產業回顧：2005年的高科技陶瓷

Abstract

Crafting essential objects from clay is almost as old as humanity. Today's ceramics continue that story-new materials, products and processes figure prominently in many advanced technologies. From industrial tools to nanotechnology and biomaterials, ceramics are the cutting edge.

These new compositions are the key to the improved and more efficient state-of-the-art products in many fields: automotive, electronics and optics, superconductors, fuel cells, membranes and filters, piezoelectrics, heat exchangers, coatings, wear parts, armor and special reinforcements.

Ceramics is an industry that is far from aged. Instead this technology is vigorous and growing-advanced ceramics are meeting the rigorous demands of a high technology 21st century.

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• ADVANCED GLASSES
  • TinOxi Melts Lead Glass
  • Alumina Toughens Glassy Ceramics
  • Corning to Commercialize TFT Grade Substrate
  • Innovation Continues at Precision Electronic
  • Smart Glass Blocks IR Light
  • Lehigh Wins NSF's Materials Institute Award
    • Lehigh Wins NSF's Materials Institute Award (Continued)
  • Corning In Supply Agreement with AUO
  • Durability Model for Rad Waste Glass
  • EGP's Gerhardinger Earns 8th U.S. Patent
  • Engineered Glass Wins Ohio Grant
• BATTERIES AND FUEL CELLS
  • ATI Wins Fuel Cell Material Contract
  • Altair Develops New Battery Materials
  • FCT, TOTO Collaborate on SOFC Systems
  • FCT's 5kW System Achieves Target
  • Mphase, Rutgers Collaborate on Battery
  • USFCC to Develop Testing Guidelines
  • Altair Agreement with Advanced Battery Tech
  • Nano Titania for Solar Cells
  • Researchers Demonstrate Super-Capacitance Battery
  • Solar to Fuel: Catalyzing Science
    • Solar to Fuel: Catalyzing Science (Continued)
  • Altair Receives SBIR Phase II NSF Grant
  • Ceramic Fuel Cell Ltd. Signs Contract
  • Altair Expands Battery Initiative
• BIOCERAMICS
  • Minifixation System for Osteosynthesis
  • MAC Materials for Medical Applications
  • Important Key to Dental Enamel
  • Nanoceramics Considered for Implants
  • Bearings for Ortho Joints
  • Bearings for Ortho Joints (Continued)
• BUSINESS NEWS
  • Producer of Indium Tin Oxide Sought
  • Nanomaterials for Coating Manufacturing
  • Virginia Tech Awarded Funding
  • Gateway Founder Funds Nanosystems Roadmap
  • China and S. Korea Join in Nanotech Research
• COATINGS
  • Hotter-Running Engines Using Thermal Barrier
    • Hotter-Running Engines Using Thermal Barrier (Continued)
  • Formulating Precursors for Metals and Ceramics
  • Titania Nano Coating Shows Superior Strength
  • Nanostructured Layers Offer Modified Precipitation
  • Thick Coatings on Plastic Substrates
  • WAM Adds Coating Capacity with Acquisition
  • Clariant and Starfire Form Development Alliance
    • Clariant and Starfire Form Development Alliance (Continued)
• DIAMOND PRODUCTS
  • Scientists Create New Gemstones
  • Coated Catheters May Avoid Infection
  • AIST Develops n-Type Semiconductor
    • AIST Develops n-Type Semiconductor (Continued)
  • DLC Coating Technique Developed
  • Diamonex DLC Products for Barcode Scanners
• ELECTRONIC CERAMICS
  • EDO Gets $5.8 M Sonar Order
  • Vishay Unveils TVS Package
  • EPRI Develops High Power Semiconductor Materials
  • Strained Silicon in Chips
  • Strained Silicon in Chips (Continued)
  • Vishay Dual Schottky Rectifiers Win Award
  • Compound Semiconductor Market to Double
  • Modelithics to Provide ATC Component Models
  • GaN-on-Insulator Substrate Debuts
  • New Inverters for Electric Vehicles
  • An Aerogel That's A Semiconductor
  • SiC Transistors, Diodes for Auto Inverters
  • Vishay Siliconix Has A New MOSFET
  • mPhase Expands Nanotech Portfolio
  • CoorsTek Introduces Electronic Substrates
  • AVX Offers High Voltage Supercapacitors
  • Picogiga Wins ISO 9001 V2000
  • Inexpensive Capacitors Coming from China
  • Cape Simulations Tools Make Pure SiC
    • Cape Simulations Tools Make Pure SiC (continued)
  • Motorola Unveils CNT Emissive Display
  • Kemet Expands MLCC Portfolio
  • AVX Introduces Lead-Free Crystal Oscillators
  • Simple Crystal-Making Process for Electronics
  • Vishay Releases IR Transceivers and LEDs
  • AVX X8R Capacitors Stand the Heat
  • Cree Awarded Navy Contract
  • A Model for Quantum Dots
  • UMC Engineers Improve Oxynitride Gate
  • AVX Supplies Transient Voltage Suppressors
  • Cree Introduces SiC MESFETs
  • Award to Increase Piezoceramics Demand
  • Kemet Expands Ceramic MLCC Portfolio
  • Morgan Electro Intros Piezo Actuators
  • GE Develops "Ideal" Carbon Nanotube Diode
  • Kemet Expands Ceramic MLCC Portfolios
  • Cree Awarded Contract to Advance SiC Chips
  • CTS Selling its Low Temp Operation to ATC
• FIBERS AND COMPOSITES
  • Integrally Woven Composite Rocket Nozzles Developed
    • Integrally Woven Composite Rocket Nozzles .. (COntinued)
  • Zircar Introduces Silica Matrix Composite Sheets
  • SiC Reinforced MMCs Suits well for LEDs
  • Thermal Ceramics Intros Fiber-Based Products
  • Microwaves Make Better Metal-Ceramics
    • Microwaves Make Better Metal-Ceramics (CONTINUED)
  • Marketing Carbon Fiber Furnace Systems
  • CPS Awarded Patent for AlSiC Composite
    • CPS Awarded Patent for AlSiC Composite (CONTINUED)
• FILTERS AND MEMBRANES
  • Cellular Ceramic Wins National Medal
  • Corning to Expand Diesel Exhaust Products
• FINANCIAL
  • American Technical Sales Up
  • AVX Corp. Announces Results
  • Cabot Sales Down
  • Sales Increase for Ceradyne
  • Profit Drops At EDO
  • Thomson Financial raises revenue outlook
  • Revenue Up for ISCO
  • Nanophase Revenue Gain
  • Ceramics Process Sales Gain
  • Kemet Takes Another Loss
  • Vishay Profit Falls on Restructuring Costs
  • Superconductor Technologies Revenues Down
  • Record Quarter Revenue for Altair Nano
  • Rockwell Selects Stratedge
  • Superconductive Components Lowers Loss
  • Ramtron Revenue Flat
  • STI Expects Higher Revenues
  • Alcoa Achieves the Highest Quarter
  • Ceradyne Reports Record Sales
  • Cree Logs Record
  • AMSC Reports Lower Quarterly Revenue
  • AVX Corp. 1Q Profit Plunges 55%
  • Cabot Revenue Flat
  • CTS Corp. Declares Quarterly Dividend
  • CPS Revenue Flat
  • Praxair Profit Rises
  • Second Quarter Gain for STI
  • Ramtron Reports Second-Quarter Revenue Down
  • Ferro Announces Dividend
  • Vishay 2Q Profit Slides
  • Better Results at Superconductive Components
• INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
  • Looking at 2004--Advances In Structural Ceramics
    • Powders
    • Load Bearing
    • Electronics
    • Coatings
  • Table 1 U.S. MARKETS FOR ADVANCED CERAMICS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Fast Growth for Quantum Dots
      • Fast Growth for Quantum Dots (Continued)
    • Nanophotonics Takes Off
  • Table 2 GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOPHOTONIC DEVICES, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Growth for Nonlinear Optics
      • Growth for Nonlinear Optics (Continued)
  • Table 3 GLOBAL MARKET FOR NON-LINEAR OPTICAL MATERIALS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Remember to Watch Non-Volatile Memory
    • Remember to Watch Non-Volatile Memory (Continued)
  • Table 4 WORLDWIDE NON-VOLATILE AND TOTAL MEMORY MARKET, THROUGH 2010 ($ BILLIONS)
    • PVD to See Double Digit Growth
  • Table 5 VALUE OF WORLDWIDE PVD INDUSTRY, THROUGH 2010 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Advanced Carbon Market Soars
  • Table 6 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR ADVANCED STRUCTURAL CARBON MATERIALS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
• INDUSTRY NEWS
  • GRANTS ALD Nanosolutions Wins SBIR Phase I Grant
  • Wright Capacitors Gets ISO 9001 Registration
  • Alcoa to Expand in Jamaica
  • Ceradyne Stocks Split 3-for-2
  • Unifrax Acquires Fire Protection Assets
  • Dow Corning, Wacker in China plant
  • Vishay, SI Technologies Sign Merger Agreement
  • ASML and IBM In Partnership Effort
  • Armor Producer Gets Orders
  • Companies Report Financial Results
  • Ceradyne Wins Navy Armor Contract
  • Companies Report Quarterly Results
  • CoorsTek Wins ISO/TS-16949
  • Carbo Ceramics to Build in Russia
  • AWAC Completes Alumina Expansion
  • MAC's Bolt Divison Relocates to NJ
  • Walsin, Pan Overseas In Stock Swap
  • Vishay Completes Siliconix Acquisition
  • Cree Backing Out Of Silicon Microwave
  • Viox Wins ISO:9001:2000
  • Nextech Awarded SBIR to Develop Solar Cell
  • Agreement for Capacitor Distribution
  • Honeywell Invests in Albany Nanotech
  • Rath Performance Fibers Shortens Its Name
  • Malvern Opens Offices in China
  • Alcoa to Double Alumina Capacity in Jamaica
  • Brush Ceramic Products Increases Capacity
  • Vesuvius Forms Advanced Ceramics Company
  • Ceamic Services Supplies Kiln for Refractron
  • Companies Join in Military Research
  • Ceradyne Opens Manufacturing Facility
  • AVX Receives ULT Supplier Award
  • STI Sells $12.5 Million Securities
  • Corning to Expand LCD Substrate Facility in Taiwan
  • NSF Funds MRSEC at Yale
• MARKETS
  • SOC Sales Set to Triple in Five Years
    • Table 7 WORLD SOC MARKET, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS/UNITS IN MILLIONS)
  • Big Potential for Nanosensors
    • Table 8 U.S. NANOSENSORS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Laser Materials Take Off
    • Table 9 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR LASER MATERIALS, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
  • PICs to Pass $5B. By 2009
    • PICs to Pass $5B. By 2009 (Continued)
  • Table 10 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SUBSYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
    • A Boom in Thin Film Raw Materials
      • A Boom in Thin Film Raw Materials (Continued)
      • A Boom in Thin Film Raw Materials (Continued)
• METROLOGY AND ANALYSIS
  • Rheometers from Thermo Electron
  • Horiba Introduces Particle Analyzer
  • Realizing the Potential of Online Analysis
  • Research Software for Malvern Zetasizer Series
  • Visual Observation of Carbon-Nanotubes
  • Netzsch Introduces New Analyzer
  • Zoning In On Particle Size
  • Malvern Adds Viscometer Accessory
  • Carbon Nanotubes for Microscopy
  • Particle Sizing Added To Zeta Systems
  • Fritsch Intros Laser Particle Analyzer
  • Malvern and PerkinElemer Collborate
  • Particle Sizing Added to Zeta Potential Systems
  • Malvern Introduces At-line Particle Analyzer
  • Horiba Introduces New Analyzers
  • Malvern Launches Particle Image Analyzer
• OPTICAL AND PHOTONIC MATERIALS
  • Indium Phosphide Translates into Better Chips
  • Nanophotonic Technology Comes A Few Steps Closer
    • Nanophotonic Technology Comes A Few .. (Continued)
  • Intel, Corning Develop Photomasks
  • Cree Signs New Agreement With OSRAM Opto
  • Dow Corning Expands In Photonic Materials
    • Dow Corning Expands In Photonic Materials (Continued)
• PEOPLE and PERSONNEL
  • Altair Nano Appoints VP of Manufacturing
  • Blasch Makes Appointments
  • Ceradyne Names VP Sales
  • Engineered Glass Products Names CFO
  • Alfred Honors Moskowitz with Honorary Degree
  • Cree Names CEO Swoboda As Chairman
  • Michael Minkel is VP of Operatrions at Oglebay Norton
  • Leadership Changes at W.R. & Grace
  • William Gregg is Application Engineer at Microtherm
  • Terri White Joins STI
  • John D. Mackenzie Lectures at UCLA
  • Ceradyne Names Gerk Operations VP
  • Malvern Appoints Project Engineer
  • Blasch Appoints Parrish as Executive VP
  • ATC Taps Bill Johnson
  • 3M Names Interim Chairman
  • Reinhardsen Joins Alcoa
  • Abrasive Technology Makes New Appointments
  • ATMI Promotes Tim Carlson to Senior VP
• POWDERS AND NANO CERAMICS
  • Altair Nanotechnologies Patents Allowed
  • High-Quality Nanotubes at Lower Cost
  • Direct Deposition of MnxOy Nanowires
  • Altair, Genesis Air Aim To Clear the Air
  • Ultrasound Creates Hollow Nanospheres
  • UT Engineers Develop Biowarfare Sensors
    • UT Engineers Develop Biowarfare Sensors (Continued)
  • Altair Nano, Bateman In Joint Venture
  • Nanophase Launches Textile Products
  • ORNL Researchers Study Functional Nanomaterials
  • Self Assembled ZnO Nanostructure Fabricated
  • GE Offers NSF BN Powders
    • GE Offers NSF BN Powders (Continued)
  • Nanophase Issued U.S. Patent
  • Battery Maker Tests Altair Materials
  • Rutgers, NEI Establish Nano Cooperative
  • New Materials from Nanophase Tech
  • IVM Processing Brown Fused Aluminum Oxide
  • Nanoparticles Increase Storage in Tape Drive
  • Aluminum Oxide For The Disc Drive Industry
• PROCESSING AND TECHNOLOGIES
  • SiC Sintering Furnaces Sold
  • Here's How to Petrify Wood
  • Ceralink Offers Microwave Assist
  • Spray Gun Can Handle Ceramic Coatings
  • System Separate Coarse from Nano
  • Nanomaterials Used for Furnace Repair
  • Material May Help Low-cost Housing
  • Saint-Gobain Intros Moldable Vitoceramics
  • Met-Silcast Repairs Refractory Furnaces
  • Harper Opens Encapsulation Lab
    • Harper Opens Encapsulation Lab (Continued)
• PUBLICATIONS
  • Progress in Bioceramics
  • Ceramic Armor and Armor Systems
  • Progress in Ceramics Armor
• RESOURCES
  • AVS Invites Abstracts
• STRUCTURAL CERAMICS
  • North American Advanced Structural Ceramic Market to Cross $3 Billion by 2010
    • Table 11 NORTH AMERICAN ADVANCED STRUCTURAL CERAMICS MARKETS, THROUGH 2010 ($ MILLIONS)
    • FIGURE 1 NORTH AMERICAN ADVANCED STRUCTURAL CERAMICS MARKETS, 2005 AND 2010 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Ceradyne Opens Armor Facility
  • Armored Vehicle Contract for Textron
  • Abresist Supplies Tungsten Carbide Lining
  • Vitroceramic from Saint-Gobain Quartz
  • ArmorWorks Teams With U.S. Army
  • Ceradyne Receives Body Armor Order
  • Armor Holdings Wins Two Orders
  • Smart Ceramics Replace Steel Elbows
  • Armor Tiles for The Military
  • Ceradyne Receives Orders from Military
• SUPERCONDUCTORS
  • Industrial Power Quality Solutions
  • Superconductor Tech Wins Patent Case
  • Advance in Second Generation HTS Wire
  • Adding Reliabity to The Grid
  • Tiny Wires Withstand Strong Magnetic Fields
  • AMSC Receives D-VAR Order
  • Micron-sized Refrigeration Device
  • Systems Help Wind Farms
  • China Demonstrates AMSC Power Cable
    • China Demonstrates AMSC Power Cable (Continued)
  • STI Receives Orders for 3G Products
  • AMSC Goes For The Long Haul
  • AMSC Receives Cable Orders
  • Dutch Develop Nanoscale Transistors
  • Crucial Atoms In Superconductors
• TECHNOLOGY INSIGHT
  • Adhesive for Shuttle Exterior Repair
  • Microwave Processing of Ceramics, Composites and Metallic Materials
    • Fabricating Materials
    • Microave Heating
    • Advantages
    • Nanostructured Materials
  • Aluminumsilicophosphate Synthesized and Characterized for Fuel Cells
    • Aluminumsilicophosphate Synthesized .. (Continued)
  • Ceramic Generates Electric Power from Waste Heat
  • Finding Solutions
  • Thermoelectric Module
  • Thermoelectric Power Generation
  • Environmental Impact of Nanomaterials
    • Proprietary Threat
    • Reasonable Regulation
    • Fundamental Research
    • Technology Response
    • Product Opportunities
    • Conclusion
  • Superconducting Detector Could Provide 100% Efficiency in Mass Spectrometry
    • Advanced Mass Spectrometer
    • Detection Performance
    • History of Research
    • Supressed Heat Flow
    • Conclusions
• WHO'S WHO
  • Joel Muskowitz, A Pioneer in Advanced Ceramics
  • Joseph Cross, Promoting Nanomaterials
    • Joseph Cross, Promoting Nanomaterials .. (Continued)
    • Joseph Cross, Promoting Nanomaterials .. (Continued)
    • Joseph Cross, Promoting Nanomaterials .. (Continued)
  • Promoting Nanomaterials
    • Promoting Nanomaterials (Continued)
  • Promoting Non Oxide Ceramics
  • Ganesh Skandan, Promoting Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials
    • Ganesh Skandan, Promoting .. (Continued)
  • Promoting Net Shape Solutions in Advanced Ceramics
    • Promoting Net Shape Solutions .. (Continued)
    • Promoting Net Shape Solutions .. (Continued)
  • Promoting Net Shape Solutions in Technical and Advanced Ceramics
    • Promoting Net Shape Solutions .. (Continued)
    • Promoting Net Shape Solutions .. (Continued)
  • Promoting Ceramic Superconductors
    • Promoting Ceramic Superconductors .. (Continued)
    • Promoting Ceramic Superconductors .. (Continued)
• LIST OF TABLES
  • Table 1 U.S. MARKETS FOR ADVANCED CERAMICS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 2 GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOPHOTONIC DEVICES, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 3 GLOBAL MARKET FOR NON-LINEAR OPTICAL MATERIALS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 4 WORLDWIDE NON-VOLATILE AND TOTAL MEMORY MARKET, THROUGH 2010 ($ BILLIONS)
  • Table 5 VALUE OF WORLDWIDE PVD INDUSTRY, THROUGH 2010 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 6 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR ADVANCED STRUCTURAL CARBON MATERIALS, THROUGH 2011 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 7 WORLD SOC MARKET, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS/UNITS IN MILLIONS)
  • Table 8 U.S. NANOSENSORS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 9 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR LASER MATERIALS, THROUGH 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 10 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SUBSYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 11 NORTH AMERICAN ADVANCED STRUCTURAL CERAMICS MARKETS, THROUGH 2010 ($ MILLIONS)
• LIST OF FIGURES
  • Figure 1 NORTH AMERICAN ADVANCED STRUCTURAL CERAMICS MARKETS, 2005 AND 2010 ($ MILLIONS)