This market report covers the latest trends and growth opportunities in the flexible, printed, and hybrid electronics markets. Key technologies, players, applications, and market outlook are covered in detail. The Global Market for Printed, Flexible and Hybrid Electronics 2024-2034 provides detailed analysis on the evolution of these technologies and their disruptive potential across industries including consumer electronics, medical devices, automotive, smart packaging, textiles and more.
The report lists and profiles over 900 companies commercializing flexible display technologies, printed sensors, stretchable circuits, e-textiles, flexible batteries and supercapacitors. It analyzes manufacturing techniques including printed electronics, flexible hybrid electronics, in-mold electronics and roll-to-roll production enabling this new generation of electronics.
Also included are market drivers, SWOT analysis, global revenues forecasts until 2034, and in-depth segmentation by products, components, materials, and applications. Opportunities in wearables, healthcare sensors, flexible displays, structural electronics, printed photovoltaics, and smart product labelling are assessed.
Report contents include:
- Executive summary covering the evolution of electronics, market drivers, wearable technology trends, and revenue forecasts
- An overview of printed, flexible and hybrid electronics are, their benefits, and role in industries like healthcare, automotive, and consumer electronics.
- Manufacturing methods analyzed include printed electronics, 3D electronics, analog printing, digital printing, flexible hybrid electronics, in-mold electronics, and roll-to-roll production. SWOT analysis is provided for each.
- Materials and components assessed include conductive inks, printable semiconductors, flexible substrates, printed PCBs, thin film batteries, and energy harvesting solutions.
- Applications covered include consumer electronics like wearables, hearables, and pet trackers; medical devices and healthcare; electronic textiles and smart apparel; energy storage and generation; flexible displays; automotive; smart buildings and packaging.
- For each application, market drivers, trends, technologies, products, companies, and revenue forecasts are provided. SWOT analysis assesses challenges.
- Lists and profiles of over 900 companies active in flexible, printed, and hybrid electronics. Companies profiled include BeFC, Brewer Science, C3 Nano, Canatu, CHASM, Dracula Technologies, DuPont, Electroninks, Elephantech, Epicore Biosystems, FlexEnable, GE Healthcare, Heraeus Epurio, Inkron Oy (Nagase), Inuru, LG Display, Liquid Wire, NovaCentrix, Optomec, Panasonic, PowerON, PragmatIC, PVNanoCell, SmartKem Ltd., Syenta, tacterion GmbH, Tactotek, Tracxon, Voltera, Xymox Technologies, Inc. and Ynvisible. . Company profiles include full contact details including relevant company contacts.
- Global market revenue forecasts are provided for each end-use application and the industry overall, segmented by product type and region, from 2018 to 2034.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- 1.1. The evolution of electronics
- 1.2. Markets for printed, flexible and hybrid electronics
- 1.2.1. Macro-trends
- 1.2.2. Healthcare and wellness
- 1.2.3. Automotive
- 1.2.4. Buildings and construction
- 1.2.5. Energy storage and harvesting
- 1.2.6. E-Textiles
- 1.2.7. Consumer electronics
- 1.2.8. Smart packaging and logistics
- 1.3. The wearables revolution
- 1.4. The wearable tech market in 2023
- 1.5. Continuous monitoring
- 1.6. Market map for printed, flexible and hybrid electronics
- 1.7. Wearable market leaders
- 1.8. What is printed/flexible electronics?
- 1.8.1. Motivation for use
- 1.8.2. From rigid to flexible and stretchable
- 1.8.2.1. Stretchable electronics
- 1.8.2.2. Stretchable electronics in wearables
- 1.8.2.3. Stretchable electronics in Medical devices
- 1.8.2.4. Stretchable electronics in sensors
- 1.8.2.5. Stretchable electronics in energy harvesting
- 1.8.2.6. Stretchable artificial skin
- 1.9. Role in the metaverse
- 1.10. Wearable electronics in the textiles industry
- 1.11. New conductive materials
- 1.12. Entertainment
- 1.13. Growth in flexible and stretchable electronics market
- 1.13.1. Recent growth in Printed, flexible and hyrbid products
- 1.13.2. Future growth
- 1.13.3. Advanced materials as a market driver
- 1.13.4. Growth in remote health monitoring and diagnostics
- 1.14. Innovations at CES 2021-2023
- 1.15. Investment funding and buy-outs 2019-2023
- 1.16. Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE)
- 1.16.1. Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) revenues
- 1.17. Global market revenues, 2018-2034
- 1.17.1. Consumer electronics
- 1.17.2. Medical & healthcare
- 1.17.3. E-textiles and smart apparel
- 1.17.4. Displays
- 1.17.5. Automotive
- 1.17.6. Smart buildings
- 1.17.7. Smart packaging
2. MANUFACTURING METHODS
- 2.1. Comparative analysis
- 2.2. Printed electronics
- 2.2.1. Technology description
- 2.2.2. SWOT analysis
- 2.3. 3D electronics
- 2.3.1. Technology description
- 2.3.2. SWOT analysis
- 2.4. Analogue printing
- 2.4.1. Technology description
- 2.4.2. SWOT analysis
- 2.5. Digital printing
- 2.5.1. Technology description
- 2.5.2. SWOT analysis
- 2.6. In-mold electronics (IME)
- 2.6.1. Technology description
- 2.6.2. SWOT analysis
- 2.7. Roll-to-roll (R2R)
- 2.7.1. Technology description
- 2.7.2. SWOT analysis
3. MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS
- 3.1. Component attachment materials
- 3.1.1. Conductive adhesives
- 3.1.2. Biodegradable adhesives
- 3.1.3. Magnets
- 3.1.4. Bio-based solders
- 3.1.5. Bio-derived solders
- 3.1.6. Recycled plastics
- 3.1.7. Nano adhesives
- 3.1.8. Shape memory polymers
- 3.1.9. Photo-reversible polymers
- 3.1.10. Conductive biopolymers
- 3.1.11. Traditional thermal processing methods
- 3.1.12. Low temperature solder
- 3.1.13. Reflow soldering
- 3.1.14. Induction soldering
- 3.1.15. UV curing
- 3.1.16. Near-infrared (NIR) radiation curing
- 3.1.17. Photonic sintering/curing
- 3.1.18. Hybrid integration
- 3.2. Conductive inks
- 3.2.1. Metal-based conductive inks
- 3.2.2. Nanoparticle inks
- 3.2.3. Silver inks
- 3.2.4. Particle-Free conductive ink
- 3.2.5. Copper inks
- 3.2.6. Gold (Au) ink
- 3.2.7. Conductive polymer inks
- 3.2.8. Liquid metals
- 3.3. Printable semiconductors
- 3.4. Printable sensing materials
- 3.5. Flexible Substrates
- 3.6. Flexible ICs
- 3.7. Printed PCBs
- 3.7.1. High-Speed PCBs
- 3.7.2. Flexible PCBs
- 3.7.3. 3D Printed PCBs
- 3.7.4. Sustainable PCBs
- 3.8. Thin film batteries
- 3.9. Energy harvesting
4. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
- 4.1. Macro-trends
- 4.2. Market drivers
- 4.3. SWOT analysis
- 4.4. Wearable sensors
- 4.5. Wearable actuators
- 4.6. Recent market developments
- 4.7. Wrist-worn wearables
- 4.7.1. Overview
- 4.7.2. Sports-watches, smart-watches and fitness trackers
- 4.7.2.1. Sensing
- 4.7.2.2. Actuating
- 4.7.3. Health monitoring
- 4.7.4. Energy harvesting for powering smartwatches
- 4.7.5. Main producers and products
- 4.8. Sports and fitness
- 4.8.1. Overview
- 4.8.2. Wearable devices and apparel
- 4.8.3. Skin patches
- 4.8.4. Products
- 4.9. Hearables
- 4.9.1. Technology overview
- 4.9.2. Assistive Hearables
- 4.9.2.1. Biometric Monitoring
- 4.9.3. Health & Fitness Hearables
- 4.9.4. Multimedia Hearables
- 4.9.5. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- 4.9.6. Companies and products
- 4.10. Sleep trackers and wearable monitors
- 4.10.1. Built in function in smart watches and fitness trackers
- 4.10.2. Smart rings
- 4.10.3. Headbands
- 4.10.4. Sleep monitoring devices
- 4.10.4.1. Companies and products
- 4.11. Pet and animal wearables
- 4.12. Military wearables
- 4.13. Industrial and workplace monitoring
- 4.14. Global market revenues
- 4.15. Market challenges
5. MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE/WELLNESS
- 5.1. Macro-trends
- 5.2. Market drivers
- 5.3. SWOT analysis
- 5.4. Current state of the art
- 5.4.1. Electrochemical biosensors
- 5.4.2. Skin patches for continuous monitoring
- 5.4.3. Printed pH sensors
- 5.4.4. Wearable medical device products
- 5.4.5. Temperature and respiratory rate monitoring
- 5.5. Wearable and health monitoring and rehabilitation
- 5.5.1. Market overview
- 5.5.2. Companies and products
- 5.6. Electronic skin patches
- 5.6.1. Electronic skin sensors
- 5.6.2. Conductive hydrogels for soft and flexible electronics
- 5.6.3. Nanomaterials-based devices
- 5.6.4. Liquid metal alloys
- 5.6.5. Conductive hydrogels for soft and flexible electronics
- 5.6.6. Printed batteries
- 5.6.7. Materials
- 5.6.7.1. Summary of advanced materials
- 5.6.8. SWOT analysis
- 5.6.9. Temperature and respiratory rate monitoring
- 5.6.9.1. Market overview
- 5.6.9.2. Companies and products
- 5.6.10. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)
- 5.6.10.1. Market overview
- 5.6.11. Minimally-invasive CGM sensors
- 5.6.12. Non-invasive CGM sensors
- 5.6.12.1. Commercial devices
- 5.6.12.2. Companies and products
- 5.6.13. Cardiovascular monitoring
- 5.6.13.1. Market overview
- 5.6.13.2. ECG sensors
- 5.6.13.2.1. Companies and products
- 5.6.13.3. PPG sensors
- 5.6.13.3.1. Companies and products
- 5.6.14. Pregnancy and newborn monitoring
- 5.6.14.1. Market overview
- 5.6.14.2. Companies and products
- 5.6.15. Hydration sensors
- 5.6.15.1. Market overview
- 5.6.15.2. Companies and products
- 5.6.16. Wearable sweat sensors (medical and sports)
- 5.6.16.1. Market overview
- 5.6.16.2. Companies and products
- 5.7. Wearable drug delivery
- 5.7.1. Companies and products
- 5.8. Cosmetics patches
- 5.8.1. Companies and products
- 5.9. Femtech devices
- 5.9.1. Companies and products
- 5.10. Smart footwear for health monitoring
- 5.10.1. Companies and products
- 5.11. Smart contact lenses and smart glasses for visually impaired
- 5.11.1. Companies and products
- 5.12. Smart woundcare
- 5.12.1. Companies and products
- 5.13. Smart diapers
- 5.13.1. Companies and products
- 5.14. Wearable robotics-exo-skeletons, bionic prostheses, exo-suits, and body worn collaborative robots
- 5.14.1. Companies and products
- 5.15. Global market revenues
- 5.16. Market challenges
6. ELECTRONIC TEXTILES (E-TEXTILES) AND SMART APPAREL
- 6.1. Macro-trends
- 6.2. Market drivers
- 6.3. SWOT analysis
- 6.4. Performance requirements for E-textiles
- 6.5. Growth prospects for electronic textiles
- 6.6. Textiles in the Internet of Things
- 6.7. Types of E-Textile products
- 6.7.1. Embedded e-textiles
- 6.7.2. Laminated e-textiles
- 6.8. Materials and components
- 6.8.1. Integrating electronics for E-Textiles
- 6.8.1.1. Textile-adapted
- 6.8.1.2. Textile-integrated
- 6.8.1.3. Textile-based
- 6.8.2. Manufacturing of E-textiles
- 6.8.2.1. Integration of conductive polymers and inks
- 6.8.2.2. Integration of conductive yarns and conductive filament fibers
- 6.8.2.3. Integration of conductive sheets
- 6.8.3. Flexible and stretchable electronics in E-textiles
- 6.8.4. E-textiles materials and components
- 6.8.4.1. Conductive and stretchable fibers and yarns
- 6.8.4.1.1. Production
- 6.8.4.1.2. Metals
- 6.8.4.1.3. Carbon materials and nanofibers
- 6.8.4.1.3.1. Graphene
- 6.8.4.1.3.2. Carbon nanotubes
- 6.8.4.1.3.3. Nanofibers
- 6.8.4.2. Mxenes
- 6.8.4.3. Hexagonal boron-nitride (h-BN)/Bboron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs)
- 6.8.4.4. Conductive polymers
- 6.8.4.4.1. PDMS
- 6.8.4.4.2. PEDOT: PSS
- 6.8.4.4.3. Polypyrrole (PPy)
- 6.8.4.4.4. Conductive polymer composites
- 6.8.4.4.5. Ionic conductive polymers
- 6.8.4.5. Conductive inks
- 6.8.4.5.1. Aqueous-Based Ink
- 6.8.4.5.2. Solvent-Based Ink
- 6.8.4.5.3. Oil-Based Ink
- 6.8.4.5.4. Hot-Melt Ink
- 6.8.4.5.5. UV-Curable Ink
- 6.8.4.5.6. Metal-based conductive inks
- 6.8.4.5.6.1. Nanoparticle ink
- 6.8.4.5.6.2. Silver inks
- 6.8.4.5.6.3. Copper inks
- 6.8.4.5.6.4. Gold (Au) ink
- 6.8.4.5.7. Carbon-based conductive inks
- 6.8.4.5.7.1. Carbon nanotubes
- 6.8.4.5.7.2. Single-walled carbon nanotubes
- 6.8.4.5.7.3. Graphene
- 6.8.4.5.8. Liquid metals
- 6.8.4.6. Electronic filaments
- 6.8.4.7. Phase change materials
- 6.8.4.7.1. Temperature controlled fabrics
- 6.8.4.8. Shape memory materials
- 6.8.4.9. Metal halide perovskites
- 6.8.4.10. Nanocoatings in smart textiles
- 6.8.4.11. 3D printing
- 6.8.4.11.1. Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
- 6.8.4.11.2. Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
- 6.8.4.11.3. Products
- 6.8.5. E-textiles components
- 6.8.5.1. Sensors and actuators
- 6.8.5.1.1. Physiological sensors
- 6.8.5.1.2. Environmental sensors
- 6.8.5.1.3. Pressure sensors
- 6.8.5.1.3.1. Flexible capacitive sensors
- 6.8.5.1.3.2. Flexible piezoresistive sensors
- 6.8.5.1.3.3. Flexible piezoelectric sensors
- 6.8.5.1.4. Activity sensors
- 6.8.5.1.5. Strain sensors
- 6.8.5.1.5.1. Resistive sensors
- 6.8.5.1.5.2. Capacitive strain sensors
- 6.8.5.1.6. Temperature sensors
- 6.8.5.1.7. Inertial measurement units (IMUs)
- 6.8.5.2. Electrodes
- 6.8.5.3. Connectors
- 6.9. Applications, markets and products
- 6.9.1. Current E-textiles and smart clothing products
- 6.9.2. Temperature monitoring and regulation
- 6.9.2.1. Heated clothing
- 6.9.2.2. Heated gloves
- 6.9.2.3. Heated insoles
- 6.9.2.4. Heated jacket and clothing products
- 6.9.2.5. Materials used in flexible heaters and applications
- 6.9.3. Stretchable E-fabrics
- 6.9.4. Therapeutic products
- 6.9.5. Sport & fitness
- 6.9.6. Smart footwear
- 6.9.6.1. Companies and products
- 6.9.7. Wearable displays
- 6.9.8. Military
- 6.9.9. Textile-based lighting
- 6.9.10. Smart gloves
- 6.9.11. Powering E-textiles
- 6.9.11.1. Advantages and disadvantages of main battery types for E-textiles
- 6.9.11.2. Bio-batteries
- 6.9.11.3. Challenges for battery integration in smart textiles
- 6.9.11.4. Textile supercapacitors
- 6.9.11.5. Energy harvesting
- 6.9.11.5.1. Photovoltaic solar textiles
- 6.9.11.5.2. Energy harvesting nanogenerators
- 6.9.11.5.2.1. TENGs
- 6.9.11.5.2.2. PENGs
- 6.9.11.5.3. Radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting
- 6.9.12. Motion capture for AR/VR
- 6.10. Global market revenues
- 6.11. Market challenges
7. ENERGY
- 7.1. Macro-trends
- 7.2. Market drivers
- 7.3. SWOT analysis
- 7.4. Applications of printed and flexible electronics
- 7.5. Flexible and stretchable batteries for electronics
- 7.6. Battery market megatrends
- 7.7. Solid-state thin film batteries
- 7.7.1. Introduction
- 7.7.1.1. Features and advantages
- 7.7.1.2. Technical specifications
- 7.7.1.3. Types
- 7.7.1.4. Microbatteries
- 7.7.1.4.1. Introduction
- 7.7.1.4.2. Materials
- 7.7.1.4.2.1. Applications
- 7.7.1.4.3. 3D designs
- 7.7.1.4.3.1. 3D printed batteries
- 7.7.1.5. Bulk type solid-state batteries
- 7.7.1.6. Shortcomings and market challenges for solid-state thin film batteries
- 7.8. Flexible batteries (including stretchable, rollable, bendable and foldable)
- 7.8.1. Technical specifications
- 7.8.1.1. Approaches to flexibility
- 7.8.1.1.1. Flexible electronics
- 7.8.1.1.2. Flexible materials
- 7.8.2. Flexible and wearable Metal-sulfur batteries
- 7.8.3. Flexible and wearable Metal-air batteries
- 7.8.4. Flexible Lithium-ion Batteries
- 7.8.4.1. Electrode designs
- 7.8.4.2. Fiber-shaped Lithium-Ion batteries
- 7.8.4.3. Stretchable lithium-ion batteries
- 7.8.4.4. Origami and kirigami lithium-ion batteries
- 7.8.5. Flexible Li/S batteries
- 7.8.5.1. Components
- 7.8.5.2. Carbon nanomaterials
- 7.8.6. Flexible lithium-manganese dioxide (Li-MnO2) batteries
- 7.8.7. Flexible zinc-based batteries
- 7.8.7.1. Components
- 7.8.7.1.1. Anodes
- 7.8.7.1.2. Cathodes
- 7.8.7.2. Challenges
- 7.8.7.3. Flexible zinc-manganese dioxide (Zn-Mn) batteries
- 7.8.7.4. Flexible silver-zinc (Ag-Zn) batteries
- 7.8.7.5. Flexible Zn-Air batteries
- 7.8.7.6. Flexible zinc-vanadium batteries
- 7.8.8. Fiber-shaped batteries
- 7.8.8.1. Carbon nanotubes
- 7.8.8.2. Types
- 7.8.8.3. Applications
- 7.8.8.4. Challenges
- 7.8.9. Transparent batteries
- 7.8.10. Degradable batteries
- 7.8.11. Flexible and stretchable supercapacitors
- 7.8.11.1. Nanomaterials for electrodes
- 7.8.11.2. Energy harvesting combined with wearable energy storage devices
- 7.9. Printed batteries
- 7.9.1. Technical specifications
- 7.9.1.1. Components
- 7.9.1.2. Key features
- 7.9.1.3. Printable current collectors
- 7.9.1.4. Printable electrodes
- 7.9.1.5. Materials
- 7.9.1.6. Applications
- 7.9.1.7. Printing techniques
- 7.9.1.8. Applications
- 7.9.2. Lithium-ion (LIB) printed batteries
- 7.9.3. Zinc-based printed batteries
- 7.9.4. 3D Printed batteries
- 7.9.4.1. 3D Printing techniques for battery manufacturing
- 7.9.4.2. Materials for 3D printed batteries
- 7.9.4.2.1. Electrode materials
- 7.9.4.2.2. Electrolyte Materials
- 7.9.5. Printed supercapacitors
- 7.9.5.1. Electrode materials
- 7.9.5.2. Electrolytes
- 7.10. Photovoltaics
- 7.10.1. Conductive pastes
- 7.10.2. Organic photovoltaics (OPV)
- 7.10.3. Perovskite PV
- 7.10.4. Flexible and stretchable photovoltaics
- 7.10.5. Photovoltaic solar textiles
- 7.10.6. Solar tape
- 7.10.7. Origami-like solar cells
- 7.10.8. Spray-on and stick-on perovskite photovoltaics
- 7.10.9. Photovoltaic solar textiles
- 7.11. Stretchable heaters
- 7.12. Spray-on thermoelectric energy harvesting
- 7.13. Paper based fuel cells
- 7.14. Global market revenues
- 7.15. Market challenges
8. DISPLAYS
- 8.1. Macro-trends
- 8.2. Market drivers
- 8.3. SWOT analysis
- 8.4. Flexible, printed and hybrid display prototypes and products
- 8.5. Organic LCDs (OLCDs)
- 8.6. Flexible AMOLEDs
- 8.7. Flexible PMOLED (Passive Matrix OLED)
- 8.7.1. Printed OLEDs
- 8.7.1.1. Performance
- 8.7.1.2. Challenges
- 8.7.1.3. Commercial inkjet-printed OLED displays
- 8.8. Flexible and foldable microLED
- 8.8.1. Foldable microLED displays
- 8.8.2. Product developers
- 8.9. Flexible QD displays
- 8.10. Smartphones
- 8.11. Laptops, tablets and other displays
- 8.12. Products and prototypes
- 8.13. Flexible lighting
- 8.13.1. OLED lighting
- 8.13.2. Automotive applications
- 8.13.2.1. Commercial activity
- 8.14. FHE for large area lighting
- 8.15. Directly printed LED lighting
- 8.16. Flexible electrophoretic displays
- 8.16.1. Commercial activity
- 8.17. Electrowetting displays
- 8.18. Electrochromic displays
- 8.19. Perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs)
- 8.19.1. Types
- 8.19.2. Challenges
- 8.19.3. White PeLEDs
- 8.19.4. Printable and flexible electronics
- 8.20. Metamaterials
- 8.20.1. Metasurfaces
- 8.20.1.1. Flexible metasurfaces
- 8.20.1.2. Meta-Lens
- 8.20.1.3. Metasurface holograms
- 8.20.1.4. Stretchable displays
- 8.20.1.5. Soft materials
- 8.21. Transparent displays
- 8.21.1. Product developers
- 8.22. Global market revenues
- 8.23. Market challenges
9. AUTOMOTIVE
- 9.1. Macro-trends
- 9.2. Market drivers
- 9.3. SWOT analysis
- 9.4. Applications
- 9.4.1. Electric vehicles
- 9.4.1.1. Applications
- 9.4.1.2. Battery monitoring and heating
- 9.4.1.3. Printed temperature sensors and heaters
- 9.4.2. HMI
- 9.4.3. Automotive displays and lighting
- 9.4.3.1. Interiors
- 9.4.3.1.1. OLED and flexible displays
- 9.4.3.1.2. Passive-matrix OLEDs
- 9.4.3.1.3. Active matrix OLED
- 9.4.3.1.4. Transparent OLED for heads-up displays
- 9.4.3.1.5. LCD displays
- 9.4.3.1.6. Micro-LEDs in automotive displays
- 9.4.3.1.6.1. Head-up display (HUD)
- 9.4.3.1.6.2. Headlamps
- 9.4.3.1.6.3. Product developers
- 9.4.3.2. Exteriors
- 9.4.4. In-Mold Electronics
- 9.4.5. Flexible, printed and hybrid sensors
- 9.4.5.1. Capacitive sensors
- 9.4.5.2. Flexible and stretchable pressure sensors
- 9.4.5.3. Piezoresistive sensors
- 9.4.5.4. Piezoelectric sensors
- 9.4.5.5. Image sensors
- 9.4.5.5.1. Materials and technologies
- 9.4.6. Printed heaters
- 9.4.6.1. Printed car seat heaters
- 9.4.6.2. Printed/flexible interior heaters
- 9.4.6.3. Printed on-glass heater
- 9.4.6.4. Carbon nanotube transparent conductors
- 9.4.6.5. Metal mesh transparent conductors
- 9.4.6.6. 3D shaped transparent heaters
- 9.4.6.7. Direct heating
- 9.4.6.8. Transparent heaters
- 9.4.7. Transparent antennas
- 9.4.8. Global market revenues
- 9.4.9. Market challenges
10. SMART BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
- 10.1. Macro-trends
- 10.2. Market drivers
- 10.3. SWOT analysis
- 10.4. Applications
- 10.4.1. Industrial asset tracking/monitoring with hybrid electronics
- 10.4.2. Customizable interiors
- 10.4.3. Sensors
- 10.4.3.1. Capacitive sensors
- 10.4.3.2. Temperature and humidity sensors
- 10.4.3.3. Sensors for air quality
- 10.4.3.4. Magnetostrictive sensors
- 10.4.3.5. Magneto- and electrorheological fluids
- 10.4.3.6. CO2 sensors for energy efficient buildings
- 10.4.4. Building integrated transparent antennas
- 10.4.5. Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS)
- 10.4.6. Industrial monitoring
- 10.5. Global market revenues
11. SMART PACKAGING ELECTRONICS
- 11.1. What is Smart Packaging?
- 11.1.1. Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE)
- 11.1.2. Printed batteries and antennas
- 11.1.3. Flexible silicon integrated circuits
- 11.1.4. Natural materials in packaging
- 11.1.5. Extruded conductive pastes and inkjet printing
- 11.1.6. OLEDs for smart and interactive packaging
- 11.1.7. Active packaging
- 11.1.8. Intelligent packaging
- 11.2. SWOT analysis
- 11.3. Supply chain management
- 11.4. Improving product freshness and extending shelf life
- 11.5. Brand protection and anti-counterfeiting
- 11.6. Flexible, printed and hybrid electronics in packaging
- 11.6.1. FHE with printed batteries and antennas for smart packaging
- 11.6.2. Printed codes and markings
- 11.6.3. Barcodes (D)
- 11.6.4. D data matrix codes
- 11.6.5. Quick response (QR) codes
- 11.6.6. Augmented reality (AR) codes
- 11.6.7. Sensors and indicators
- 11.6.7.1. Freshness Indicators
- 11.6.7.2. Time-temperature indicator labels (TTIs)
- 11.6.7.3. Natural colour formulation indicator
- 11.6.7.4. Thermochromic inks
- 11.6.7.5. Gas indicators
- 11.6.7.6. Chemical Sensors
- 11.6.7.7. Electrochemical-Based Sensors
- 11.6.7.8. Optical-Based Sensors
- 11.6.7.9. Biosensors
- 11.6.7.9.1. Electrochemical-Based Biosensors
- 11.6.7.9.2. Optical-Based Biosensors
- 11.6.7.10. Edible Sensors
- 11.6.8. Antennas
- 11.6.8.1. Radio frequency identification (RFID)
- 11.6.8.1.1. RFID technologies
- 11.6.8.1.1.1. Biosensors on RFID tags
- 11.6.8.1.1.2. Powerless RFID sensor tags
- 11.6.8.1.1.3. RFID ICs with Large Area Printed Sensors
- 11.6.8.1.1.4. RFID for anti-counterfeiting
- 11.6.8.1.2. Passive RFID
- 11.6.8.1.3. Active RFID
- 11.6.8.1.3.1. Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS)
- 11.6.8.1.3.2. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN)
- 11.6.8.1.4. Chipless RFID or Flexible/Printed IC Passive tags
- 11.6.8.1.5. RAIN (UHF RFID) Smart Packaging
- 11.6.8.2. Near-field communications (NFC)
- 11.6.9. Smart blister packs
- 11.7. Global market revenues
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13. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
14. REFERENCES