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REPORT # Nano-365
PUBLISHED June 15, 2011
Silver Powders and Flakes – 2011
CATEGORIES :
- Advanced Materials
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SUMMARY
The traditional silver powders and flakes business is being shaken up by the commercialization of silver nanopowders and nanostructures. The arrival of these silver nanomaterials is enabling addressable markets for silver inks and powders to be expanded. Nanosilver powders promise to become a potent new antibacterial preparation, for example. And nanosilver inks have the potential to take printed electronics from the age of the membrane switch to the age of the printed sensor and backplane.This new report from NanoMarkets analyzes the markets available for silver powders, flakes and nanomaterials over the next eight-years and provides detailed guidance on where the new revenue generating capabilities will emerge. It includes a granular forecast of new business potential in this area for the next eight years, as well as an analysis of the strategies being employed by the leading firms in this space. The report covers both emerging and conventional uses of silver flakes and powders and is a companion volume to the highly successful series of reports that NanoMarkets has produced on silver inks and pastes for the past five years.This report also discusses the considerable challenges that the silver powder and flakes business will face in the coming years. The most obvious of these is the high price of silver, which shows no sign of abating. This will make end users of silver powders and flakes begin to look at alternatives ranging from traditional silver alternatives such as carbon and copper all the way to the latest nanomaterials. We show where silver powders and flakes will continue to rule the roost and where they must give way to other kinds of non-silver replacements. In this report, we also consider with the impact of regulation impacting the use of nanomaterials, which has been especially focused on nanosilver. While nanosilver appears to offer a new weapon against bacteria there are genuine concerns that nanosilver could – for this reason – prove to be a health risk.This report explores the emerging opportunities in the silver powders and flakes space in the light of all these trends and provides a truly up-to-date guide to where the opportunities are to be found and how the challenges can be avoided in this important materials market.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive SummaryE.1 Silver flakes and powder: Opportunities in world of high silver pricesE.2 Profitable markets for nanosilverE.3 Key firms to watchE.4 Finance and venture capital activity and opportunities in the silver powder and flakes spaceE.5 Summary of eight-year forecasts of silver marketsChapter One: Introduction1.1 Background to this report1.1.1 Growth opportunities for silver flakes and powders1.1.2 Nanosilver: An answer to high silver prices1.2 Objectives and scope of this report1.3 Methodology of this report1.4 Plan of this reportChapter Two: Silver Flakes and Powders: Technology and Product Developments2.1 Silver flakes and powders: product types, product differentiators and manufacturing trends2.1.1 Silver powders2.1.2 Silver flakes2.1.3 Nanopowders and nanoflakes2.1.4 Silver nanostructures2.2 Silver alternatives in an age of age of high price silver: How do the alternatives compare2.2.1 Copper2.2.2 Carbon2.2.3 Nanomaterials and hybrid alternatives2.3 Pricing of silver flakes and powders2.3.1 Pricing trends2.3.2 Pricing of nanosilver and silver nanostructures2.3.3 Impact of improved manufacturing on pricing and quality2.4 Environmental, health, and safety concerns with nanosilver2.4.1 Future regulation of nanosilver2.4.2 Silver and lead free electronics2.5 Key points made in this chapterChapter Three Applications and Markets for Silver Powders and Flakes3.1 Silver pastes3.1.1 Nano-pastes3.2 Silver inks3.2.1 Nanosilver inks3.2.2 Transparent silver-based inks3.2 Conductive adhesives3.3 Brazing and soldering3.4 Applications for silver powders in paints and mirror finishes3.4 Medical and biocidal applications for silver powder3.4.1 Antbacterial uses of silver powder3.4.2 Other medical and related applications3.5 Other applications3.6 Key points made in this chapterChapter Four: Eight-Year Forecasts of Silver Flakes and Powders Markets4.1 Forecasting methodology4.1.1 Data sources4.1.2 Scope of forecast4.1.3 Alternative scenarios4.2 Pastes and inks4.2.1 Powders and flakes4.2.2 Silver nanomaterials4.3 Conductive adhesives4.4 Solders and brazing powders4.5 Antibacterial applications4.5 Other applications4.6 Summary of market forecastsAcronyms and Abbreviations Used in this ReportAbout the Author