TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary
E.1 Opportunity analysis for nanosensors
E.1.1 Opportunities for the sensor industry
E.1.2 Opportunities for the specialty chemical industry
E.2 Eight firms to watch in the nanosensor business
E.3 Regulatory factors impacting the nanosensor market
E.4 Summary of eight-year forecasts for nanosensors
E.5 Alternative scenarios
Chapter 1: Introduction
Background to this report
1.2 Objective and scope of this report
1.3 Methodology for this report
1.3.1 Forecasting methodology
1.4 Plan of this report
Chapter 2: Commercial Trends in Nanosensors
2.1 Generic advantages and disadvantages of nanotechnology in sensing applications
2.2 Critical materials trends for nanosensors
2.2.1 Biological materials
2.2.2 Chemicals
2.2.3 Mechanical devices
2.2.4 Electrical and electronic devices
2.2.5 Opportunities for quantum dots in nanosensors
2.2.6 A future role for graphene in nanosensors?
2.2.7 Moving from spherical nanomaterials to wires, cylinders and tubes
2.3 Solar-powered nanosensing
2.4 Notable trends in the fabrication of nanosensors
2.4.1 Top-down lithography
2.4.2 Bottom up assembly
2.4.3 Self-assembly
2.4.4 Reliability issues with nanosensors
2.5 Noteworthy nanosensor commercialization initiatives
2.6 Key points from this chapter
Chapter 3: Current Applications and Futuristic Opportunities
3.1 Security, surveillance and military applications
3.1.1 Identification of hazardous explosives - chemicals and gases
3.1.2 Detection of biological weapons
3.1.3 Fiber optic “nano-cameras”
3.1.4 Eight-year forecasts of nanosensors for security, surveillance and military applications
3.2 Biomedical and healthcare applications
3.2.1 Monitoring of blood sugar for diabetics
3.2.2 Total blood testing
3.2.3 Detection of genetic defects
3.2.4 Cancer detection
3.2.5 Nanosensors and therapeutics
3.2.6 A convergence of the macro and nano world: labs-on-a-chip
3.2.7 Eight-year forecasts of nanosensors for biomedical and healthcare applications
3.3 Environmental monitoring applications
3.3.1 Pollution particulate matter
3.3.2 Pesticides and organophosphates
3.3.3 Eight-year forecasts of nanosensors for environmental monitoring applications
3.4 Food management
3.4.1 Beverage Industry
3.4.2 Detection of harmful pathogens
3.4.3 Eight-year forecasts of nanosensors for food management applications
3.5 Other applications for nanosensors
3.5.1 Transportation
3.5.2 Construction
3.5.3 Energy storage
3.5.4 Nanoelectronics and plasmonics
3.5.5 Nanosensors for mass and pressure measurement
3.5.6 Eight-year forecasts of nanosensors for food management applications
3.6 Nanosensors, robotics and the Internet-of-Things
3.7 Summary of eight-year forecasts for nanosensors
3.8 Key points of the chapter
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