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$913 Million Barrier Layers for Flexible Electronics 2017-2027: Technologies, Markets, ForecastsDUBLIN, June 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Barrier Layers for Flexible Electronics 2017-2027: Technologies, Markets, Forecasts" report to their offering.  The first examples of flexible consumer electronic devices are now a reality, and a large opportunity lies in developing them further: devices in a flexible form factor that can operate without deterioration in performance, allowing them to be more robust, lightweight and versatile in their use and form factor is the end game . In order for products such as flexible displays and photovoltaics to be commercially successful, they must be robust enough to survive for the necessary time and conditions required of the device. This condition has been a limitation of many flexible, organic or printable electronics. This highlights the fact that beyond flexibility, printability and functionality, one of the most important requirements is robust encapsulation; this is a major challenge as many of the materials used in printed or organic electronic displays are chemically sensitive, and will react with many environmental components such as oxygen and moisture. Plastic substrates and transparent flexible encapsulation barriers can be used, but these offer little protection to oxygen and water, resulting in the devices rapidly degrading. In order to achieve device lifetimes of tens of thousands of hours, water vapor transmission rates (WVTR) must be 10-6 g/m2/day, and oxygen transmission rates (OTR) must be <_0-3 /> For these (and other) reasons, there has been intense interest in developing transparent barrier materials with much lower permeabilities, a market that will reach over $913 million by 2027. Key Topics Covered: 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Introduction to flexible encapsulation & barrier layers 1.2. The need for flexible encapsulation & barrier layers 1.3. Comparison of performance metrics for different encapsulation solutions 1.4. Comparison of performance metrics for different encapsulation solutions 2. BARRIER TECHNOLOGY - COMMERCIALIZATION STATUS 2.1. Technology trends from major adopters - Samsung 2.2. Technology trends from major adopters - LG & others 2.3. Technology trends:TFE vs. barrier lamination 2.4. Technoloy trends: Single or multilayer - Substrate handling 2.5. Technology trends: The future of ALD in encapsulation 2.6. Technology trends: The future of ALD in encapsulation 2.7. Technology trends: plastics vs. flexible glass 2.8. Technology trends: plastics vs. flexible glass (2) 3. ENCAPSULATION- BASIC PRINCIPLES 3.1. Barrier technology principles 3.2. Barrier key requirements 3.3. Barrier key requirements 3.4. Encapsulation: Dyads 4. SURFACE SMOOTHNESS - DEFECTS 4.1. Surface smoothness considerations 4.2. Porosity pinholes and cracks 4.3. Barrier properties as a function of the thickness of the deposited film 4.4. Micro defects 4.5. Pinholes 4.6. Particles 4.7. Eliminating scratches and cracks 4.8. Resistance to scratching/cracking 4.9. Nano-defects 5. BARRIER TECHNOLOGIES - PAST DEVELOPMENTS 5.1. Vitex - The PML process 5.2. Vitex - Multilayers and dyads 5.3. The multilayer barrier and the Vitex flexible glass. 5.4. Vitex - Multilayers and dyads 5.5. Vitex - hybrid encapsulation and Samsung acquisition 5.6. GE - graded barrier 5.7. GE - graded barrier - Sabic acquisition 5.8. POLO - Fraunhofer 6. ADVANCES IN ENCAPSULATION MANUFACTURING PROCESSES 6.1. Advances in encapsulation manufacturing processes - ALD 6.2. R2R ALD 6.3. PECVD will compete head to head with ALD 7. BARRIER ADHESIVES 7.1. Barrier adhesives 7.2. Barrier adhesives: 3M 7.3. Barrier adhesives: DELO - Henkel 7.4. Barrier adhesives: tesa 8. ADDRESSABLE MARKET SEGMENTS FOR ENCAPSULATION TECHNOLOGIES 8.1. Addressable markets - Flexible OLED displays & lighting 8.2. Addressable markets - plastic rigid precede fully flexible OLED displays 8.3. Addressable markets: Quantum dot (QD) LCDs 8.4. Addressable markets: Integration approaches for QD LCDs 8.5. Addressable markets: quantum dot enhancement film 8.6. Addressable markets: OTFTs, LCDs and electrophoretic displays 8.7. Addressable markets: flexible photovoltaics 9. MARKET FORECASTS 9.1. The potential significance of organic and printed inorganic electronics: flexibility, robustness & lower cost 9.2. Challenges with non rigid substrates 9.3. Inkjet printing for organic material deposition 9.4. ALD entering maturity in encapsulation applications 9.5. Application driven choice between in-line TFE and barrier film: Flexible PV and Quantum Dots 9.6. Barrier material forecasts 2017-2027 (sq. m) 9.7. Barrier revenues forecasts 2017-2027 ($ million) 10. COMPANY PROFILES 10.1.1. Toppan Printing 10.1.2. Vitriflex 10.1.3. TNO Holst Centre 10.1.4. Mitsubishi 10.1.5. 3M 10.1.6. Amcor 10.1.7. Tera-Barrier Films 10.1.8. Fujifilm 10.1.9. UDC 10.1.10. Konica Minolta 10.1.11. Samsung 10.1.12. LG Display 10.1.13. Applied Materials 10.1.14. Meyer Burger Group 10.2. Flexible glass 10.2.1. Schott AG 10.2.2. Corning 10.2.3. Asahi Glass Company (AGC) 10.2.4. Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) 10.3. ALD deposition for flexible barriers 10.3.1. ALD deposition for flexible barriers 10.3.2. Lotus 10.3.3. Beneq 10.3.4. Encapsulix 11. BARRIER MEASUREMENTS 11.1. The Calcium Test 11.2. MOCON 11.3. Vinci Technologies 11.4. SEMPA 11.5. VG Scienta 11.6. Fluorescent Tracers 11.7. Black Spot Analysis 11.8. Tritium Test 11.9. CEA 11.10. 3M 11.11. IMRE 11.12. Mass Spectroscopy - gas permeation (WVTR & OTR potential applications) 11.13. Kisco Uniglobe For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dqx97k/barrier_layers Media Contact: Laura Wood, Senior Manager
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