Silver Inks and Pastes for Printable Electronics: 2008-2015, Updated Version

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

• E.1 Emerging Opportunities in Silver Inks for Printed Electronics
  • E.1.1 Silver and the New Printed Electronics
  • E.1.2 Market Positioning for Silver Inks
  • E.1.3 Applications for Silver Inks in PE
  • E.1.4 Silver Costs as a Challenge for the Silver Ink Business
• E.2 Firms and Strategies to Watch
  • E.2.1 Silver Inks and the Traditional Electronic Materials Industry
  • E.2.2 Novel Silver Inks and the Future of Printed Electronics
  • E.2.3 Notes on Asia
  • E.2.4 Silver Inks and Integrators
• E.3 Summary of Forecasts

Chapter One: Introduction

• 1.1 Background to Report
  • 1.1.1 Printed Silver Market Evolution
  • 1.1.2 Printed Silver: New Concerns and New Opportunities
• 1.2 Objectives and Scope of this Report
• 1.3 Methodology of this Report
• 1.4 Plan of this Report

Chapter Two: Evolution of Silver Ink Technology

• 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.1.1 Changes in the Past Year
  • 2.1.2 Impact of Silver Industry Trends and the Price of Silver
• 2.2 Ink Formulations: Nano
  • 2.2.1 Nanosilver Inks
  • 2.2.2 Impact of Nanomaterials on Curing Times and Temperatures
  • 2.2.3 Impact of Nanomaterials on Conductivity
• 2.3 Pure Silver Inks and Hybrid Inks
  • 2.3.1 Inks of Pure Silver
  • 2.3.2 Silver + Palladium
  • 2.3.3 Silver + Carbon
  • 2.3.4 Thoughts on Copper and Copper + Silver
• 2.4 New Developments in Processing and Printing
  • 2.4.1 Processing Trends
  • 2.4.2 The Rise of Flexo and Gravure
  • 2.4.3 More Thoughts on Ink-jet
• 2.5 Safety and Environmental Concerns with Silver
  • 2.5.1 Regulation of Nanosilver
• 2.6 Key Points Made In this Chapter

Chapter Three: Strategies of Silver Ink Suppliers

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Advanced Nano Products (ANP)
  • 3.2.1 Silver Inks and Pastes Offered
• 3.3 Cabot
• 3.4 Cima NanoTech
  • 3.4.1 Product Strategy
• 3.5 Creative Materials
  • Source: Creative Materials
• 3.6 DuPont
  • 3.6.1 DuPont' s Thick-film Ink Business
  • 3.6.2 DuPont and Silver Inks
  • 3.6.3 Future Directions
• 3.7 Ferro
• 3.8 Five Star Technologies
  • 3.8.1 Company Goals, Capabilities and Investors
  • 3.8.2 Products
• 3.9 Harima Chemical
• 3.10 InkTec
• 3.11 NanoDynamics
  • 3.11.1 Company Overview
  • 3.11.2 ND Materials: Silver Ink Products
• 3.12 NanoGram
• 3.13 NanoMas
  • 3.13.1 Company Overview
  • 3.13.2 Technology and Products
• 3.14 National Starch (Henkel Electronics)
• 3.15 NovaCentrix
  • 3.15.1 Metalon Silver Products
• 3.16 Parelec
  • 3.16.1 Company Background
  • 3.16.2 Parmod Silver Inks
• 3.17 PChem Associates
• 3.18 Sigma Technologies
• 3.19 Sun Chemical

Chapter Four: Applications and Forecasts

• 4.1 Introduction: Forecasting Methodology
  • 4.1.1 How Much Confidence Should You Have In these Forecasts?
  • 4.1.2 A Note on Conventional Inks and Ink-jet Printing
• 4.2 Traditional Thick-film Applications for Silver Conductive Inks
  • 4.2.1 A Note on Membrane Switches
  • 4.2.2 Thick-film Applications: Eight-Year Forecast
• 4.3 Applications for Silver Inks in RFID
  • 4.3.1 Printing, Silver and RFID
  • 4.3.3 RFID Applications: Eight-Year Forecast
• 4.4 Applications for Silver Inks in Photovoltaics
  • 4.4.1 Silver in PV Contacts
  • 4.4.2 PV Cell Applications: Eight-Year Forecast
• 4.5 Applications for Silver Inks in Displays and Backplanes
  • 4.5.1 Silver and Frontplanes: An Eight-Year Forecast
  • 4.5.2 Silver and Backplanes
• 4.6 Applications for Silver Inks in Sensors
  • 4.6.1 Sensors and Silver Inks
  • 4.6.2 Sensors and Silver Inks: An Eight-Year Forecast
• 4.7 Applications for Silver Inks in Lighting
  • 4.7.1 Silver and EL Lighting
  • 4.7.2 Silver and OLED Lighting
  • 4.7.3 Silver and Lighting: Eight-Year Forecasts
• 4.8 Other Applications for Silver Inks in Novelties and Disposable Electronics
  • 4.8.1 Silver and Disposable Products
• 4.9 Summary Projections of the Printed Silver Markets
  • 4.9.1 Summary by Applications
  • 4.9.2 Eight-Year Market Forecast of Silver Inks by Type of Printing Technology and Type of Ink
• 4.10 Key Points Made in this Chapter

Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in this Report

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List of Exhibits

• Exhibit E-1: Product Strategies for Silver Conductive Ink Makers
• Exhibit E-2: Competitive Claims Made by Silver Ink Manufacturers
• Exhibit E-3: Product Strategies for Silver Conductive Ink Makers
• Exhibit E-4: Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver Ink Market By Application ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 2-1: Conductivity of Metals
• Exhibit 2-2: Advantages Claimed for Nanoparticulate Silver Inks
• Exhibit 3-1: Suppliers of Silver Inks, Pastes and Powders to the Printed Electronics Industry
• Exhibit 3-2: ANP Nanosilver Inks for Ink-Jet
• Exhibit 3-3: Creative Materials: Silver Ink Product Range
• Exhibit 3-4: Five Star Technologies: ElectroSperse Product Line
• Exhibit 3-5: InkTec Silver Conductive Inks
• Exhibit 3-6: Specifications of NanoMas' Nanosilver Ink
• Exhibit 3-7: Henkel Electronics: Acheson Silver Inks
• Exhibit 3-8: NovaCentrix: Metalon Inks
• Exhibit 4-1: Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver Ink Market: Traditional Applications/Share of Silver Products Market
• Exhibit 4-2: Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver Ink Market: Traditional Thick Film Applications ($ Millions unless shown)
• Exhibit 4-3: Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver Ink Market: RFID Antenna Applications ($ Millions Unless Shown)
• Exhibit 4-4: Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver Ink Market: RFID Chip Applications ($ Millions Unless Shown)
• Exhibit 4-5: Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver Ink Market: Photovoltaic Applications ($ Millions Unless Shown)
• Exhibit 4-6: Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver Ink Market: Display Frontplane Applications ($ Millions unless shown)
• Exhibit 4-7: Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver Ink Market: Sensor Applications ($ Millions unless shown)
• Exhibit 4-8: Flexible OLED with Printed Cathode
• Exhibit 4-9: Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver Ink Market: Lighting Applications ($ Millions unless shown)
• Exhibit 4-10: Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver Ink Market by Application ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 4-11: Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver Ink Market: By Type of Ink Used ($ Millions unless shown)
• Exhibit 4-12: Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver Ink Market: By Printing Technology Used ($ Millions unless shown)