Abstract
This research service analyses the trends nanosensor technology development.
Table of Contents
1 | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Scope and Methodology
- 1. Scope
- 2. Methodology
- Introduction and Key Findings
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Key Findings
2 | TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS VIEWPOINT
- Development and Application Trends
- 1. Key Sector-Wide Trends
- 2. Funding Issues
- Regulation and Standards--Key Issues
- 1. The Health and Safety Debate
- 2. Standards Development
3 | TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION FACTOR ANALYSIS
- Challenges
- 1. Market and End-User Level Challenges for Technology Development and
Adoption
- 2. Sector Level Challenges for Technology Development and Adoption
- Drivers
- 1. Market and End-User Level Drivers for Technology Development and
Adoption
- 2. Sector Level Drivers for Technology Development and Adoption
4 | NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS
- Industrial and Defense Applications
- 1. Uniformity and Repeatability in Chemical Nanosensors
- 2. Hydrogen Detection Using Inorganic Nanotubes
- 3. Oxygen Gas Detection Using Nanostructured Strontium Titanate
- 4. Biosensors Based on Carbon Nanotubes
- 5. Nanoscale Chemical Sensors for Wide Spectrum of Applications
- 6. Wireless Gas Sensors Built from Carbon Nanotubes
- 7. Nanoparticle-Based Photodetection
- 8. Nanostructured Zinc Oxide 'Nanorings' for Sensing Applications
- 9. Carbon Nanotube Strain Sensors
- 10. Botulism Neurotoxin Detection
- 11. Saliva Monitoring for Toxin Detection
- 12. Bioweapon Detection Using Nanoparticles
- 13. Nanotube-Based Gas Sensing
- 14. Semiconductor Material-Based Platform May Find Use in Biosensing
- 15. Commercial Hydrogen Sensor with Low Cross-Sensitivity
- Healthcare and Biomedical Applications
- 1. Biosensing for Single Molecule Detection
- 2. Nanoantennas for Diagnostic Imaging Applications
- 3. Nanowire-Based Sensors for Biological Sensing
- 4. DNA-Wrapped Nanotubes for Contaminant Detection
- 5. Nanotube-Based Sensing for Neurological Disorders
- 6. Nano-Cantilever-Enabled Devices for Cancer Diagnosis
- 7. Nanosensor Tracks Critical Brain Chemical
- 8. Nanosensors Used in Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
5 | SELECTED PATENTS AND DATABASE OF KEY PARTICIPANTS
- Selected Patents
- 1. United States Patents-I
- 2. United States Patents-II
- 3. Rest of the World Patents-I
- 4. Rest of the World Patents-II
- Database of Key Participants
- 1. Key Participants--Sensors for Industrial and Defense Applications
- 2. Key Participants--Sensors for Healthcare and Biomedical Applications
6 | FROST & SULLIVAN 2006 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
- Excellence in Technology
- 1. Award Description
- 2. Award Recipient
- Product Innovation
- 1. Award Description
- 2. Award Recipient
7 | DECISION SUPPORT DATABASE
- Database Tables
- 1. Military Expenditure--Equipment Procurement (1999-2006)
- 2. Military Expenditure--Research and Development (1999-2006)
- 3. Control and Instrumentation Contribution to Electronics Industry
(1999-2006)
- 4. Medical and Industrial Contribution to Electronics Industry (1999-2006)