Chemicals and Materials

Smart textiles are fabrics that have been developed by integrating intelligent, value-added properties, such as energy conduction, sensing functionality, and stimuli responsiveness. These materials find high demand in the sports and fitness, medical devices, and consumer electronics industries. While the wide-scale technology adoption is currently ...

The market for materials in personal care products and cosmetics, including skin, hair, and oral care and makeup products, has seen tremendous growth in last 3–5 years. The key trends focusing toward biocompatibility and naturality of ingredients in personal care products are driving the adoption of new and innovative materials and ingredients. T...

With the boom of the micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) industry in the last 3 to 5 years, wafer bonding and packaging have become a significant area of interest for the fabrication of the different types of MEMS devices. Among various fabrication techniques, wafer bonding with intermediate adhesives is an important technique as in comparison t...

The study aims to analyse the adhesives market in India for 2015 and the trends until 2020. Research Scope • Global market overview • India market analysis and end-user outlook • Classification of adhesives and new emerging applications • Growth drivers and restraints for the market • Impact of Mega Trends on the adhesives market in Indi...

Need for viable material alternatives for conventional metals and ongoing lightweighting initiatives are leading to increasing adoption of plastics and composites in the automotive industry. While use of plastics in automotive interiors is established, research activities are also focused on the use of the plastic and composite resins for engine a...

This Industrial Bioprocessing TOE depicts trends across biodegradation of plastics. The TOE focuses on important innovations in biodegradable plastics covering additives that enhance biodegradability of plastics, cost-efficient technologies that degrade plastics, and microorganisms that enhance biodegradation of plastics. The corresponding patent s...

Coatings for wearable devices are mainly based on precious metals such as silver. These coatings are very expensive and increase the overall price of the wearable devices. The recent trend is to develop of polymer-based coatings and nanocoatings that can offer unique and specialized properties and more cost-effective than precious metals. Developi...

The healthcare industry is witnessing steady growth with the changing needs of people in the past few years. Advances in this industry, such as increased interest in miniaturization, aesthetic appeal of medical devices (especially orthopedic ones), are influencing material development for healthcare applications. Growing need for specialty medical ...

This Industrial Bioprocessing TOE depicts trends across probiotic-based household products. It covers the use of probiotics in household products as an alternate to toxic chemicals, probiotics treated textiles to kill dust mites, for combating sleep allergy, and probiotics in personal care products (such as body wash, cream, and deodorants). The co...