发布时间：2005.4

摘要

Among the many subsets of nanomaterials, quantum dots (QDs) are like no other. At dimensions typically below 10 nanometers, nanocrystalline (NC) semiconductors (SC), metals and magnetic materials all can exhibit extraordinary quantum confinement phenomenon. Basically, at these dimensions their physical size encroaches upon the fundamental quantum confinement dimensions of orbiting electrons that are uniquely prescribed by their atomic nucleus. Within the regime of these critical dimensions, QDs exhibit distinctly different behavior from their bulk form. This manifests itself in distinctly different optical, electronic and magnetic properties.

Current and future applications for QDs impact a broad range of industrial markets. These include, for example: biology and biomedicine, computing and memory, electronics and displays, optoelectronic devices such as LEDs, lighting and lasers, optical components used in telecommunications, and security applications such as covert identification tagging or biowarfare detection sensors.

This BCC study assesses the current state-of-the-art in synthesizing QDs, identifies current market players seeking to exploit QD behavior and evaluates actual or potential markets in terms of application, type and projected market revenues.

SCOPE OF STUDY

The report contains:

• A thorough review of the materials used to make QDs
• An in-depth review of the early pioneers and champions in this field in industry, government and academic laboratories
• Detailed analyses of the current state-of-the art in synthesizing QDs
• Examination of possible applications within the next five years
• Discussion of technologies and factors influencing demand
• A review of the most active organizations, promising technical applications and developments
• Profiles of important manufacturers seeking to exploit QD behavior.

目录及图表

• INTRODUCTION
  • MOTIVATION
  • STUDY GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
  • SCOPE AND FORMAT
  • CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE STUDY AND TARGET AUDIENCE
  • METHODOLOGY AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • RELATED BCC PUBLICATIONS
    • REPORTS
    • MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS
  • BCC ON-LINE SERVICES
  • DISCLAIMER
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Summary Table: GLOBAL MARKET GROWTH FOR QUANTUM DOTS IN PROMISING TECHNOLOGY SECTORS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Summary Figure: GLOBAL MARKET QD PRODUCT COMMERCIALIZATION ROADMAP AND PROJECTED REVENUE GROWTH, 2002-2009 ($ MILLIONS)
• OVERVIEW
  • WHAT IS A QUANTUM DOT?
  • HISTORY OF QUANTUM DOTS
  • Table 1 CHRONOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF QDS
    • PROPERTIES OF QUANTUM DOTS
  • Figure 1 LUMINESCENCE SIZE REGIMES FOR DIFFERENT SEMICONDUCTOR AND METAL QUANTUM DOTS
  • Table 2 COMPARISON OF EMISSION WAVELENGTH OF SC AND METAL NC QUANTUM DOTS AS A FUNCTION OF THEIR SIZE
    • QUANTUM DOT INDUSTRY
  • Table 3 OTHER PROPERTIES OF QUANTUM DOTS
    • APPLICATIONS AND STRUCTURAL TYPES OF QUANTUM DOTS
      • STRUCTURAL TYPES
  • Table 4 HIERARCHY AND VARIOUS STRUCTURAL TYPES OF QDS
  • Table 4 (CONTINUED)
  • Table 4 (CONTINUED)
    • COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS
  • Table 5 QD MATERIAL TYPES AND THEIR COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS
  • Table 5 (CONTINUED)
    • KEY TECHNOLOGIES
  • Table 6 KEY QUANTUM DOT TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS
  • Table 6 (CONTINUED)
    • Patent Analysis
    • Parallel Research and Development
• TECHNOLOGY
  • SYNTHESIS OF METAL CHALCOGENIDE QUANTUM DOTS
    • VAPOR PHASE
  • Table 7 QUANTUM DOT PRODUCTION METHODS
  • Table 7 (CONTINUED)
    • Aerosol Drop Method
    • Melt Atomization
    • Chemical Vapor Deposition
      • Physical Vapor Deposition
    • Molecular Beam Epitaxy
    • LIQUID PHASE (WET COLLOID CHEMISTRY)
      • Colloid
        • Batch Process
        • Continuous Flow
      • Precipitation
    • SYNTHESIS OF NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON QDS
      • LIQUID PHASE SYNTHESIS
  • Table 8 VARIOUS METHODS USED FOR SI-NC SYNTHESIS
  • Table 8 (CONTINUED)
    • SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS
    • VAPOR PHASE SYNTHESIS
    • SYNTHESIS OF NANOCRYSTALLINE METALS QDS
  • Table 9 VARIOUS SYNTHETIC METHODS AND PHOTOPHYSICAL BEHAVIOR OF METAL-NCS
  • Table 9 (CONTINUED)
    • ASSEMBLY OF QUANTUM DOT STRUCTURES
  • Table 10 QUANTUM DOT STRUCTURE ASSEMBLY METHODS
  • Table 10 (CONTINUED)
    • LITHOGRAPHY
      • Conventional Methods
      • Nanolithography
    • BOTTOM-UP SELF-ASSEMBLY
      • Cast Film
      • Langmuir-Blodgett
      • Layer-by-Layer
      • Metamaterials
      • Biomolecular Self-assembly
    • OTHER TECHIQUES
      • Digital Printing
      • Nanoporous Templates
        • Nanoporous Templates (Continued)
• PATENT ANALYSIS
  • RATIONALE
  • U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE SEARCH
    • U.S. PATENTS ISSUED
      • Chronological Growth Trends in Patent Activity
  • Figure 2 U.S. "QUANTUM DOTS" PATENTS ISSUED, 1986-2004
  • Figure 2 (CONTINUED)
    • Patent Activity- Comparison of U.S. vs. Asian, European and Other Countries
  • Figure 3 U.S. "QUANTUM DOTS" PATENTS ISSUED U.S. VERSUS FOREIGN, BY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, 1998-2004*
  • Figure 4 U.S. QUANTUM DOT PATENTS ISSUED ASSIGNED TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES, 1998-2004*
    • Patent Activity: According to U.S. Companies
      • Leading Small Business Filings
  • Table 11 LEADING U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES GRANTED MULTIPLE PATENTS IN QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 1998-AUGUST 2004
  • Table 11 (CONTINUED)
  • Table 12 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES GRANTED SINGLE PATENTS IN QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 1998-AUGUST 2004
  • Table 12 (CONTINUED)
    • Leading Large Business Filings
  • Table 13 LEADING U.S. LARGE BUSINESSES GRANTED MULTIPLE PATENTS IN QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 1986-AUGUST 2004
    • Patent Activity According to U.S. Academic, Government and Other Institutions
      • Academic Institutions
  • Table 14 U.S. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS GRANTED PATENTS IN QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 1986-AUGUST 2004
    • Government and Other Institutions
  • Table 15 U.S. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS GRANTED PATENTS IN QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 1986-AUGUST 2004
    • U.S. Patent Activity According to Foreign Ownership
      • Leading Asian Companies
  • Table 16 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEADERS AMONG FOREIGN COUNTRIES AWARDED U.S. QD PATENTS-ASIA, 1986-AUGUST 2004
  • Table 16 (CONTINUED)
    • Leading European and Other Companies
  • Table 17 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEADERS AND OTHER, 1986-AUGUST 2004
    • U.S. PATENTS PENDING
  • Figure 5 U.S. QUANTUM DOT PATENTS ISSUED IN 2004 VERSUS PATENTS PENDING 2001-2004
    • Patent Application Activity-Comparison of U.S. versus Asian, European and Other Countries
  • Figure 6 U.S. QUANTUM DOT PATENTS PENDING BY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, U.S. VERSUS FOREIGN APPLICATIONS, 2001-2004*
  • Figure 6 (CONTINUED)
    • U.S. Patent Applications Activity: According to U.S. Companies
  • Table 18 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES WITH PENDING MULTIPLE PATENT FILINGS IN QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 2001-2004*
  • Table 19 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES WITH PENDING SINGLE PATENT FILINGS IN QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 2001-2004*
  • Table 19 (CONTINUED)
  • Table 20 U.S. LARGE BUSINESSES WITH PENDING PATENTS IN QD TECHNOLOGY, 2001-2004*
    • U.S. Patent Applications Activity: U.S. Academic, Government and Other Institutions
  • Table 21 U.S. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS WITH PENDING PATENTS IN QD TECHNOLOGY
  • Table 22 U.S. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS WITH PENDING PATENTS IN QD TECHNOLOGY
    • U.S. Patent Applications According to Foreign Ownership
      • Patents Pending, U.S. versus Foreign Countries
  • Figure 7 U.S. QUANTUM DOT PATENTS PENDING, U.S. VERSUS FOREIGN COUNTRIES, BY REGION, 2001-2004* (%)
    • Patents Pending, U.S. versus Asia
  • Figure 8 U.S. QUANTUM DOT PATENTS PENDING, U.S. VERSUS ASIA, 2001-2004
    • Patents Pending, Europe and Other Countries
  • Figure 9 U.S. QUANTUM DOT PATENTS PENDING, EUROPE AND OTHER COUNTRIES, 2001-2004*
    • Patents Pending, Leading Asian Companies by Region
  • Table 23 LEADING ASIAN ORGANIZATIONS WITH PENDING PATENTS IN QD TECHNOLOGY, 2001-2004*
    • Patents Pending, Leading European and Other Companies
  • Table 24 LEADING EUROPEAN AND OTHER FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS WITH PENDING PATENTS IN QD TECHNOLOGY, 2001-2004*
    • EUROPEAN AND WORLDWIDE INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICES
    • FUNDING
  • Table 25 MAJOR U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SPONSORING QD-BASED RESEARCH
• MARKETS BY APPLICATION
  • Table 26 COMMERCIALLY PROMISING SECTORS WITH FIRST-GENERATION POSSIBILITIES FOR QUANTUM DOT BASED PRODUCTS
    • BIOTECHNOLOGY
      • BIOLABEL SYNTHESIS
  • Table 27 ADVANTAGES OF QUANTUM DOTS AS BIOLOGICAL LABELS
  • Table 28 U.S. PATENTS (ISSUED AND APPLICATIONS) ON QD BIOTECHNOLOGY-BIOLABEL SYNTHESIS
  • Table 28 (CONTINUED)
    • QUANTUM DOT-TAGGED MICROBEADS.
    • LIVE CELL IMAGING
    • MOLECULAR SPECIES DIAGNOSIS/DETECTION
  • Table 29 U.S. PATENTS ISSUED ON QD BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS-MOLECULAR SPECIES DIAGNOSIS/DETECTION
    • ANALYTICAL/INSTRUMENT METHODS
  • Table 30 U.S. PATENTS ISSUED ON QD BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS ANALYTICAL/INSTRUMENT METHODS
    • SENSOR AND MICROARRAY APPLICATIONS
  • Table 31 U.S. PATENTS ISSUED ON QD BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS-SENSOR AND MICRO-ARRAY APPLICATIONS
    • COMPANY PROFILES-BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
      • Amnis Corp.
      • Biocrystal/Biopixels Ltd.
      • Clinical Micro Sensors, Inc.
      • Clontech Laboratories
      • Genoptix, Inc.
      • Li-Cor, Inc.
      • Nanosphere, Inc.
    • BIOMEDICINE
      • BIOPHARMACEUTICS
  • Table 32 QD MEDICAL APPLICATIONS DERIVED FROM U.S. PATENTS
  • Table 32 (CONTINUED)
    • DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS
    • DISEASE SCREENING
    • CANCER THERAPY AND DIAGNOSTICS
      • Cancer Therapy and Diagnostics (Continued)
    • IMPLANTABLE DEVICES
      • Motorola, Inc.
      • QinetiQ Plc
    • SURGICAL AIDS
      • Spectros Corp.
      • Teledyne Lighting
      • Advanced Magnetics Inc.
    • SECURITY
      • RATIONALE FOR QDS AS AN ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
        • QD versus Organic Fluorescent Dyes
        • Market Drivers
          • Counterfeiting
        • Leading Companies
  • Table 33 KEY ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN SECURITY APPLICATIONS OF QDS OR COMPETITIVE MARKING MATERIALS
    • COVERT ID TAGS (NANOSOLUTIONS GMBH, HAMBURG, GERMANY)
    • CRYPTOGRAPHY (NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA)
    • NANOBARCODES (NANOPLEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA)
    • SECURITY FIBERS (HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., MORRISTOWN, NJ)
    • FINGERPRINT DETECTION (CENTER FOR FORENSIC STUDIES, TEXAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, LUBBOCK, TX)
    • HOLOGRAM SECURITY
    • PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION AND BRAND PROTECTION (SPECTRA SCIENCE CORP., PROVIDENCE, RI)
    • COPY-PROTECTED OPTICAL MEDIA (VERITEC VERIFICATION TECHS, CENTERBROOK, CT)
    • SECURITY MARKING INKS (BIOCRYSTAL LTD, WESTERVILLE, OH)
    • BIO-TERRORISM (EVIDENT TECHNOLOGIES)
    • BARCODING (SPECTRAL IMAGING/QD CORP., INVENTORY CONTROL/MIT)
    • BUSINESS PROGNOSIS OF THE SECURITY MARKET
  • Table 34 RECENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES FOCUSING ON NEW SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS
    • MARKET SIZE
    • ELECTRONICS
  • Table 35 NOVEL QD-BASED DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS IN ELECTRONICS
  • Table 35 (CONTINUED)
    • LIMITATIONS OF CONVENTIONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE FABRICATION AND THE EMERGENCE OF NANOELECTRONICS
    • TOP-DOWN QD ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY
    • BOTTOM-UP QD ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY, MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS
    • PATENT ANALYSIS
  • Table 36 U.S. PATENT-BASED DEVELOPMENTS OF QD INTEGRATION USING CONVENTIONAL MICROELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY
  • Table 36 (CONTINUED)
    • Unconventional Technology
  • Table 37 U.S. PATENT-BASED DEVELOPMENTS IN QUANTUM DOT INTEGRATION INTO UNCONVENTIONAL NANOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY
    • QUANTUM COMPUTERS
  • Table 38 U.S. PATENT-BASED QD DEVELOPMENTS IN COMPUTERS:
    • STORAGE/MEMORY DEVICES
  • Table 39 U.S. PATENT-BASED QD DEVELOPMENTS IN MEMORY DEVICES:
    • LASERS
  • Table 40 U.S. PATENT-BASED QD DEVELOPMENTS IN LEDS, LASER DIODES AND RELATED DEVICES AMONG LEADING U.S. ORGANIZATIONS
  • Table 41 U.S. PATENT-BASED QD DEVELOPMENTS IN LEDS, LASER DIODES AND RELATED DEVICES AMONG FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS
    • LIGHTING
  • Table 42 ROADMAP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SSL-LED TECHNOLOGY/LAMP TARGETS
  • Table 43 IMPORTANT PLAYERS IN GROWING WLED SSL INDUSTRY
    • SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES
  • Table 44 PROPERTY COMPARISON OF COLLOIDAL QDS AND CONVENTIONAL LED PHOSPHORS
    • QD POLYMER ENCAPSULATION
    • LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY
    • EVIDENT TECHNOLOGIES
    • INNOVALIGHT, INC.
    • CHALLENGES FACING SSL WLED DEVELOPMENT
  • Table 45 COLLOIDAL QD-BASED SOLID-STATE WHITE LIGHTING: ENABLING FEATURES AND FUTURE TECHNICAL CHALLENGES
    • DISPLAYS
  • Table 46 U.S. PATENT-BASED QD DEVELOPMENTS IN DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES
    • MIT
    • E-INK CORP.
    • FLEXIBLE DISPLAY INDUSTRY
  • Table 47 PROFILE OF SOME EMERGING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY MARKET PLAYERS
  • Table 47 (CONTINUED)
    • OPTICAL COMPONENTS
  • Table 48 U.S. PATENT-BASED QD DEVELOPMENTS IN OPTICAL COMPONENTS
  • Table 48 (CONTINUED)
    • SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
      • CHEMICAL REACTION ENERGY CONVERSION
      • SOLAR ENERGY
        • Organic Dye-Based Solar Cells
  • Table 49 ADVANTAGES OF FLEXIBLE POLYMER-BASED OVER CONVENTIONAL RIGID SOLAR CELL DESIGNS
    • Organic Dye-Based Solar Cells (Continued)
    • Organic QD-Based Solar Cells
  • Table 50 SOME ADVANTAGES OF COLLOIDAL QDS OVER ORGANIC DYES USED IN PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS
  • Table 51 MAJOR PLAYERS INVOLVED IN PATENTING AND DEVELOPMENT OF QD SOLAR CELLS
  • Table 51 (CONTINUED)
    • University of California, Santa Barbara
    • Agfa-Gevaert (Belgium)
    • Nanosys, Inc.
    • Harvard University
    • Lund University, Sweden
    • University of Idaho
    • University of Rochester
    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION
      • Thermoelectric Energy Conversion (Continued)
• INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
  • QUANTUM DOT PRODUCERS
    • WET CHEMICAL-BASED SYNTHESIS
      • Leading Producers
  • Table 52 CURRENT COMMERCIAL COLLOIDAL-QD LEADERS (IN ASCENDING ORDER)
    • THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION
      • Thermoelectric Energy Conversion (Continued)
        • Evident Technologies, Troy, NY
          • Evident Technologies, Troy, NY (Continued)
        • Nanoco Technologies, U.K.
        • Nanosolutions GmbH
        • Nanomaterials and Nanofabrication-Laboratories Inc., Fayetteville, AK
        • Oxonica Limited, U.K.
      • Other Companies
  • Table 53 COMPANIES EXPLORING OTHER PRODUCT APPLICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS OF COLLOIDAL-QDS
    • BioCrystal/Biopixels Ltd., Westerville, OH
    • Nanosphere Inc., Northbrook, IL
      • Nanosphere Inc., Northbrook, Il (Continued)
    • Nanosys Inc., Palo Alto, CA and Medford, MA
    • SOLID STATE-BASED SYNTHESIS
  • Table 54 U.S. COMPANIES LEADING IN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOLID STATE-BASED SYNTHESIS OF QUANTUM DOTS
    • FOREIGN COMPETITION IN QUANTUM DOTS
      • WET CHEMICAL-BASED SYNTHESIS
      • SOLID STATE-BASED SYNTHESIS
  • Table 55 FOREIGN COMPANIES LEADING IN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOLID STATE-BASED SYNTHESIS OF QDS
    • DRIVING FORCES IMPACTING QD INDUSTRY
      • SPECIALTY AND POTENTIAL FOR COMMODITY QD APPLICATIONS
        • Specialty and Potential ・Continued)
      • SOLAR ENERGY
    • IMPORTANT FACTORS NURTURING GROWTH
      • DEVICE FABRICATION
      • TOP-DOWN IN-SITU LITHOGRAPHIC FABRICATION
        • Top-Down in-situ Lithographic・(Continued)
      • BOTTOM-UP ASSEMBLY
        • Solid-State Synthesis
        • Wet Colloid Synthesis
      • BUILDING OF QUANTUM DOT DEVICES
  • Table 56 PROCESS SYNTHESIS AND DEVICE FABRICATION PARADIGMS FOR COLLOIDAL-QDS
    • CHALLENGES AND ISSUES FACING THE QD INDUSTRY
  • Table 57 MAJOR ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FACING THE COLLOID QD INDUSTRY
    • NANOTOXICITY
    • PRODUCTION SCALE UP OF QDS
    • SURFACE CHEMICAL PASSIVATION
    • TRADE PRACTICES/REGULATORY ISSUES AND INFORMATION
      • REGULATORY ISSUES
        • Toxicity Studies
        • Environmental Studies
      • GREEN CHEMISTRY
    • EVOLUTIONARY STAGE OF INDUSTRY
      • COLLOIDAL QDS
        • Colloidal QDs versus Epitaxial QDs
• MARKET ANALYSIS
  • QD COMMERCIAL PRODUCERS
    • LEADING PRODUCERS AND APPLICATIONS
  • Table 58 LEADING U.S. QUANTUM DOT PRODUCERS: CURRENT PRODUCT PORTFOLIO AND COMMERCIAL TARGET APPLICATIONS
    • MAJOR PRODUCTION CHALLENGES
  • Table 59 MAJOR CHALLENGES FACING COMMERCIAL QD PRODUCERS
  • Table 60 MARKET FORECASTS FOR COLLOIDAL SC QDS: RATIONALE FOR SELECTING PROMISING SECTORS
    • MARKET PROSPECTS FOR QDS IN BIOLOGY AND BIOMEDICINE
  • Table 61 PROJECTED HIGH-GROWTH SECTORS IN LIFE SCIENCES MARKET
    • EVOLUTION OF NC MATERIALS IN BIOLOGICAL DETECTION
      • RECENT STUDIES
      • PARALLEL DEVELOPMENTS, DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENTS
      • PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT
  • Table 62 GOVERNMENT SPONSORSHIPS AND COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS AIDING DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF QDS
  • Table 62 (CONTINUED)
    • EMERGING MARKETS FOR SMALL NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS
  • Figure 10 BIOLOGY/BIOMEDICAL QD MARKET EVOLUTION
  • Figure 11 PROJECTED BIOLOGY/BIOMEDICAL MARKET REVENUES FOR QDS, 2003-2009
    • MARKET PROSPECTS FOR QDS IN SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY
      • RECENT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS
      • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
      • MAJOR ISSUES
  • Table 63 MAJOR ISSUES CONFRONTING THE IMPENDING USE OF QDS IN SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY
  • Figure 12 PROJECTED WORLDWIDE GROWTH IN PV SOLAR SYSTEMS, 2003 AND 2013
  • Table 64 PROJECTED SOLAR CELL MARKET REVENUES FOR QD-BASED PRODUCTS, 2007-2009 ($ MILLION)
    • MARKET PROSPECTS FOR QDS IN MEMORY APPLICATIONS
  • Table 65 SOME FUTURE NANOMATERIALS-BASED MEMORY ARCHITECTURES
    • FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC., AUSTIN, TX
  • Figure 13 TOTAL WORLDWIDE FLASH MEMORY GROWTH PROJECTION, 2004 AND 2007
  • Table 66 PROJECTED FLASH MEMORY MARKET REVENUES FOR QD-BASED PRODUCTS, 2006-2009 ($ MILLION)
    • HEWLETT-PACKARD, PALO ALTO, CA
    • IBM, YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY
    • MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC., BOISE, ID
    • NANOSYS INC., PALO ALTO, CA
    • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
    • FOREIGN COMPETITION
    • MARKET PROSPECTS FOR QDS IN SOLID-STATE LED WHITE LIGHTING & DISPLAYS
      • LEDS
  • Table 67 MAJOR ISSUES CONFRONTING THE IMPENDING USE OF QDS IN SSL WLED TECHNOLOGY
  • Table 67 (CONTINUED)
    • OLEDs
      • OLEDs (Continued)
  • Table 68 MAJOR PERFORMANCE ISSUES CONFRONTING OLED DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY AND POTENTIAL ENHANCEMENTS PROVIDED BY QDS
  • Table 69 PROJECTED OLED FLAT PANEL DISPLAY MARKET REVENUES FOR QD-BASED PRODUCTS, 2008-2009 ($ MILLION)
    • MARKET PROSPECTS FOR QDS IN OTHER PROMISING SECTORS
      • TELECOMMUNICATIONS
      • FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS
        • Flexible Electronics (Continued)
• APPENDIX
  • ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
  • Table 70 U.S. QUANTUM DOTS PATENTS PENDING (APRIL 19, 2001 - DECEMBER 4, 2004)
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LIST OF TABLES

• Summary Table:
• Table 1 CHRONOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF QDS
• Table 2 COMPARISON OF EMISSION WAVELENGTH OF SC AND METAL NC QUANTUM DOTS AS A FUNCTION OF THEIR SIZE
• Table 3 OTHER PROPERTIES OF QUANTUM DOTS
• Table 4 HIERARCHY AND VARIOUS STRUCTURAL TYPES OF QDS
• Table 5 QD MATERIAL TYPES AND THEIR COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS
• Table 6 KEY QUANTUM DOT TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS
• Table 7 QUANTUM DOT PRODUCTION METHODS
• Table 8 VARIOUS METHODS USED FOR SI-NC SYNTHESIS
• Table 9 VARIOUS SYNTHETIC METHODS AND PHOTOPHYSICAL BEHAVIOR OF METAL-NCS
• Table 10 QUANTUM DOT STRUCTURE ASSEMBLY METHODS
• Table 11 LEADING U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES GRANTED MULTIPLE PATENTS IN QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 1998-AUGUST 2004
• Table 12 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES GRANTED SINGLE PATENTS IN QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 1998-AUGUST 2004
• Table 13 LEADING U.S. LARGE BUSINESSES GRANTED MULTIPLE PATENTS IN QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 1986-AUGUST 2004
• Table 14 U.S. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS GRANTED PATENTS IN QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 1986-AUGUST 2004
• Table 15 U.S. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS GRANTED PATENTS IN QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 1986-AUGUST 2004
• Table 16 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEADERS AMONG FOREIGN COUNTRIES AWARDED U.S. QD PATENTS-ASIA, 1986-AUGUST
• Table 17 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEADERS AND OTHER, 1986-AUGUST 2004
• Table 18 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES WITH PENDING MULTIPLE PATENT FILINGS IN QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 2001-2004*
• Table 19 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES WITH PENDING SINGLE PATENT FILINGS IN QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 2001-2004*
• Table 20 U.S. LARGE BUSINESSES WITH PENDING PATENTS IN QD TECHNOLOGY, 2001-2004*
• Table 21 U.S. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS WITH PENDING PATENTS IN QD TECHNOLOGY
• Table 22 U.S. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS WITH PENDING PATENTS IN QD TECHNOLOGY
• Table 23 LEADING ASIAN ORGANIZATIONS WITH PENDING PATENTS IN QD TECHNOLOGY, 2001-2004*
• Table 24 LEADING EUROPEAN AND OTHER FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS WITH PENDING PATENTS IN QD TECHNOLOGY, 2001-2004*
• Table 25 MAJOR U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SPONSORING QD-BASED RESEARCH
• Table 26 COMMERCIALLY PROMISING SECTORS WITH FIRST-GENERATION POSSIBILITIES FOR QUANTUM DOT BASED PRODUCTS
• Table 27 ADVANTAGES OF QUANTUM DOTS AS BIOLOGICAL LABELS
• Table 28 U.S. PATENTS (ISSUED AND APPLICATIONS) ON QD BIOTECHNOLOGY-BIOLABEL SYNTHESIS
• Table 29 U.S. PATENTS ISSUED ON QD BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS-MOLECULAR SPECIES DIAGNOSIS/DETECTION
• Table 30 U.S. PATENTS ISSUED ON QD BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS ANALYTICAL/INSTRUMENT METHODS
• Table 31 U.S. PATENTS ISSUED ON QD BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS-SENSOR AND MICRO-ARRAY APPLICATIONS
• Table 32 QD MEDICAL APPLICATIONS DERIVED FROM U.S. PATENTS
• Table 33 KEY ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN SECURITY APPLICATIONS OF QDS OR COMPETITIVE MARKING MATERIALS
• Table 34 RECENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES FOCUSING ON NEW SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS
• Table 35 NOVEL QD-BASED DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS IN ELECTRONICS
• Table 36 U.S. PATENT-BASED DEVELOPMENTS OF QD INTEGRATION USING CONVENTIONAL MICROELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY
• Table 37 U.S. PATENT-BASED DEVELOPMENTS IN QUANTUM DOT INTEGRATION INTO UNCONVENTIONAL NANOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY
• Table 38 U.S. PATENT-BASED QD DEVELOPMENTS IN COMPUTERS:
• Table 39 U.S. PATENT-BASED QD DEVELOPMENTS IN MEMORY DEVICES:
• Table 40 U.S. PATENT-BASED QD DEVELOPMENTS IN LEDS, LASER DIODES AND RELATED DEVICES AMONG LEADING U.S. ORGANIZATIONS
• Table 41 U.S. PATENT-BASED QD DEVELOPMENTS IN LEDS, LASER DIODES AND RELATED DEVICES AMONG FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS
• Table 42 ROADMAP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SSL-LED TECHNOLOGY/LAMP TARGETS
• Table 43 IMPORTANT PLAYERS IN GROWING WLED SSL INDUSTRY
• Table 44 PROPERTY COMPARISON OF COLLOIDAL QDS AND CONVENTIONAL LED PHOSPHORS
• Table 45 COLLOIDAL QD-BASED SOLID-STATE WHITE LIGHTING:
• ENABLING FEATURES AND FUTURE TECHNICAL CHALLENGES
• Table 46 U.S. PATENT-BASED QD DEVELOPMENTS IN DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES
• Table 47 PROFILE OF SOME EMERGING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY MARKET PLAYERS
• Table 48 U.S. PATENT-BASED QD DEVELOPMENTS IN OPTICAL COMPONENTS
• Table 49 ADVANTAGES OF FLEXIBLE POLYMER-BASED OVER CONVENTIONAL RIGID SOLAR CELL DESIGNS
• Table 50 SOME ADVANTAGES OF COLLOIDAL QDS OVER ORGANIC DYES USED IN PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS
• Table 51 MAJOR PLAYERS INVOLVED IN PATENTING AND DEVELOPMENT OF QD SOLAR CELLS
• Table 52 CURRENT COMMERCIAL COLLOIDAL-QD LEADERS (IN ASCENDING ORDER)
• Table 53 COMPANIES EXPLORING OTHER PRODUCT APPLICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS OF COLLOIDAL-QDS
• Table 54 U.S. COMPANIES LEADING IN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOLID STATE-BASED SYNTHESIS OF QUANTUM DOTS
• Table 55 FOREIGN COMPANIES LEADING IN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOLID STATE-BASED SYNTHESIS OF QDS
• Table 56 PROCESS SYNTHESIS AND DEVICE FABRICATION PARADIGMS FOR COLLOIDAL-QDS
• Table 57 MAJOR ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FACING THE COLLOID QD INDUSTRY
• Table 58 LEADING U.S. QUANTUM DOT PRODUCERS: CURRENT PRODUCT PORTFOLIO AND COMMERCIAL TARGET APPLICATIONS
• Table 59 MAJOR CHALLENGES FACING COMMERCIAL QD PRODUCERS
• Table 60 MARKET FORECASTS FOR COLLOIDAL SC QDS: RATIONALE FOR SELECTING PROMISING SECTORS
• Table 61 PROJECTED HIGH-GROWTH SECTORS IN LIFE SCIENCES MARKET
• Table 62 GOVERNMENT SPONSORSHIPS AND COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS AIDING DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF QDS
• Table 63 MAJOR ISSUES CONFRONTING THE IMPENDING USE OF QDS IN SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY
• Table 64 PROJECTED SOLAR CELL MARKET REVENUES FOR QD-BASED PRODUCTS, 2007-2009 ($ MILLION)
• Table 65 SOME FUTURE NANOMATERIALS-BASED MEMORY ARCHITECTURES
• Table 66 PROJECTED FLASH MEMORY MARKET REVENUES FOR QD-BASED PRODUCTS, 2006-2009 ($ MILLION)
• Table 67 MAJOR ISSUES CONFRONTING THE IMPENDING USE OF QDS IN SSL WLED TECHNOLOGY
• Table 68 MAJOR PERFORMANCE ISSUES CONFRONTING OLED DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY AND POTENTIAL ENHANCEMENTS PROVIDED BY QDS
• Table 69 PROJECTED OLED FLAT PANEL DISPLAY MARKET REVENUES FOR QD-BASED PRODUCTS, 2008-2009 ($ MILLION)
• Table 70 U.S. QUANTUM DOTS PATENTS PENDING (APRIL 19, 2001 - DECEMBER 4, 2004)
• Table 70 (CONTINUED)
• Table 71 U.S. QUANTUM DOTS PATENTS ISSUED (MARCH 18, 1996 - NOVEMBER 30, 2004)
• Table 72 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ACTIVE AWARDS RELATING TO QUANTUM DOTS RESEARCH

LIST OF FIGURES

• Summary Figure:
• Figure 1 LUMINESCENCE SIZE REGIMES FOR DIFFERENT SEMICONDUCTOR AND METAL QUANTUM DOTS
• Figure 2 U.S. "QUANTUM DOTS" PATENTS ISSUED, 1986-2004
• Figure 3 U.S. "QUANTUM DOTS" PATENTS ISSUED U.S. VERSUS FOREIGN, BY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, 1998-2004*
• Figure 4 U.S. QUANTUM DOT PATENTS ISSUED ASSIGNED TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES, 1998-2004*
• Figure 5 U.S. QUANTUM DOT PATENTS ISSUED IN 2004 VERSUS PATENTS PENDING 2001-2004
• Figure 6 U.S. QUANTUM DOT PATENTS PENDING BY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, U.S. VERSUS FOREIGN APPLICATIONS, 2001-2004*
• Figure 7 U.S. QUANTUM DOT PATENTS PENDING, U.S. VERSUS FOREIGN COUNTRIES, BY REGION, 2001-2004* (%)
• Figure 8 U.S. QUANTUM DOT PATENTS PENDING, U.S. VERSUS ASIA, 2001-2004
• Figure 9 U.S. QUANTUM DOT PATENTS PENDING, EUROPE AND OTHER COUNTRIES, 2001-2004*
• Figure 10 BIOLOGY/BIOMEDICAL QD MARKET EVOLUTION
• Figure 11 PROJECTED BIOLOGY/BIOMEDICAL MARKET REVENUES FOR QDS, 2003-2009
• Figure 12 PROJECTED WORLDWIDE GROWTH IN PV SOLAR SYSTEMS, 2003 AND 2013
• Figure 13 TOTAL WORLDWIDE FLASH MEMORY GROWTH PROJECTION, 2004 AND 2007