Materials for Functional Inkjet Printing

Content

• Executive Summary
  • E.1 Emerging Opportunities in Functional Inkjet Ink
  • E.1.1 Opportunities for Ink Makers
  • E.1.2 Opportunities for Equipment Makers
  • E.1.3 Opportunities for Product Developers
  • E.2 Key Players in the Functional Jetting Ink Business
  • E.2.1 Firms to Watch
  • E.2.2 R&D Facilities and Universities
  • E.3 The Investment Picture for Functional Inks
  • E.4 Summary of Eight-Year Market Forecasts
• Chapter One: Introduction
  • 1.1 Background to this Report
    • 1.1.1 Evolution of Fluids for New Industrial Applications
  • 1.2 Objective and Scope of this Report
  • 1.3 Methodology
  • 1.4 Plan of this Report
• Chapter Two: Ink Chemistry and Printhead Technology
  • 2.1 Aqueous Ink Systems
    • 2.1.1 Pigment Dispersions
    • 2.1.2 Drying Rates and Substrate Interaction
  • 2.2 Ink Chemistry and Materials: Non-Aqueous Systems
    • 2.2.1 Solvent Types and Benefits
    • 2.2.2 Phase Change Inks
    • 2.2.3 Pigment Dispersions
    • 2.2.4 Shelf-Life
    • 2.2.5 UV/EB Systems
  • 2.3 Ink Chemistry and Materials: Metallic Inks
    • 2.3.1 Silver Ink
    • 2.3.2 Experimental Nanosilver Particle Synthesis
    • 2.3.3 Nanogold Ink
    • 2.3.4 Copper and Copper-Silver Inks
    • 2.3.5 Processing Trends
    • 2.3.6 Impact of Nanomaterials on Curing Times and Temperature
    • 2.3.7 Impact of Nanomaterials on Conductivity
    • 2.3.8 Challenges
  • 2.4 Organic Inks
    • 2.4.1 Small Polymers
    • 2.4.2 Polymers
    • 2.4.3 Oligomers
    • 2.4.4 Hybrid Materials
    • 2.4.5 Organic Materials for Light Emission
    • 2.4.6 Polymer OLEDs
  • 2.5 Silicon Inks
    • 2.5.1 Silicon Nanocrystals (Quantum Dots): Emerging Technology and Manufacturing Processes
    • 2.5.2 Jetting Silicon
    • 2.5.3 Seiko Epson
    • 2.5.4 Other Quantum Dot Ink Formulations
    • 2.5.5 MEMS
  • 2.6 Carbon Nanotube Technology (CNT) Inks
  • 2.7 Biomaterials
    • 2.7.1 Biofabrication and Engineering of Tissue
    • 2.7.2 Drug Dispensing
    • 2.7.3 Sensors Using Biomaterials
    • 2.7.4 Potential Damage to Biological Materials
  • 2.8 Key Printhead Manufacturers
    • 2.8.1 IP/Technology-Base Comparison
    • 2.8.2 Printhead Limitations
  • 2.9 Key Points
• Chapter Three: Jetted Ink Requirements by Application
  • 3.1 Three-dimensional Modeling and Rapid Prototyping
    • 3.1.1 Major Manufacturers
    • 3.1.2 Inkjet Fluid and Materials
    • 3.1.3 Combinatorial and High Throughput Methods for Materials Discovery
    • 3.1.4 Three-dimensional Printing
  • 3.2 Automotive Components
    • 3.2.1 Automotive Textiles
  • 3.3 PCB Masking and Manufacture
    • 3.3.1 Inkjet Printing of Multiple Layers
  • 3.4 Microelectronics
    • 3.4.1 MEMS
    • 3.4.2 Electrical Interconnects
    • 3.4.3 Embedded Passives
    • 3.4.4 Chip-Scale (3-D) Packaging
  • 3.5 Organic Electronics
  • 3.6 Optoelectronics
    • 3.6.1 Micro-lenses
    • 3.6.2 Waveguides
    • 3.6.3 Sensors
  • 3.7 Biomedical
    • 3.7.1 DNA and Protein Deposition
    • 3.7.2 Biopolymers, Cells, Drug Dispensing
  • 3.8 RFID
    • 3.8.1 Printed RFID
    • 3.8.2 Antennas
    • 3.8.3 Printing RFID Chips
  • 3.9 Security Printing
    • 3.9.1 Banknotes/Currency
    • 3.9.2 Inks and Marking ID Technologies
    • 3.9.3 Thermochromatic/Photochromic Inks
    • 3.9.4 Smartcards
  • 3.10 Intelligent Electronics
    • 3.10.1 Smart Packaging
    • 3.10.2 Smart Textiles
  • 3.11 Display and Signage Applications
    • 3.11.1 Frontplanes and Backplanes
    • 3.11.2 Color Filters
  • 3.12 Photovoltaics
    • 3.12.1 Active Materials
    • 3.12.2 Contacts for Photovoltaics
  • 3.13 Adhesive Dispensing
  • 3.14 Ceramic and Glass Dispensing
  • 3.15 Bio-fluid, Enzyme, and Medical Dispensing
    • 3.15.1 Bio Ink
  • 3.16 Key Points
• Chapter Four: Eight-Year Market Forecasts
  • 4.1 Scope and Philosophy of Forecasts
  • 4.2 Forecasting Methodology
  • 4.3 Eight-Year Forecast Assumptions
  • 4.4 Functional Inkjet Ink Materials
  • 4.5 Functional Inkjet Ink Demand by Worldwide Region
  • 4.6 Worldwide Functional Inkjet Ink Pricing
  • 4.7 Worldwide Functional Inkjet Ink Revenue by Ink Type
  • 4.8 Worldwide Functional Inkjet Ink Revenue by Region
  • 4.9 Applications for Functional Inkjet Ink
    • 4.9.1 Photovoltaics
    • 4.9.2 RFID, Smart Packaging, Labels, and Brand Protection
    • 4.9.3 Display and Signage
    • 4.9.4 Biofluid and Medical Dispensing
    • 4.9.5 Automotive Components
    • 4.9.6 Three-dimensional Modeling and Rapid Prototyping
    • 4.9.7 Microelectronics/MEMS
    • 4.9.8 Security Printing
    • 4.9.9 PCB Manufacturing and Masking
    • 4.9.10 Smart Textiles
    • 4.9.11 Adhesive Dispensing
    • 4.9.12 Ceramics and Glass Dispensing
  • 4.10 Functional Inkjet Technologies
• Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in this report
• About the Author
• List of Exhibits
  • Exhibit E-1 Inkjet Materials Used in 3-D and Rapid Prototype Manufacturing
  • Exhibit E-2 Worldwide Functional Ink Revenue by Ink Type 2009-2016 ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 2-1 Conductivity of Metal
  • Exhibit 2-2 NanoMas Ink Specifications
  • Exhibit 2-3 Characteristics of OE Materials
  • Exhibit 2-4 Light Emitting Materials for OLEDs
  • Exhibit 3-1 Inkjet Materials Used in 3-D and Rapid Prototype Manufacturing
  • Exhibit 3-2 Major Firms Involved in Printed RFID
  • Exhibit 4-1 Worldwide Functional Ink Demand by Ink Type, (Million Liters)
  • Exhibit 4-2 Worldwide Functional Ink Demand by Region, (Million Liters)
  • Exhibit 4-3 Worldwide Industrial Inkjet Fluid Average Pricing ($)/Liter
  • Exhibit 4-4 Worldwide Functional Ink Revenue by Ink Type ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-5 Worldwide Ink Revenue by Region ($ Millions)
  • Exhibit 4-6 Key Industrial Ink Jet Fluid Applications, Worldwide (Liters)
  • Exhibit 4-7 Worldwide Revenue by Application ($ Million)
  • Exhibit 4-8 Worldwide Ink Volume by Technology, Liters