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The Global Market for Printable, Flexible and Stretchable Sensors and Electronics 2018-2027

December 2017 | 350 pages | ID: GA53D177746EN
Future Markets, Inc.

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Based on a new generation of advanced materials, printed, flexible and stretchable sensors and electronics will enable new possibilities in a diverse range of industries from healthcare to automotive to buildings. These technologies will drive innovation in smart medical technology, automotive, smart manufacturing, Internet of Things (IoT) and consumer electronics.

The recent growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and wearables has created the need for electronics and sensor systems that are small, lightweight, mechanically flexible and low-power. These systems must also be able to conform to the shape of and survive the environment in which they must operate. They are typically fabricated on flexible plastic substrates or are printed/woven into fabrics. Applications covered in this report include:

Electronic components and displays
  • Multilayer printing of circuitry.
  • Large-area electronic-based sensors for Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Organic-semiconductor based circuits.
  • Highly stretchable large-area sensors.
  • Large-area flexible electronic devices.
  • Inkjet-printed stretchable electrodes.
  • Stretchable, biocompatible and biodegradable substrates.
  • Wireless sensors and networks.
  • Structural monitoring.
Energy harvesting and storage
  • RF, piezo and thermal harvesting.
  • Flexible PV cells.
  • Printed PV cells.
  • Printed flexible energy harvesting devices.
  • OLED lighting.
  • Novel interconnects.
  • Printable batteries and supercapacitors.
  • Flexible thermoelectric devices.
Smart wearables
  • Smarter and lighter wearable consumer electronics.
  • Stretchable/ultra-flexible electronics.
  • Fitness monitoring.
  • Biosensors for sports.
Automotive
  • Integrated dashboards.
  • Flexible OLEDs.
Healthcare and medical
  • Health monitoring devices, including intelligent patches and bandages for medical treatments.
  • Flexible X-ray imaging.
  • On-body ECG monitoring.
  • Biosensors and electronics to interface biological tissue.
  • Artificial skins.
  • Printed and Flexible Sensors for Vital Signs Monitoring.
Development areas covered include:
  • New organic semiconducting materials for organic electronics.
  • Conductive inks for 2D and 3D printed devices.
  • Flexible IGZO backplanes.
  • Stretchable thermoformed inks.
  • OTFTs (organic thin-film transistors).
  • Solution processed polymer semiconductors for thin-film transistors.
  • Transparent conducting films (TCF) for touch sensors.
  • Organic thin film transistors (OTFT).
  • Organic photodetectors (OPD).
  • Nanomaterials based printed, flexible and stretchable electronics and applications.
  • Graphene for flexible electronics.
  • Flexible transparent conductive electrodes for Organic Devices.
  • Hybrid transparent conductors for deformable displays.
Report contents include:
  • Current and future printable, flexible and stretchable products.
  • Advanced materials used in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics and sensors.
  • Stage of commercialization for applications, from basic research to market entry. Markets covered include conductive inks, wearables and IoT, medical & healthcare sensors, electronic clothing & smart apparel, energy harvesting & storage, electronics components and flexible displays.
  • Market drivers and trends.
  • Market figures for conductive inks, by materials type and revenues to 2027.
  • Market figures for inkjetable conductive inks to 2027.
  • Global market revenues for wearable electronics to 2027.
  • Global transparent conductive electrodes market forecast by materials type.
  • Addressable market for smart textiles and wearables in medical and healthcare.
  • Global market for thin film, flexible and printed batteries to 2027.
  • Global smart clothing and apparel market revenues to 2027.
  • Global market for flexible OLED displays to 2027.
  • Over 250 in-depth company profiles.
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1 The evolution of electronics
  1.1.1 The wearables revolution
  1.1.2 Flexible, thin, and large-area form factors
1.2 What are flexible and stretchable electronics?
  1.2.1 From rigid to flexible and stretchable
  1.2.2 Organic and printed electronics
  1.2.3 New conductive materials
1.3 Growth in flexible and stetchable electronics market
  1.3.1 Recent growth in printable, flexible and stretchable products
  1.3.2 Future growth
  1.3.3 Nanotechnology as a market driver
  1.3.4 Growth in remote health monitoring and diagnostics

2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3 PRINTABLE, FLEXIBLE AND STRETCHABLE ELECTRONIC MATERIALS AND COMPOSITES

3.1 CARBON NANOTUBES
  3.1.1 Properties
  3.1.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
    3.1.2.1 Single-walled carbon nanotubes
  3.1.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.2 CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS (CP)
  3.2.1 Properties
    3.2.1.1 PDMS
    3.2.1.2 PEDOT: PSS
  3.2.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.2.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.3 GRAPHENE
  3.3.1 Properties
  3.3.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.3.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.4 METAL MESH
  3.4.1 Properties
  3.4.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.4.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.5 METAL NANOWIRES
  3.5.1 Properties
  3.5.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.5.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.6 NANOCELLULOSE
  3.6.1 Properties
  3.6.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.6.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
    3.6.3.1 Nanopaper
    3.6.3.2 Paper memory
3.7 NANOFIBERS
  3.7.1 Properties
  3.7.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.7.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.8 QUANTUM DOTS
  3.8.1 Properties
  3.8.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.8.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.9 GRAPHENE AND CARBON QUANTUM DOTS
  3.9.1 Properties
  3.9.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.10 OTHER 2-D MATERIALS
  3.10.1 Black phosphorus/Phosphorene
    3.10.1.1 Properties
    3.10.1.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.2 C2N
    3.10.2.1 Properties
    3.10.2.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.3 Germanene
    3.10.3.1 Properties
    3.10.3.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.4 Graphdiyne
    3.10.4.1 Properties
    3.10.4.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.5 Graphane
    3.10.5.1 Properties
    3.10.5.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.6 Boron nitride
    3.10.6.1 Properties
    3.10.6.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.7 Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)
    3.10.7.1 Properties
    3.10.7.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.8 Rhenium disulfide (ReS2) and diselenide (ReSe2)
    3.10.8.1 Properties
    3.10.8.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.9 Silicene
    3.10.9.1 Properties
    3.10.9.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.10 Stanene/tinene
    3.10.10.1 Properties
    3.10.10.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.11 Tungsten diselenide
    3.10.11.1 Properties
    3.10.11.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics

4 PRINTABLE, FLEXIBLE AND STRETCHABLE CONDUCTIVE INKS

4.1 MARKET DRIVERS
4.2 APPLICATIONS
  4.2.1 Current products
  4.2.2 Advanced materials solutions
  4.2.3 RFID
  4.2.4 Smart labels
  4.2.5 Smart clothing
  4.2.6 Printable sensors
  4.2.7 Printed batteries
  4.2.8 Printable antennas
  4.2.9 In-mold electronics
  4.2.10 Printed transistors
4.3 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE
4.4 COMPANY PROFILES............................................................................................................... 122-158 (86 company profiles)

5 WEARABLE ELECTRONICS AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)

5.1 MARKET DRIVERS
5.2 APPLICATIONS
  5.2.1 Current state of the art
  5.2.2 Advanced materials solutions
  5.2.3 Transparent conductive films
    5.2.3.1 Carbon nanotubes (SWNT)
    5.2.3.2 Double-walled carbon nanotubes
    5.2.3.3 Graphene
    5.2.3.4 Silver nanowires
    5.2.3.5 Nanocellulose
    5.2.3.6 Copper nanowires
    5.2.3.7 Nanofibers
  5.2.4 Wearable sensors
    5.2.4.1 Current stage of the art
    5.2.4.2 Advanced materials solutions
    5.2.4.3 Wearable gas sensors
    5.2.4.4 Wearable strain sensors
    5.2.4.5 Wearable tactile sensors
    5.2.4.6 Industrial monitoring
    5.2.4.7 Military
5.3 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE
  5.3.1 Transparent conductive electrodes
5.4 COMPANY PROFILES............................................................................................................... 196-222 (61 company profiles)

6 MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE SENSORS AND WEARABLES

6.1 MARKET DRIVERS
6.2 APPLICATIONS
  6.2.1 Current state of the art
  6.2.2 Advanced materials solutions
    6.2.2.1 Minimally invasive interfaces
    6.2.2.2 Skin sensors
    6.2.2.3 Nanomaterials-based devices
  6.2.3 Printable, flexible and stretchable health monitors
    6.2.3.1 Patch-type skin sensors
    6.2.3.2 Skin temperature monitoring
    6.2.3.3 Hydration sensors
    6.2.3.4 Wearable sweat sensors
    6.2.3.5 UV patches
    6.2.3.6 Smart footwear
6.3 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE
6.4 COMPANY PROFILES............................................................................................................... 248-263 (37 company profiles)

7 ELECTRONIC CLOTHING AND APPAREL

7.1 MARKET DRIVERS
7.2 APPLICATIONS
  7.2.1 Current state of the art
  7.2.2 Advanced materials solutions
  7.2.3 Conductive yarns
  7.2.4 Conductive coatings
  7.2.5 Smart helmets
7.3 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE
7.4 COMPANY PROFILES............................................................................................................... 285-298 (34 company profiles)

8 ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION

8.1 MARKET DRIVERS
8.2 APPLICATIONS
  8.2.1 Current state of the art
  8.2.2 Advanced materials solutions
    8.2.2.1 Flexible and stretchable batteries
    8.2.2.2 Flexible and stretchable supercapacitors
    8.2.2.3 Fiber-shaped Lithium-Ion batteries
    8.2.2.4 Flexible OLED lighting
    8.2.2.5 Quantum dot lighting
    8.2.2.6 Solar energy harvesting textiles
    8.2.2.7 Stretchable piezoelectric energy harvesting
    8.2.2.8 Stretchable triboelectric energy harvesting
8.3 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE
8.4 COMPANY PROFILES............................................................................................................... 319-326 (18 company profiles)

9 DISPLAYS AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

9.1 MARKET DRIVERS
9.2 APPLICATIONS
  9.2.1 Automotive
    9.2.1.1 Autonomous driving
  9.2.2 Printable, flexible and stretchable circuit boards and interconnects
  9.2.3 Printable, flexible and stretchable transistors
  9.2.4 Flexible displays
    9.2.4.1 e-Paper
    9.2.4.2 Flexible LCDs
    9.2.4.3 Flexible OLEDs (FOLED)
    9.2.4.4 Flexible AMOLED
    9.2.4.5 Flexible electrophoretic displays
  9.2.5 Smart windows
  9.2.6 Flexible drones
9.3 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE
9.4 COMPANY PROFILES............................................................................................................... 341-348 (18 company profiles)

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Evolution of wearable devices, 2011-2017
Table 2: Advanced materials for printable, flexible and stretchable sensors and Electronics-Advantages and disadvantages
Table 3: Sheet resistance (RS) and transparency (T) values for transparent conductive oxides and alternative materials for transparent conductive electrodes (TCE)
Table 4: Markets for wearable devices and applications
Table 5: Properties of CNTs and comparable materials
Table 6: Companies developing carbon nanotubes for applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
Table 7: Types of flexible conductive polymers, properties and applications
Table 8: Properties of graphene
Table 9: Companies developing graphene for applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
Table 10: Advantages and disadvantages of fabrication techniques to produce metal mesh structures
Table 11: Types of flexible conductive polymers, properties and applications
Table 12: Companies developing metal mesh for applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
Table 13: Companies developing silver nanowires for applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
Table 14: Nanocellulose properties
Table 15: Properties and applications of nanocellulose
Table 16: Properties of flexible electronics?cellulose nanofiber film (nanopaper)
Table 17: Properties of flexible electronics cellulose nanofiber films
Table 18: Companies developing nanocellulose for applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
Table 19: Companies developing quantum dots for applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
Table 20: Schematic of (a) CQDs and (c) GQDs. HRTEM images of (b) C-dots and (d) GQDs showing combination of zigzag and armchair edges (positions marked as 1–4
Table 21: Properties of graphene quantum dots
Table 22: Electronic and mechanical properties of monolayer phosphorene, graphene and MoS2.
Table 23: Market drivers for printable, flexible and stretchable conductive inks
Table 24: Printable electronics products
Table 25: Comparative properties of conductive inks
Table 26: Applications in conductive inks by type and benefits thereof
Table 27: Opportunities for advanced materials in printed electronics
Table 28: Applications in flexible and stretchable batteries, by nanomaterials type and benefits thereof
Table 29: Price comparison of thin-film transistor (TFT) electronics technology
Table 30: Main markets for conductive inks, applications and revenues
Table 31: Conductive inks in the flexible and stretchable electronics market 2017-2027 revenue forecast (million $), by ink types
Table 32: Market drivers for printable, flexible and stretchable sensors for wearables and IoT
Table 33: Wearable electronics devices and stage of development
Table 34: Comparison of ITO replacements
Table 35: Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable sensors, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof
Table 36: Graphene properties relevant to application in sensors
Table 37: Global market for wearable electronics, 2015-2027, by application, billions $
Table 38: Market drivers for printable, flexible and stretchable medical and healthcare sensors and wearables
Table 39: Wearable medical device products and stage of development
Table 40: Applications in flexible and stretchable health monitors, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof
Table 41: Applications in patch-type skin sensors, by materials type and benefits thereof
Table 42: Market drivers for printable, flexible and stretchable electronic clothing and apparel
Table 43: Types of smart textiles
Table 44: Examples of smart textile products
Table 45: Currently available technologies for smart textiles
Table 46: Smart clothing and apparel and stage of development
Table 47: Applications in textiles, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof
Table 48: Nanocoatings applied in the textiles industry-type of coating, nanomaterials utilized, benefits and applications
Table 49: Applications and benefits of graphene in textiles and apparel
Table 50: Global smart clothing, interactive fabrics and apparel market
Table 51: Market drivers for printable, flexible and stretchable electronic energy storage and converison
Table 52: Wearable energy and energy harvesting devices and stage of development
Table 53: Applications in flexible and stretchable batteries, by materials type and benefits thereof
Table 54: Applications in flexible and stretchable supercapacitors, by nanomaterials type and benefits thereof
Table 55: Applications in energy harvesting textiles, by nanomaterials type and benefits thereof.
Table 56: Potential addressable market for thin film, flexible and printed batteries
Table 57: Market drivers for printable, flexible and stretchable displays and electronic components
Table 58: Applications in flexible and stretchable circuit boards, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof
Table 59: Price comparison of thin-film transistor (TFT) electronics technology

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Evolution of electronics
Figure 2: Wove Band
Figure 3: Wearable graphene medical sensor
Figure 4: Applications timeline for organic and printed electronics
Figure 5: Mimo Baby Monitor
Figure 6: Wearable health monitor incorporating graphene photodetectors
Figure 7: Schematic of single-walled carbon nanotube
Figure 8: Stretchable SWNT memory and logic devices for wearable electronics
Figure 9: Graphene layer structure schematic
Figure 10: Flexible graphene touch screen
Figure 11: Foldable graphene E-paper
Figure 12: Large-area metal mesh touch panel
Figure 13: Flexible silver nanowire wearable mesh
Figure 14: Cellulose nanofiber films
Figure 15: Nanocellulose photoluminescent paper
Figure 16: LEDs shining on circuitry imprinted on a 5x5cm sheet of CNF
Figure 17: Foldable nanopaper
Figure 18: Foldable nanopaper antenna
Figure 19: Paper memory (ReRAM)
Figure 20: Quantum dot
Figure 21: The light-blue curve represents a typical spectrum from a conventional white-LED LCD TV. With quantum dots, the spectrum is tunable to any colours of red, green, and blue, and each Color is limited to a narrow band
Figure 22: Black phosphorus structure
Figure 23: Structural difference between graphene and C2N-h2D crystal: (a) graphene; (b) C2N-h2D crystal
Figure 24: Schematic of germanene
Figure 25: Graphdiyne structure
Figure 26: Schematic of Graphane crystal
Figure 27: Structure of hexagonal boron nitride
Figure 28: Structure of 2D molybdenum disulfide
Figure 29: Atomic force microscopy image of a representative MoS2 thin-film transistor
Figure 30: Schematic of the molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) thin-film sensor with the deposited molecules that create additional charge
Figure 31: Schematic of a monolayer of rhenium disulphide
Figure 32: Silicene structure
Figure 33: Monolayer silicene on a silver (111) substrate
Figure 34: Silicene transistor
Figure 35: Crystal structure for stanene
Figure 36: Atomic structure model for the 2D stanene on Bi2Te3(111)
Figure 37: Schematic of tungsten diselenide
Figure 38: BGT Materials graphene ink product
Figure 39: Flexible RFID tag
Figure 40: Enfucell Printed Battery
Figure 41: Graphene printed antenna
Figure 42: Printed antennas for aircraft
Figure 43: Stretchable material for formed an in-molded electronics
Figure 44: Wearable patch with a skin-compatible, pressure-sensitive adhesive
Figure 45: Thin film transistor incorporating CNTs
Figure 46: Conductive inks in the flexible and stretchable electronics market 2017-2027 revenue forecast (million $), by ink types
Figure 47: Covestro wearables
Figure 48: Royole flexible display
Figure 49: Panasonic CNT stretchable Resin Film
Figure 50: Bending durability of Ag nanowires
Figure 51: NFC computer chip
Figure 52: NFC translucent diffuser schematic
Figure 53: Softceptor sensor
Figure 54: BeBop Media Arm Controller
Figure 55: LG Innotek flexible textile pressure sensor
Figure 56: C2Sense flexible sensor
Figure 57: nanofiber conductive shirt original design(top) and current design (bottom)
Figure 58: Garment-based printable electrodes
Figure 59: Wearable gas sensor
Figure 60: BeBop Sensors Marcel Modular Data Gloves
Figure 61: BeBop Sensors Smart Helmet Sensor System
Figure 62: Torso and Extremities Protection (TEP) system
Figure 63: Global market for wearable electronics, 2015-2027, by application, billions $
Figure 64: Global transparent conductive electrodes market forecast by materials type, 2012-2027, millions $
Figure 65: BITalino systems
Figure 66: Connected human body
Figure 67: Flexible, lightweight temperature sensor
Figure 68: Prototype ECG sensor patch
Figure 69: Graphene-based E-skin patch
Figure 70: Wearable bio-fluid monitoring system for monitoring of hydration
Figure 71: Smart mouth guard
Figure 72: Smart e-skin system comprising health-monitoring sensors, displays, and ultra flexible PLEDs
Figure 73: Graphene medical patch
Figure 74: TempTraQ wearable wireless thermometer
Figure 75: Mimo baby monitor
Figure 76: Nanowire skin hydration patch
Figure 77: Wearable sweat sensor
Figure 78: GraphWear wearable sweat sensor
Figure 79: My UV Patch
Figure 80: Overview layers of L'Oreal skin patch
Figure 81: Global medical and healthcare smart textiles and wearables market, 2015-2027, billions $
Figure 82: Global medical and healthcare smart textiles and wearables market, 2015-2027, billions $
Figure 83: Omniphobic-coated fabric
Figure 84: Conductive yarns
Figure 85: Work out shirt incorporating ECG sensors, flexible lights and heating elements
Figure 86: Global smart clothing, interactive fabrics and apparel market 2013-2027 revenue forecast (million $)
Figure 87 Global smart clothing, interactive fabrics and apparel sales by market segment, 2016.
Figure 88: Energy harvesting textile
Figure 89: StretchSense Energy Harvesting Kit
Figure 90: LG Chem Heaxagonal battery
Figure 91: Printed 1.5V battery
Figure 92: Energy densities and specific energy of rechargeable batteries
Figure 93: Stretchable graphene supercapacitor
Figure 94: LG OLED flexible lighting panel
Figure 95: Flexible OLED incorporated into automotive headlight
Figure 96: Flexible & stretchable LEDs based on quantum dots
Figure 97: Schematic illustration of the fabrication concept for textile-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) made by sewing textile electrodes onto cloth or paper
Figure 98: Demand for thin film, flexible and printed batteries 2015, by market
Figure 99: Demand for thin film, flexible and printed batteries 2027, by market
Figure 100: LG Display LG Display 77-inch flexible transparent OLED display
Figure 101: Thin film transistor incorporating CNTs
Figure 102: Flexible LCD
Figure 103: Full ActiveTM Flex
Figure 104: FOLED schematic
Figure 105: Foldable display
Figure 106: Stretchable AMOLED
Figure 107: LGD 12.3'' FHD Automotive OLED
Figure 108: LECTUM® display
Figure 109: Global market for flexible OLED displays, 2015-2027 (billion $)


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