Global Markets for Smart Composites: 2015 to 2022 - Latest Products and R&D Developments in Smart Composites

Dublin, Jan. 07, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8b7j46/markets_for_smart) has announced the addition of the "Markets for Smart Composites: 2015 to 2022" report to their offering.

Smart composites leverage the commercial success of the composite technology model and apply it specifically to smart materials. In regular composites two materials are combined to create a new material with functionality that is significantly different to the original materials. Typically, a smart composite is a smart material embedded in polymer, textiles, metal or concrete. In a few cases, smart composites are fabricated from two dumb materials that become smart only when they are combined.

This analysis suggests that these smart composites will have a growing role in a number of important applications and industry sectors. Many smart composites are inherently multifunctional and the latest smart composite technology even promises the ability to embed programmability into materials, enabling robotics-like behavior without embedded electronics.

This report discusses the latest products and R&D developments in smart composites from a business perspective and how product/market strategies related to these materials are emerging at both the largest specialty chemical and glass companies, and at as startups.

Materials and Technology:

This report provides complete coverage of the opportunities for smart composites examining the role of both the smart materials and substrates into which they are encapsulated.

Components for smart materials that are analyzed in this report include:

- Piezoceramics
- Shape memory alloys
- Magneto-restrictive materials
- Electro-restrictive materials
- Carbon and optical fiber
- Thermoelectric and thermally responsive materials
- Others.

The report also looks at how smart composites compare with conventional smart materials and how smart composite fabrication technology is evolving. In particular, we examine the commercial potential of so-called 4D printing technology to take smart composites to a new level of intelligence within the context of smart material applications.

Applications and Markets for Smart Composites:

This report also includes an analysis of the application areas where smart composites are seen generating significant revenues in the next decade.

These areas include:

- Energy storage,
- Sensing and diagnostics
- Self-healing surfaces
- Robotics
- Clothing and fabrics
- Smart structures for the construction and aerospace industries.

Eight-Year Forecasts:

This report contains detailed forecasts of the smart composites market including

- Revenue ($ Millions)
- Volume (square meters or Kgs)
- Breakout by application
- Breakout by materials and technology

Strategic profiles:

This report also examines the product/market strategies of the firms to watch in smart composites including their current R&D programs. Coverage includes both smart composites activities of leading composites firms such as DuPont, 3M and Teijin, as well as innovative small firms and start-ups.

The evaluation of smart composites markets in this report is based on interviews with key influencers in smart materials markets, as well as numerous secondary resources. It also draws on insider knowledge of the smart materials business.

We believe that this report will be invaluable reading for marketing and business development specialists in coatings firms, specialty chemical companies and glass firms, electronics and robotics OEMs, as well as sophisticated investors interested in this space.

Key Topics Covered:

Executive Summary
E.1 Eight-Year Forecasts by End-User Sector: Aerospace as Leader
E.2 Eight-Year Forecasts of Smart Composites by Functionality
E.2.1 Approaches to Segmentation of the Smart Composite Market
E.2.2 Eight-Year Forecasts
E.3 Analysis of Smart Composites Market by Functionality
E.4 Eight-Year Forecasts of Smart Composite Markets by Volume

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Smart Composite Technologies
2.1 Why the Future of Advanced Composites will be Smart
2.2 Smart Composites as Next-Generation Smart Materials
2.3 The Role of Nanotechnology in Smart Composites
2.4 Important Technical Requirements for Smart Composites
2.5 Smart Composites and 4D Printing
2.6 Key Points from this Chapter

Chapter Three: Aerospace Markets for Smart Composites
3.1 Aerospace will become the Largest User of Smart Composites
3.2 Intelligent Aerospace Structures Pave the Way to Use of Smart Composites
3.3 Eight-Year Forecasts of Smart Composites in the Aerospace Industry
3.4 Key Points from this Chapter

Chapter Four: Smart Composites in the Automotive Industry
4.1 Current Use of Composites in the Automotive Industry: Implications for Smart Composites
4.2 How Smart Materials Usage is Paving the Way for Smart Composites in the Automotive Industry
4.3 Eight-Year Forecasts of Smart Composites in the Automotive Industry
4.4 Key Points from this Chapter

Chapter Five: Smart Composites in the Construction Industry
5.1 Why Smart Composites in the Construction Industry are Different
5.2 Smart Concrete
5.3 Smart Asphalt
5.4 Smart Wood
5.5 Structural Health Monitoring
5.6 Eight-Year Forecasts of Smart Composites in the Construction Industry
5.7 Key Points from this Chapter

Chapter Six: Other Markets for Smart Composites
6.1 Other Markets
6.2 Robotics: A Doubly Uncertain Future for Smart Composites
6.3 Clothing and Fabrics: Niche Market?
6.4 A Possible Future Market for Energy Storage using Smart Composites.
6.5 Eight-Year Forecast of Other Smart Composite Applications

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