REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
- The global market for nanostructured products used in water treatment was worth an estimated $1.4 billion in 2010 and will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.7% during the next 5 years to reach a value of $2.2 billion in 2015.
- The global market for quantum dots (QDs) was worth an estimated $67 million in 2010 and $103 million in 2011. This market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 59.3%, reaching $666 million by 2015, a tenfold increase.
- Global consumption of nanocomposites was an estimated 138,389 metric tons with a value of $920 million in 2011. By 2016, the market should amount to 333,043 metric tons and $2.4 billion, a five year CAGR of 19.2% in unit terms and 20.9% in value terms.
REPORT SCOPE
INTRODUCTION
In late 2011, Michael Crichton’s possible last novel was published, implicating nanotechnology as both powerful and dangerous.
At the same moment, risk assessment and management regulations — along with reporting accountability and data standards — are being framed by both the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) and also the Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications working group (NEHI).
The further nanotech extends its reach into the manufacturing realm, the louder and more persistent questions of toxicity and long-term effects will become.
All the while huge progress is being made in terms of manufacturing reproducibility. The genie is out of the bottle and setting up shop in box stores and hospital clinics alike.
This Nanotechnology Research Review provides a sampling of the type of quantitative market information, analysis, and guidance that has been aiding business decision making since BCC was founded in 1971. It includes highlights from the following reports published in 2011:
- Advanced Ceramics and Nanoceramic Powders
- Quantum Dots: Technologies and Global Markets
- Nanobiotechnology: Applications and Global Markets
- Nanotechnology in Water Treatment
- Global Markets for Nanocomposites, Nanoparticles, Nanoclays and Nanotubes
We hope you find this Research Review valuable, and we look forward to serving our customers’ biotechnology market research needs.
Chris Spivey
Senior Editor
BCC Research
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