While the global nanotechnology market is expected to experience steady growth in the coming years, it is market’s smallest segment set to make the largest splash. Nanofibers currently make up just 3.1% of the market, but since BCC Research first began tracking the nanofiber segment in 2005, the market has grown at a remarkable pace – approximately 27% compound annual growth rate.

The combination of nanotechnology and nonfiber materials is gaining quite a bit of popularity in the global market. These technologies are found applied in various fields, including:

Nanomaterials have the potential for cancer diagnosis and therapy simultaneously. Separate investigations by researchers in France and in the United States suggest the results could be particularly effective for aggressive forms of cancer.

In this corner, fighting out of Samsung Town, South Korea, 10-time defending champion as the number one seller of TVs in the world, Samsung Electronics.

A simple paper sheet can improve the quality of life for millions of people by removing resistant viruses from water. The sheet, made of cellulose nanofibers, is called the mille-feuille filter because its unique layered internal architecture resembles that of the French puff pastry mille-feuille (thousand leaves).

From smartphones to the operating interfaces of ticket machines and cash dispensers, touchscreens require transparent electrodes in order to recognize finger pressure. The glass surfaces of these devices are coated with a grid of barely visible gold or silver, the walls of which are so thin they’re barely visible.  Called nanowalls or nanowires, these new type of transparent electrodes offer great potential as transparent electrodes in display and solar cell applications.

Among the many types of nanomaterials, quantum dots (QDs) are like no other. At dimensions typically below 10 nanometers (nm), these nanocrystalline semiconductors, metals and magnetic materials are 20,000 times smaller than a human hair and resemble the tiny semiconductors used in consumer electronics.

Researchers in the field of nanotechnology have discovered new tools that could change how cancers and brain diseases, such as dementia and Parkinson’s disease are treated in the future.

Among the numerous categories in the evolving field of newly synthesized nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are perhaps among the most dynamic and undergoing the most rapid pace of development. The past 15 years have witnessed relentless growth in the research, development, and technological understanding of these remarkable materials.