Technology and market perspective for future Value Added Materials

organic polymer electronics (OPEs),
advanced electronic materials (other),
advanced coatings,
nanopowders,
nanocarbon materials,
nanofibers,
thin films,
advanced composites.
dendrimeres,
nanorodes,
nanoplates,
nano clay (e.g. kaolinite).
Production process dimension — the
‘nano’ level
VAMs classification can be also approached
by the dimension on which the
material is produced.
In short the main split here will be the
macro, micro and nano levels. Most of the
commonly used composites are obtained
at macro and micro levels. The lower the
scale, the more knowledge-intensive the
process for material creation is; therefore
more VAMs can be found on the micro and
nano scale. Today OECD’s database of
nanomaterials 37 contains a record of more
than 300 different materials produced at
the nano level, divided into following categories:
nano carbon (e.g. multi-walled carbon
nanotubes-SWCNTs),
polymers specifically synthesized to
exploit nano-properties (e.g. specifically
synthesized polystyrene),
dendrimers (e.g. polyamidoamine-
PAMAM),
components of quantum Dd (e.g. barium
titanate CAS 12047-27-7, or silicon
germanium),
inorganic nanomaterials ( e.g. aluminium
borate CAS 6179-70-7, indum oxide
CAS 1312 43-2, silicon dioxide CAS
60676-86-0),
polymers and other organics,
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OECD Database on Research into the Safety of Manufactured
Nanomaterials.
http://webnet.oecd.org/NanoMaterials/Pagelet/Front/Default.aspx
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