Thomas J. Watson Research Center
  - Iljin Nanotech
  - Ise Electronics Corporation-Ise (Japan)
  - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
  - Nanoexa (Burlingame, CA)
  - Nano-Proprietary, Inc. (NNPP)
  - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Korea)
  - University of Surrey/Advanced Technology Institute-ATI (U.K.)
- FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS AND ELECTRONICS
  - Advance Nanotech, Inc. (New York, NY)/Cambridge University, (U.K.)
- Table 85 LEADING ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE APPLICATION OF CNTS IN FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS AND DISPLAYS
  - Arrowhead Research (Pasadena, CA)
  - DuPont Electronic Technologies (Hayward, CA)
  - Eikos, Inc. (Franklin, MA
  - Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
  - Unidym, Inc. (Menlo Park, CA)
  - University of Illinois/Semprius, Inc. (Durham, NC)
- MEMORY APPLICATIONS
- Table 86 ATTRACTIVE PROPERTIES OF CNTS FOR MEMORY APPLICATIONS
  - Memory Applications (Continued)
- Table 87 LEADING PLAYERS IN CNT-MEMORY INITIATIVES BASED ON U.S. PATENTS
  - Nantero, Inc. (Woburn, MA)
    - Nantero, Inc. ... (Continued)
- ENERGY STORAGE
  - BATTERIES
  - Lead-Acid Batteries
  - Lithium-Ion Batteries
  - Lithium Polymer Batteries
- FUEL CELLS
  - Hydrogen Fuel Cells
- Table 88 CNTS ENDEARING PROPERTIES USED FOR FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS
- Table 89 KEY PROPERTIES AFFECTING FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE
  - Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
  - Substitution of CNTs in Membrane Electrode Assembly Materials
    - CNTs Used in Hydrogen and Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFCs)
- Table 90 LEADING ORGANIZATIONS PATENTING CNT FUEL CELL ENHANCEMENTS
- Table 90 (CONTINUED)
  - Optimizing Catalyst Loading and Retention
  - Critical Fuel Cell Components
    - Gas Diffusion Layers
    - Surface Wettability
  - Commercial Applications and Development of Fuel Cells
    - Intematix Corporation
    - Motorola, Inc.
- HYDROGEN STORAGE
  - Carbon Nanostructures
  - Underlying System Properties.
    - Underlying System .... (Continued)
  - Commercial Development
    - Sony Corporation
- Table 91 U.S. CNT PATENT ACTIVITY LEADERS*: HYDROGEN STORAGE
  - Nanomix Incorporated
  - Motorola, Inc.
- CAPACITORS
  - Basic Characteristics
- 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
  - Electrical Double Layer Capacitor
    - Electrical ... (Continued)
  - Research Activities in CNT-Based EDLCs
    - GIT Textile and Fiber Engineering
    - MIT Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems (LEES)
    - NASA Johnson Space Center
    - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST (Japan)
    - University of California, Davis
    - University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering (U.K.)
    - University of Texas at Dallas/NanoTech Institute
- SOLAR/PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
  - Basic Characteristics
  - Academic Research
  - Commercial Development
- Table 95 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN CNT-BASED SOLAR CELLS
- Table 96 CNT U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY IN SOLAR CELL APPLICATIONS
  - Ambit Corporation (Ashland, MA)
  - Arrowhead Research Corporation/Nanopolaris (Pasadena, CA)
  - BP Solar North America (Frederick, MA)
  - DuPont (Wilmington, DE)
  - Dow Corning Corporation (Midland, MI)
  - Eikos, Inc. (Franklin, MA)
  - First Solar, LLC (Phoenix, AZ)
  - Heliovolt Corporation (Austin, TX)
  - Innovalight, Inc. (Manhasset, NY)
  - Konarka Technologies (Lowell, MA)
  - Miasolé(San Jose, CA)
  - Nanosolar, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
  - Wakonda Technologies, Inc./RIT
- THERMIONIC POWER AND RECTIFIER DEVICES
  - Thermionic Power
  - Thermal Rectifiers
- MEMBRANES
- Table 97 ATTRACTIVE PROPERTIES OF CNTS AS SEPARATION MEMBRANES
  - DEVELOPMENTS AND APPLICATIONS
    - Bisource, Inc.
- Table 98 RESEARCH AND COMMERCIAL PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENTS OF VARIOUS CNT-BASED MEMBRANE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES
  - Clemson University
  - Covalent Industrial Technologies, LLC
  - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
  - Philip Morris USA Research Center
  - Proctor and Gamble Company
  - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  - Seldon Laboratories, LLC
  - University of Kentucky (U.K), Center for Applied Energy Research
- SENSORS
  - TYPES OF SENSORS
- Table 99 TYPES OF CNT SENSORS
  - Biosensors
- Table 100 TYPES OF CNT BIOSENSOR SYSTEMS
  - Chemical Sensors
- Table 101 KEY PROPERTIES OF CNTS EXPLOITED IN SENSOR APPLICATIONS
  - Physical Sensors and Actuators
- COMMERCIAL PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENTS
  - Applied Nanotech, Inc. (Austin, TX)
    - Enzyme-Coated CNT Biosensor
    - Gated Metal Oxide Sensor
    - Palladium Nanoparticle Hydrogen Sensor
  - Photoacoustic Sensor (PAS)
  - Carbon Nanoprobes, Inc. (White Plains, NY)
  - Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, NJ)
  - Motorola Laboratories (Tempe, AZ)
  - Nanomix , Inc.(Emeryville, CA)
  - Nanosensors , Inc.(Santa Clara, CA)
  - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA
- OTHER APPLICATIONS
  - BIOMEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS
- Table 102 POTENTIAL USES OF CNTS IN THE BIOMEDICAL AREA
- Table 103 RECENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS IN CNT BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
  - CNTS AS CATALYST SUPPORTS
    - Industrial Chemical Process Synthesis
- Table 104 U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY IN CNT CATALYST SUPPORTS*
  - Photocatalytic Support Systems
- Table 105 APPLICATIONS OF CNTS IN PHOTOCATALYTIC SYSTEMS
MARKET ANALYSIS
- CNT COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION
- Figure 11 GLOBAL MARKET CNT PRODUCT COMMERCIALIZATION ROADMAP AND PROJECTED REVENUE GROWTH, 2006-2011
  - MARKET PROSPECTS FOR CNTS IN COMPOSITE MATERIALS
    - AERONAUTICAL APPLICATIONS
    - AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS
    - FLAME RETARDANT APPLICATIONS
    - SPORTS EQUIPMENT APPLICATIONS
    - OTHER COMPETITIVE FACTORS AND DEVELOPMENTS
    - MARKET PREDICTION FOR CNTS IN COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS
- Table 106 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED COMPOSITE PRODUCT REVENUES, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
  - MARKET PROSPECTS FOR CNTS IN ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
    - ELECTRONIC/ NANOELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
    - FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS AND RELATED DEVICES
      - Field Emission Displays (FEDs)
        
        Market Challenges: Competitive Technologies and Manufacturing Cost
- Table 107 PROS AND CONS FOR CNT FIELD EMISSION DISPLAY MARKET
  - Commercial Champions-Who' s Leading the Chase and When?
  - Market Prediction for CNTs in Field Emission Display Technology
- Table 108 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS IN FIELD EMISSION DISPLAY, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
  - Light Bulbs and Light Sources
- Table 109 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS IN DISPLAY BACKLIGHT MARKET, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION)
  - FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS AND ELECTRONICS
- Table 110 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS IN FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS AND ELECTRONICS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION)
  - MEMORY APPLICATIONS
    - Memory Applications (Continued)
- Table 111 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-MEMORY BASED PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION)
  - SENSORS
- Table 112 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED SENSOR PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION)
  - MARKET PROSPECTS FOR CNTS IN ENERGY APPLICATIONS
    - BATTERIES
      - Market Prognosis
- Table 113 LEADING PLAYERS IN CNT-BASED BATTERY TECHNOLOGY ACCORDING TO U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY
- Table 113 (CONTINUED)
  - Technical Challenges and Competitive Factors
  - Market Prediction for CNTs in Battery Technology
- Table 114 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS IN BATTERY AND FUEL CELL, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION)
  - CAPACITORS
    - Market Prognosis of Commercial Development in CNT-Based Supercapacitors
    - CNT Capacitor Patent Activity
      - GSI Creos Corporation, Asahi Glass, and TDK (Japan)
- Table 115 U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY IN CNT-BASED EDL CAPACITORS AND APPLICATIONS
  - Hyperion Catalysis International
  - Iljin Nanotech (Korea)
    - Market Prediction for CNTs in Capacitor Technology
- Table 116 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR CAPACITORREVENUES FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION)
  - FUEL CELLS
    - Commercial Development
    - Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. (CNI), Johnson Matthey, and Motorola Labs
    - Japan, Inc.
    - MTI MicroFuel Cells, Inc. (Albany, NY)
    - Neah Power Systems, Inc. (Bothel, WA)
    - Pacific Fuel Cell Corporation (Riverside, CA)
    - UltraCell Corporation (Livermore, CA)
  - Market Prediction for CNTs in Micro Fuel Cell Technology
- Table 117 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR MICRO FUEL CELL REVENUES FOR CNT-BASED PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLION)
  - HYDROGEN STORAGE
  - SOLAR/ PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
  - THERMIONIC POWER AND RECTIFIER DEVICES
- MARKET PROSPECTS FOR CNTS IN OTHER APPLICATIONS
  - CATALYST SUPPORTS
- 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*

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