Metamaterials: Technologies and Global Markets

Report Code: AVM067B

Publish Date: Jan 2012

Publisher: BCC Publishing

Category: Advanced Materials

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Report Highlights

BCC estimates the global market for metamaterials was worth $222.3 million in 2010 and $256.1 million in 2011.  BCC expects the market to grow to $758.7 million by 2016, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.3% since 2011, and to reach nearly $1.9 billion by 2021, a CAGR of 19.6% between 2016 and 2021.

Report Scope

This report addresses the emerging global market for metamaterials, including the following classes.  The common thread uniting this diverse group of materials is that they are all artificial materials with characteristics usually not found in nature, and they owe these characteristics to their structure rather than to their constituent element or elements. 

  • Artificial dielectrics
  • Negative refraction media
  • Active terahertz (THz) materials (i.e., metamaterials that respond magnetically to far-infrared or THz electromagnetic radiation)
  • Chiral materials
  • Photonic crystals
  • Superconducting metamaterials
  • Extreme-parameter metamaterials (i.e., metamaterials whose internal structure has been modified or engineered on a molecular or nanoscale level to impart extraordinary strength, flexibility, or other characteristics)
  • Acoustic metamaterials

The study format includes the following major elements:

  • Executive summary
  • Definitions
  • General properties of metamaterials
  • Historical milestones in the development of metamaterials
  • Emerging and developmental metamaterials technologies and applications that demonstrate the greatest commercial potential through 2021
  • Detailed market estimates and projections for each application and material during the period from 2011 to 2016
  • General assessment of expected market trends in the longer term (i.e., 2016–2021)
  • Patent analysis
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Analyst Credentials

Andrew McWilliams spent more than 25 years as a consultant with Ernst & Young, McKinsey & Company and A.T. Kearny focused on manufacturing before segueing into research analysis. He has been covering myriad technology categories for BCC Research for more than 15 years. McWilliams has a BA from Princeton University and an MA from Harvard University. He has worked in more than 40 countries and he resides in the greater Boston area.

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Table of Contents

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Title/Chapter NamePagesMember Price
Full Report: Metamaterials: Technologies and Global Markets150Free
Chapter- 1: INTRODUCTION6Free
Chapter- 2: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY2Free
Chapter- 3: OVERVIEW13Free
Chapter- 4: ARTIFICIAL DIELECTRICS: MATERIALS, END USES, AND MARKETS, 2010–202111Free
Chapter- 5: NEGATIVE REFRACTION MEDIA: MATERIALS, END USES, AND MARKETS, 2010–202114Free
Chapter- 6: ACTIVE TERAHERTZ METAMATERIALS: MATERIALS, END USES, AND MARKETS, 2010–202116Free
Chapter- 7: CHIRAL MATERIALS: MATERIALS, END USES, AND MARKETS, 2010–202115Free
Chapter- 8: PHOTONIC CRYSTALS: MATERIALS, END USES, AND MARKETS, 2010–202132Free
Chapter- 9: SUPERCONDUCTING METAMATERIALS: MATERIALS, END USES, AND MARKETS, 2010–20219Free
Chapter- 10: EXTREME-PARAMETER METAMATERIALS: MATERIALS, END USES, AND MARKETS, 2010–202110Free
Chapter- 11: MAGNETIC NANOCOMPOSITES: MATERIALS, END USES, AND MARKETS, 2010–20212Free
Chapter- 12: ACOUSTIC METAMATERIALS: MATERIALS, END USES, AND MARKETS, 2010–20216Free
Chapter- 13: C. CRAMER & CO. GMBH9Free
Chapter- 14: APPENDIX: PATENT ANALYSIS2Free

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Report Includes

    Total Number of Tables in this Report: 59

  • Summary Table: GLOBAL MARKET FOR METAMATERIALS APPLICATIONS BY MATERIAL TYPE, THROUGH 2021
  • Table 1: MAJOR TYPES OF METAMATERIALS
  • Table 2: GLOBAL MARKET FOR METAMATERIALS BY MATERIAL TYPE, THROUGH 2021
  • Table 3: GLOBAL MARKET FOR METAMATERIALS BY END-USE SECTOR, THROUGH 2021
  • Table 4: MARKET FOR ARTIFICIAL DIELECTRICS, THROUGH 2021
  • Table 5: MATERIALS CONSUMPTION ASSOCIATED WITH AUTOMOTIVE RADAR APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2021
  • Table 6: AIRBORNE ANTENNAS AND RELATED MARKET FOR METAMATERIALS, THROUGH 2021
  • Table 7: GLOBAL MARKET FOR 4G DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND POTENTIAL SUCCESSOR TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2021
  • Table 8: SMART ANTENNAS AND THE RELATED MARKET FOR ARTIFICIAL DIELECTRICS, THROUGH 2021
  • Table 9: MARKET FOR NEGATIVELY REFRACTIVE METAMATERIALS, THROUGH 2021
  • Table 10: METAMATERIALS MARKET IN OPTICAL MICROSCOPY APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2021
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Report Highlights

  • The global market for metameterials applications was worth $164.2 million in 2007 and an estimated $190.7 million in 2008. This should reach $2.6 billion in 2013, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.5%.
  • Electromagnetic metamaterials dominate the market, generating an estimated $102.5 million in 2007. This is expected to increase to $117.5 million in 2008 and $316.2 million in 2013, for a CAGR of 21.9%.
  • Extreme parameter and other metamaterials have the second largest market share, worth $61.7 million in 2007 and an estimated $73.2 million in 2008. This should increase at a CAGR of 32.7% to reach $301.4 million in 2013.

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