Nanorobotics and NEMS

Publication Date	January 2007
Publisher	BCC Research
Product Type	Report
Pages	121
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	BCC00062

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Summary

Since Richard P. Feynman, a U.S. citizen and winner of a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965, first envisioned the fabrication of nanoscale electrical and mechanical devices in his 1959 lecture, "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom," numerous research and development activities have focused on creating structures and process technologies for the fabrication of mechanisms capable of motion (such as translation, rotation, oscillation) measurable in nanometers and angstroms. These devices include nanorobots and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS).

After years of research, and driven by the miniaturization efforts of the semiconductor industry (currently manufacturing electronic components with features below 100 nm), the creation of nanomechanical and nanoelectromechanical systems is becoming a reality, and the first commercial products are finally entering the market.

Although the nanorobotics and NEMS industry (including devices, materials, and fabrication equipment) is still in its infancy, there is great interest in the application of these devices in certain broad based sectors, such as electronics, life sciences, and sensors and instrumentation, potentially leading to a very large market for these types of nanodevices.

Because of this enormous potential, there is a need to follow and assess the growth of the nanorobotics and NEMS industry, as these devices leave the laboratory setting and enter commercialization.

The primary reason for doing this study is to provide a detailed market overview of the nanorobotics and NEMS industry by quantifying sales of these nanodevices, including associated fabrication materials and equipment, based on market segment and fields of application.

There is also a need to evaluate the current status and future trends of the industry from a global standpoint. As production and use of nanorobots and NEMS expands, information on regional production, sales, and type of suppliers becomes more valuable.

In addition, since many design, fabrication, reliability, and other technical issues are still unresolved, an overview of current research and development activities is desirable to obtain a broader perspective of the future expansion of this technology on a global basis.

Scope Of Study

This report contains:

Definitions of nanorobots and NEMS, and a description of their fabrication methods, as well as information on current and potential applications for these nanodevices
The current market status of nanorobots and NEMS and related materials and equipment, expected trends, and forecasts of growth over the next five years
Discussion on technological issues, including the latest process developments
Analysis of the nanorobotics and NEMS industry on a worldwide basis from the standpoint of both manufacturing and consumption as well as information about commercial and public research activities in major regions of the world
A detailed discussion of patents and profiles of all the important industry players

Report Highlights

The global market for nanorobots and NEMS, and related materials and equipment, increased from $29.5 million in 2004 to $34.2 million in 2005, with sales reaching an estimated $40.3 million by the end of 2006. By 2011, the market will reach $830.4 million, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 83.1%.
Equipment and tools hold the majority of the market share through 2006, closing out the 2006 year with just over 57% of the total global market. This market share will drop radically through the forecast period as nanorobotic devices come to the forefront. By 2011 nano equipment and devices will hold a mere 9.2% of the global market.
Nanorobotic devices have by far the greatest potential for growth in the forecast period. By the end of 2006, devices were worth just over $1 million dollars in the global market. By 2011 their value will skyrocket to $560.9 million, a CAGR over 250%, creating a 67.5% share of the total market.

Content

Introduction
- Study Goals And Objectives
- Reasons For Doing This Study
- Contribution To The Study And For Whom
- Scope And Format
- Methodology And Information Sources
- Related BCC Research Studies
- Analyst Credentials
- BCC Online Services
- Disclaimer
Executive Summary
- Summary Table: Global Market For Nanorobots And Nems, And Related Materials And Equipment, Through 2016 ($ Million)
- Summary Figure: Global Market For Nanorobots And Nems, And Related Materials And Equipment 2004-2016 ($ Million)
Overview
- Introduction
- History Of Nanorobots And Nems
- Fabrication Technologies
  - Top-Down Method
    - Semiconductor Substrate
    - Sacrificial And Structural Layers
    - Lithography
    - Electron Beam Lithography
    - Scanning Probe Lithography
    - Dip-Pen Nanolithography
    - Nanoimprint
    - Thermoplastic Nanoimprint Lithography
    - Photo Nanoimprint Lithography
    - Laser-Assisted Direct Imprint
    - Etching And Removal Of Sacrificial Layer
    - Packaging
  - Bottom-Up Method
    - Nems Fabrication
    - Nanostructures
    - Carbon Nanotubes
    - Dna
    - Assembly Of Nanostructures
    - Nanorobot Fabrication
    - Design, Fabrication And Assembly Of Various Components
    - Introduction Of Programming And Control Functions
    - Final Configuration And Testing
    - Diamondoids
  - Hybrid Technologies
- Physical And Chemical Properties Of Nanorobots And Nems
- Applications
  - Electronics
  - Sensors And Instrumentation
  - Medicine And Life Science
    - Nanorobots
  - Nems
  - Molecular Manufacturing
Global Market
- Analysis Outline
- Global Market Summary
- The Nanorobotics And Nems Market
  - Introduction
  - Current Technical Issues
    - Manufacturing Capability
    - Device Design And Fabrication
    - Compatibility With External Environment
    - Effect Of Microscopic Forces
  - Latest Technological Developments, 2004 To Present
    - Single-Electron Transistor
    - Apparatus And Process For Ultrasensitive Nanoelectromechanical Mass Detection
    - Nucleic Acid Based Nano-Robotic System
    - Biomimetic Molecular Machines For Nems Actuators
    - Highly Sensitive Accelerometer
    - Molecular Muscle For Fabrication Of Nanorobots
    - Biomolecular-Based Actuator
    - Rotational Actuator Or Motor Based On Carbon Nanotubes
    - Bionems
  - Current Market Status
    - Current Market Summary
    - Revenues By Application
    - Revenues By Region
- Market Growth Trends
  - Industry Growth
    - Electronics
    - Semiconductor Industry
    - Memory And Logic Devices
    - Other Electronic Applications
    - Sensors And Instrumentation
    - Medicine And Life Science
    - Molecular Manufacturing
  - Technological Trends
    - Nanostructures
    - Nanofabrication Technologies
    - Nanomanipulation
  - Regional Trends
- Projected Nanorobotics And Nems Market
  - Key Observations
  - Nanorobotics And Nems Market Forecast
    - Device Revenues By Industry Segment And Application
    - Total Revenues By Market Segment
    - Total Revenues By Application
    - Total Revenues By Region
Global Industry Structure
- Global Industry Structure
- Leading Manufacturers Of Nanorobots And Nems, And Related Materials And Equipment
- Nanorobotics And Nems-Production By Region
- Nanorobotics And Nems-Consumption By Region
- Company Profiles
  - Agilent Technologies
  - Cavendish Kinetics
  - Electrovac
  - Ev Group
  - Exfo
  - International Business Machines
  - Jeol
  - Material And Electrochemical Research
  - Raith
  - Rhk Technology
  - Sigma-Aldrich
  - Suss Microtec
  - Veeco Instruments
  - Vistec Semiconductor Systems
  - Zyvex
- Top Players Market Share
Industry Competitiveness
- Nanorobots And Nems Development Activities
  - United States
    - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    - California Institute Of Technology
    - Carnegie Mellon University
    - Center For Integrated Nanomechanical Systems
    - National Institute Of Standards And Technology (NIST)
    - Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
  - Europe
    - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Institutes, Germany
    - Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Germany
  - Asia Pacific
    - National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology, Japan
    - Korea Institute Of Science And Technology
  - Rest Of The World
    - University Of Alberta, Canada
  - Summary Of Global R&d Activities Related To Nanorobotics And Nems
    - Industry Initiatives
- Other Considerations
  - Cost Factor
  - Quality Factor
  - Technology Factor
  - Manufacturing Capability
  - Key Growth Markets
- Market Growth Factors
  - Driving Forces
  - Impact Of Market Growth Factors
Global Patent Analysis
- Introduction
- Summary Of Patents Awarded During The Period 2002 Through 2006
- General Trends
- Trends By Country And Region
- Trends By Assignee
- Trends By Patent Category
- Trends By Application
- Trends By Nanodevice Type
List Of Figures
- Summary Table: Global Market For Nanorobots And Nems, And Related Materials And Equipment, Through 2016 ($ Million)
- Table 1 Nanorobotics And Nems-Technological Milestones
- Table 2 Basic Top-Down Fabrication Steps
- Table 3 Common Lithographic Methods
- Table 4 Nanostructures For Nems
- Table 5 Nanorobots-Basic Fabrication Steps
- Table 6 Applications For Nanorobots And Nems
- Table 7 Global Market For Nanorobots And Nems, And Related Materials And Equipment, Through 2016 ($ Million)
- Table 8 Nanorobots And Nems (Materials, Equipment, And Devices): Global Market By Segment, Through 2006 ($ Million)
- Table 9 Materials For Nanorobots And Nems: Global Revenues By Type, 2006 ($ Millions/%)
- Table 10 Nanorobots And Nems (Materials, Equipment, And Devices): Global Revenues By Application, 2006 ($ Millions/%)
- Table 11 Nanorobots And Nems (Materials, Equipment, And Devices): Revenues By Region, Through 2006 ($ Million)
- Table 12 Global Market Forecast For Semiconductors By Region, Through 2011 ($ Billion)
- Table 13 Global Market Forecast For Memory And Logic Device Revenues By Type, Through 2011 ($ Billion)
- Table 14 Global Market Forecast For Mass Spectroscopy, Biological And Positioning Sensors, Through 2011 ($ Billion)
- Table 15 Global Market Forecast For I-V Therapy, Drug Delivery, Monitoring, And Tissue Repair, Through 2011 ($ Billion)
- Table 16 Global Market Forecast For Nanostructures, Nanopatterning Tools, And Nanomanipulation Equipment By Type, Through 2011 ($ Billion)
- Table 17 Factors Affecting Sales Of Nanorobots And Nems, 2004-2011
- Table 18 Forecast-Nanorobots And Nems: Market Share By Industry Segment, 2011 ($Billion/%)
- Table 19 Forecast-Nanorobots And Nems: Market Share By Industry Segment, 2016 ($Billion/%)
- Table 20 Global Market Forecast For Nanorobots And Nems By Application, Through 2016 ($ Million)
- Table 21 Forecast-Nanorobots And Nems: Global Revenues By Device Type, Through 2016 ($Million)
- Table 22 Global Market Forecast For Nanorobots And Nems (Materials, Equipment And Devices) By Segment, Through 2016 ($ Million)
- Table 23 Global Market Forecast For Materials For Nanorobots And Nems By Type, Through 2016 ($ Million)
- Table 24 Global Market Forecast-Nanorobots And Nems By Application, Through 2016 ($ Million)
- Table 25 Global Market Forecast For Nanorobotics And Nems By Region, Through 2016 ($ Million)
- Table 26 Manufacturers Of Nanorobots And Nems, And Related Materials And Equipment
- Table 27 Global Market Forecast For Nanorobotics And Nems Production By Region, Through 2011 (% Of Sales)
- Table 28 Global Market Forecast For Nanorobotics And Nems: By Region, 2004-2011 (% Of Sales)
- Table 29 Nanorobotics And Nems-Market Share Of Top Five Manufacturers, 2006 (% Sales)
- Table 30 Research Organizations Involved In Nanorobotics And Nems, Worldwide
- Table 31 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory-Nanorobotics And Nems Research
- Table 32 California Institute Of Technology-Nanorobotics And Nems Research
- Table 33 Carnegie Mellon University-Nanorobotics And Nems Research
- Table 34 Center For Integrated Nanomechanical Systems-Nanorobotics And Nems Research
- Table 35 Nist/Atp-Nanorobotics And Nems Research
- Table 36 Mit Dmse-Nanorobotics And Nems Research
- Table 37 Fraunhofer Institute For Nanoelectronic Technologies - Nanorobotics And Nems Research
- Table 38 Ifw-Nanorobotics And Nems Research
- Table 39 Aist-Nanorobotics And Nems Research
- Table 40 Kist-Nanorobotics And Nems Research
- Table 41 Global Growth Forecast For Current And Potential Nanorobotics And Nems Applications
- Table 42 Percentage Impact Of Major Competitive Factors On The Growth Of The Nanorobotics And Nems Market
- Table 43 Nanorobotics And Nems-Global Patents, 2006
- Table 44 Nanorobotics And Nems-Global Patents, 2005
- Table 45 Nanorobotics And Nems-Global Patents, 2004
- Table 46 Nanorobotics And Nems-Global Patents, 2003
- Table 47 Nanorobotics And Nems-Global Patents, 2002
- Table 48 Nanorobotics And Nems: Global Patent Trends, 2002-2006
- Table 49 Assignees Of Global Patents Related To Nanorobotics And Nems, 2002-2006
List Of Figures
- Summary Figure: Global Market For Nanorobots And Nems, And Related Materials And Equipment 2004-2016 ($ Million)
- Figure 1 Nanorobotics And Nems-Worldwide Patent Applications And Patents Issued Since 1990
- Figure 2 Global Market For Nanorobots And Nems, And Related Materials And Equipment, 2004-2016 ($ Million)
- Figure 3 Nanorobots And Nems (Materials, Equipment, And Devices): Market Share By Segment, 2006 (%)
- Figure 4 Nanorobots And Nems (Materials, Equipment, And Devices): Market Share By Application, 2006 (%)
- Figure 5 Nanorobotics And Nems (Materials, Equipment, And Devices): Market Share By Region, 2006 (%)
- Figure 6 Semiconductors: Market Growth By Region, 2004-2011 ($ Billions)
- Figure 7 Memory And Logic Devices: Market Share By Type, 2006 And 2011
- Figure 8 Mass Spectroscopy, Biological Sensors And Positioning Sensors: Market Growth, 2004-2011 ($ Billions)
- Figure 9 I-V Therapy, Drug Delivery, Monitoring, And Tissue Repair: Market Growth, 2004-2011 ($Billions)
- Figure 10 Nanostructures, Nanopatterning Tools, And Nanomanipulation Equipment For Nanotechnology: Market Growth, 2004-2011 ($ Billions)
- Figure 11 Forecast-Nanorobots And Nems: Market Share By Application, 2011 And 2016 (%)
- Figure 12 Forecast-Nanorobots And Nems: Market Growth By Device Type, 2006-2016 ($ Millions)
- Figure 13 Forecast-Nanorobots And Nems (Materials, Equipment And Devices): Market Share By Segment, 2011 And 2016 (%)
- Figure 14 Forecast-Materials For Nanorobots And Nems: Market Growth By Type, 2006-2016 ($ Million)
- Figure 15 Forecast-Nanorobotics And Nems (Materials, Equipment And Devices): Global Market Share By Application, 2011 And 2016 (%)
- Figure 16 Forecast-Nanorobotics And Nems (Materials, Equipment And Devices): Market Share By Region, 2011 And 2016 (%)
- Figure 17 Nanorobotics And Nems Manufacturers: Distribution By Size, Worldwide, 2006 (Number Of Companies)
- Figure 18 Historical Growth Of Manufacturers Of Nanorobots And Nems, And Related Materials And Equipment, Before 1995-After 2000 (Number Of Manufacturers)
- Figure 19 Current Global Nanorobotics And Nems Research And Development By Subject
- Figure 20 Current Global Nanorobotics And Nems Research And Development By Application (%)
- Figure 21 Nanorobotics And Nems: Global Patent Trends, 2002-2006 (Number Of Patents)
- Figure 22 Shares Of Global Patents Related To Nanorobotics And Nems By Region, 2002-2006 (%)
- Figure 23 Nanorobotics And Nems: Patents By Country, 2002-2006 (Number Of Patents)
- Figure 24 Nanorobotics And Nems: Shares Of Global Patents By Organization Type, 2003-2006 (%)
- Figure 25 Nanorobotics And Nems: Shares Of Global Patents By Category, 2002-2006 (%)
- Figure 26 Nanorobotics And Nems: Shares Of Global Patents By Application, 2002 Through 2006 (%)
- Figure 27 Nanorobots And Nems: Shares Of Global Patents By Nanodevice Type, 2002-2006 (%)