The application mix

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(2009), "The application mix", Sensor Review, Vol. 29 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/sr.2009.08729dab.003

The application mix

Article Type: News From: Sensor Review, Volume 29, Issue 4

Perhaps, not surprisingly, much of the revenue generation that NanoMarkets expects from printed and organic sensors from now until 2015 will have much to do with biology. DNA microarrays are routinely fabricated using printing and, as a result, genetic applications will provide the lion’s share of sensor revenues through 2012, at which point environmental monitoring applications will take over the number one position. Medical diagnostic and therapeutic applications will also play a major role in printed sensor markets throughout the period considered in the report.

Table I Opportunities for flexible sensors

Other important applications areas for printed and organic sensors will include smart packaging, robotics and homeland security. One of the most interesting applications for these kind of sensors will be found in smart textiles, which is a business that is just getting started, but has a very high-growth potential; applications for printed and organic textiles will grow consistently over the period, accounting for about a 10 percent share of a total $2.3 billion market for organic and printed sensors by 2015. The range of applications for printed and organic sensors is quite broad as shown in Table I.