DUBLIN, Apr. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --Research and Markets

(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7dx5d2/market) has announced the addition of the "Market Opportunities for Metal Meshes as Transparent Conductors, 2015-2022" report to their offering.

Metal mesh transparent conductors have come into their own in the past year, emerging as a serious alternative to widely used indium tin oxide (ITO), principally in the touch screen sensor space but also beyond that sector, where meshes are already superior in their ability to effectively spread voltage across a large panel. In fact they have been around for a long time in areas such as solar PV and digital signage, to further extending into more touch applications as well as other markets such as thin-film PV, antennas, EMI/RFI, transparent heating elements, and OLED lighting.

At the same time, metal mesh TCs still have to overcome some disadvantages. Visibility of grid lines is a no-go for most applications under consideration, as is the problem of "moiré" pattern effects and newer iterations of metal mesh TCs seem to be solving both issues. Metal meshes also require significant and costly customization for displays. Efforts to replace silver with copper in metal meshes has proved quite challenging. These factors plus our observation of some recent news and rumors suggest metal meshes might not penetrate the TC market as fast as once hoped.

This report analyzes the latest developments in metal mesh TC technology and what we see as the market opportunities, and thus revenue potential, across several key end application sectors. It also compares and contrast metal meshes against the other alternative TC technologies (silver nanowires, carbon nanotubes, conductive polymers, other metal oxides) as well as the incumbent and dominant ITO, to gauge how such market opportunities might be apportioned. The analysis in this report is based on NanoMarkets' extensive program covering the transparent conductor sector for the past decade.

Key Topics Covered:

Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background to this Report
1.1.1 Why Metal-based TCs
1.1.2 Surveying the Landscape: Where Metal Mesh TCs Fit In
1.1.3 Playing the Specmanship Game
1.1.4 Rumors Afoot: Trouble Brewing?

Chapter Two: The Evolution of Metal Meshes as Transparent Conductors
2.1 Evolution of Metal Meshes as Transparent Conductors
2.2 Copper vs. Silver TCs: Are there Opportunities?
2.3 Advantages and Challenges for Metal Mesh
2.4 Surveying the TC Landscape: How Metal Meshes Size Up

Chapter Three: Applications and Opportunities for Metal Mesh Transparent Conductors
3.1 Touch-Screen Sensors: The Foremost TC Opportunity
3.2 OLEDs and TCs: A Potentially Large but Uncertain Market
3.3 Conventional Flat-panel LCDs: ITO's Stronghold
3.4 Transparent Conductors in Solar Panels
3.5 Other Applications for Metal Mesh TCs

Chapter Four: Suppliers of Metal Meshes for Transparent Conductors
4.1 3M (U.S.)
4.2 Atmel (U.S.)
4.3 O-Film/Suzhou NanoGrid (China)
4.4 UniPixel/Intouch (U.S.)
4.5 PolyIC (Germany)
4.6 Fujifilm (Japan)
4.7 Toppan Touch (Japan)
4.8 Dai Nippon Printing (Japan)
4.9 Hitachi Chemical (Japan)
4.10 Rolith (U.S.)
4.11 Zytronic (U.K.)
4.12 Visual Planet (U.K.)
4.13 Young Fast (Taiwan)
4.14 JTOUCH (Taiwan)
4.15 Konica Minolta (Japan)
4.16 Epigem (U.K.)

Chapter Five: Eight-Year Forecasts for Metal Mesh Transparent Conductors
5.1 Forecasting Methodology
5.2 Eight-Year Forecast of Metal Transparent Conductor Markets by Application
5.3 Eight-Year Forecasts of Metal Mesh TCs in Flat-Panel Displays
5.4 Eight-Year Forecasts of Metal Mesh TCs in the Touch-Screen Sensor Industry
5.5 Eight-Year Forecasts of Metal Mesh TCs in OLED Displays
5.6 Eight-Year Forecasts of Metal Mesh TCs in OLED Lighting
5.7 Eight-Year Forecasts of Metal Mesh TCs in E-Paper Displays
5.8 Eight-Year Forecast for Metal Mesh TCs in Solar Panels
5.9 Eight-Year Forecast of Metal Mesh TCs for Antistatic Coatings
5.10 Eight-Year Forecast of Metal Mesh TCs for EMI Shielding

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