Buy Now: Electroactive Polymers
Report description
Technological developments in the electronics and semiconductor industries have led to the creation of polymers that change shape on the application of voltage. The biggest application for electroactive polymers (EAPs) lies in their future use as actuators and sensors, which in turn opens up a huge spectrum of applications in the fields of electronics, healthcare, sensing, and solar energy generation. With the growing market for each of these applications, EAP is set to become a mainstream market in the next five years. However, the technical specifications for each application differ widely, and extensive research and investments are still needed for developing application-specific EAPs.
The global electroactive polymers product market is expected to be worth US$2.78 billion by 2014. The conductive plastics segment contributed 84% to the overall market in 2009, mainly due to its extensive application in electrostatic discharge and electromagnetic interference. As the EAP market is still in the early phase, it presents many advantages for the early movers. As there are not too many companies involved now, detailed knowledge of the competitors will be crucial for the success of each company.
Scope of the report
This report aims to identify and analyze products and applications that use electroactive polymers. The report has segmented the global electroactive polymers market as follows:
- Electroactive Polymers Product Market: Conductive plastics, Inherently Conductive Polymers (IDPS) and Inherently Dissipative Polymers (IDPS)
- Electroactive Polymers Applications Market: OLED, Capacitors, Batteries, Organic transistors, Sensors, Solar cells, Actuators, Textiles and fabrics, Electromagnetic interference (EMI), Electrostatic discharge (ESD), Antistatic packaging, Paints and coatings and others.
- Electroactive Polymers Technology Market: ICPs doping technology, Benefits of ICPs and technical aspects of conductive plastics
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Buy Now: Electroactive Polymers
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Summary
3. Market Overview
3.1. Market definition
3.2. Evolution of Electro-active Polymers
3.3. Comparison of Electro-active Polymers with other competing materials
4. Types of Electro-active Polymers
4.1. Inherently Conductive Polymers (ICPS)
4.1.1. Types of ICPS
4.1.1.1. Polythiophenes
4.1.1.2. Polyanilines
4.1.1.3. Polypyrroles
4.1.1.4. Polyacetylenes
4.1.1.5. Polyphenylene Vinylene
4.1.1.6. Polyfluorenes
4.1.1.7. Polyphenylene Sulfide
4.1.1.8.Polynaphthalene
4.1.2. Doping Technologies for ICPS
4.1.2.1. Chemical
4.1.2.2. Electrochemical
4.1.2.3. Types of dopants
4.1.3. Technical aspects of ICPS
4.1.3.1. Molecular weight
4.1.3.2. Improvement of high temperature conductivity and thermal stability
4.1.3.3. Alloys and Blends of ICPS with resins
4.1.4. Benefits of ICPS
4.1.4.1. Conductivity
4.1.4.2. Electro-chromic effects
4.1.4.3. Electroluminescence
4.1.4.4. Photoconductivity
4.1.4.5. Thermo-chromic effects
4.2. Inherently Dissipative Polymers (IDPS)
4.3. Conductive Plastics
4.3.1. Types of Conductive Plastics
4.3.1.1. ESD/EMI Compounds
4.3.1.2. Antistatic Additives
4.3.1.3. Metal/carbon Fibers
4.3.1.4. Carbon Nanotubes
4.3.2. Technical aspects of Conductive Plastics
4.3.2.1. Blends of conductive plastics and powder coatings
4.3.2.2. Novel conductive additives
4.4. Others
5. Electrical configuration
5.1. Dielectric
5.2. Ionic
6. Major role applications
6.1. Actuators
6.2. Sensors
7. End-Applications of Electro-active Polymers
7.1. Light Emitting Diode
7.2. OLED
7.3. Capacitors
7.4. Batteries
7.4.1. Lithium Batteries
7.4.2. All-polymer battery
7.4.3. Button Battery
7.4.4. Automotive battery
7.4.5. Portable computer battery
7.5. Semiconductor Transistors
7.5.1. Silicon substrates
7.5.2. Organic/Plastic transistors
7.6. Sensors
7.6.1. Remotely readable sensors
7.6.2. Gas sensors
7.6.3. Odor sensors
7.6.4. Chemical sensors
7.6.5. Biosensors
7.7. Solar Cells
7.8. Electronic displays
7.8.1. Flat panel displays
7.8.2. CRT
7.9. Electromagnetic interference
7.10. Electrostatic discharge
7.11. Antistatic packaging
7.12. Plastics coated with electrostatic paints
7.13. Other upcoming applications
8. Geographic analysis
8.1. United States
8.2. Europe
8.3. Asia
9. Company Profiles
9.1. BTech Scientific
9.2. Agfa-Gevaert NV
9.3. Air Products & Chemicals
9.4. American Dye Source
9.5. BASF, Inc
9.6. Cambridge Display Technology
9.7. Central Corporation
9.8. Crosslink Polymer Research
9.9. Dupont Displays
9.10. Eeonyx
9.11. Fractal Systems
9.12. Kemet Capacitors
9.13. Klockner Pentaplast of America
9.14. LNP Engineering Plastics
9.15. Lubrizol Advanced Materials
9.16. Marktek, Inc
9.17. Merck KGAA-Darmstadt
9.18. Milliken Research Corporation
9.19. Nanogenesys
9.20. Ormegon Chemie
9.21. Panipol Ltd
9.22. Plastic Logic
9.23. Plextronics, Inc
9.24. Polymer Vision, Ltd
9.25. Polyone
9.26. Premix OY
9.27. Rieke Metals
9.28. RTP Company
9.29. H.C. Starck International
9.30. Sterling Fibers
9.31. Universal Display Corporation
10. Patents
10.1. U.S Patents
10.2. Europe Patents
10.3. Asia Patents
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Global Electroactive Polymers Market: Revolutionizing Automation World
The increasing need for greater sophistication in the automation industry and in electronics protection is driving the market for low-cost, lightweight, and low driving voltage materials. Advances in electronics and polymers manufacturing technology have given rise to the concept of electroactive polymers. These polymers began to be used as base materials for motion control and protective applications as the use of mechanical moving parts reduced efficiency and increased wear and tear. When compared with conventional motion-generating devices, electroactive polymers provide equally good efficiency and lower costs and power consumption.
The electroactive polymers market is segmented into conductive plastics, inherently conducting polymers and inherently dissipative polymers. The global electroactive polymers market was at $1.7 billion in 2008; and is expected to grow exponentially at a CAGR of 8.3% from 2009 to 2014 mainly due to the already existing demand for new applications be commercialized in the next five years.
The electroactive polymers market holds a lot of scope for improved material commercialization as it is still in its nascent stage, and as high temperature resisting polymers are yet to be developed. The expected applications of electroactive polymers, such as full-page displays and biomimetics, are expected to boost the overall market. The development and commercialization of new polymers would further widen EAP applications. The key players in the electroactive polymers market include Artificial Muscle, H.C. Starck, Panipol Oy, etc.
Intensive R&D efforts, early product commercialization, and the high absorption rate of electronic products made North America the dominant market in 2008. The region held a 64% share of the global electroactive polymers product market, followed by Europe with a 22% share in the same year.
Global Electroactive Polymers Market by Products, 2009

Source: MarketsandMarkets
In 2009, the conductive plastics submarket is expected to dominate the global electroactive polymers market with 84% share, mainly due to its extensive application in electrostatic discharge and electromagnetic interference.
The U.S. accounted for 41% of the total number of electroactive polymers patents filed worldwide between 2004 and September 2009. The region had the highest number of patents mainly due to the presence of major players in this region and increasing R&D for new applications.
Our analysis indicates that companies taking the first mover advantage by quick commercialization of applications with intensive R&D efforts for new polymers and applications will have an edge over their competitors. Agreements and collaborations as well as new product launches are some of the most popular strategies adopted by market players to stay ahead of the competition and to expand into new geographies.
Buy Now: Electroactive Polymers
Table of Content
1. Introduction
2. Summary
3. Market Overview
3.1. Market definition
3.2. Evolution of Electro-active polymers
3.3. Comparison of Electro-active polymers with other competing materials
3.4. Driving factor analysis of EAP market
3.5. Relative potential matrix for EAP products
3.6. Global EAP market dynamics
4. Types of Electro-active Polymers
4.1. Inherently Conductive Polymers (ICPS)
4.1.1. Types of ICPS
4.1.1.1. Polythiophenes
4.1.1.2. Polyanilines
4.1.1.3. Polypyrroles
4.1.1.4. Polyacetylenes
4.1.1.5. Polyphenylene Vinylene
4.1.1.6. Polyfluorenes
4.1.1.7. Polyphenylene Sulfide
4.1.1.8. Polynaphthalene
4.1.2. Doping Technologies for ICPS
4.1.2.1. Chemical
4.1.2.2. Electrochemical
4.1.2.3. Types of dopants
4.1.3. Technical aspects of ICPS
4.1.3.1. Molecular weight
4.1.3.2. Improvement of high temperature conductivity and thermal stability
4.1.3.3. Alloys and Blends of ICPS with resins
4.1.4. Benefits of ICPS
4.1.4.1. Conductivity
4.1.4.2. Electro-chromic effects
4.1.4.3. Electroluminescence
4.1.4.4. Photoconductivity
4.1.4.5. Thermo-chromic effects
4.2. Inherently Dissipative Polymers (IDPS)
4.3. Conductive Plastics
4.3.1. Types of Conductive Plastics
4.3.1.1. ESD/EMI Compounds
4.3.1.2. Antistatic Additives
4.3.1.3. Metal/carbon Fibers
4.3.1.4. Carbon Nanotubes
4.3.2. Technical aspects of Conductive Plastics
4.3.2.1. Blends of conductive plastics and powder coatings
4.3.2.2. Novel conductive additives
5. Electrical configuration
5.1. Dielectric
5.2. Ionic
6. Applications of Electro-active Polymers
6.1. OLED
6.2. Capacitors
6.3. Batteries
6.3.1. Lithium Batteries
6.3.2. All-polymer battery
6.3.3. Button Battery
6.3.4. Automotive battery
6.3.5. Portable computer battery
6.4. Semiconductor Transistors
6.4.1. Silicon substrates
6.4.2. Organic/Plastic transistors
6.5. Sensors
6.5.1. Gas sensors
6.5.2. Odor sensors
6.5.3. Chemical sensors
6.5.4. Biosensors
6.6. Solar Cells
6.7. Actuators
6.8. Electronic displays
6.8.1. Flat panel displays
6.8.2. CRT
6.9. Electromagnetic interference
6.10. Textiles and Fabrics
6.11. Electrostatic discharge
6.12. Antistatic packaging
6.13. Plastics coated with electrostatic paints
6.14. Other upcoming applications
7. Geographic analysis
7.1. North America
7.2. Europe
7.3. Asia
7.4. RoW
8. Company Profiles
8.1. 3M
8.2. Abtech Scientific, Inc.
8.3. Agfa-Gevaert Group NV
8.4. American Dye Source, Inc.
8.5. Artificial Muscle
8.6. BASF, Inc
8.7. Beakert
8.8. Cabot Corporation
8.9. Cambridge Display Technology
8.10. Central Corporation
8.11. Chevron Philips
8.12. Cytec Industries Inc.
8.13. Danfoss
8.14. Discover Technologies Inc.
8.15. Eamex
8.16. Eeonoyx
8.17. Fractal System, Inc.
8.18. H.C. Starck International
8.19. Hyperion Catalysis International, Inc.
8.20. Kemet Corporation
8.21. Konarka Technologies, Inc.
8.22. Lubrizol Advanced Materials
8.23. Marktek
8.24. Medipacs LLC
8.25. Micromuscle AB
8.26. Ormegon Chemie
8.27. Panipol Ltd
8.28. Plextronics, Inc
8.29. Polyone
8.30. Premix OY
8.31. Rieke Metals, Inc
8.32. Rtp company
9. Patents
9.1. U.S. Patents
9.2. Europe Patents
9.3. Asia Patents
10. Appendix



