The electronics industry is very
dynamic like materials, industries and business models are always efficient to
meet developing consumer demand. The demand for lighter, smaller, and thinner
electronics products enhanced computing power, and connectivity, faster data
speeds, and most importantly, sustainability, is encouraging improvements in
this industry.
Durability or Sustainability is a
major concern area in the electronics industry as products with a shorter shelf
are discarded by consumers that in turn raise electronics waste. To overcome
such issues, manufacturers are now focusing on developing modernized materials
to enhance the performance and life of electronic devices.
Modernized materials definition:
Highly developed materials refer
to a new material or the advanced of an existing material. These materials have
superior features that can better traditional materials. The top modernized
materials and technologies in the electronics market such as quantum dots, G fast chipset, grapheme, flexible battery, silicon
carbide, smart glass, carbon nanotubes and biochips.
G. fast chipset:
Market players have adopted a
strategy of new product launches, which is the key strategy in order to attain
growth in the G fast chipset market. It accounted for a share of about 66% of this
strategy, all growth strategies taken on by market players between 2014 and
2016, according to a market research.
Market players have adopted this strategy due to the growing use of ultra-fast
fixed broadband offered by internet service providers to gain a competitive
advantage also a high-growth chance in the European markets.
Quantum dots (QDs):
Quantum dots are small particles
of a semiconductor material that were discovered in 1980. They provide unique
electronics properties of bulk semiconductor and discrete molecules; they can
as well produce different colors as per the size of a particle. Quantum dots
are predicted to transform TVs and electronics displays with minimal cost and
high energy saving. They get energy from a light source and emit color palette
of bright greens and deep red; they are incorporated in display films.
Flexible battery:
Flexible battery is a battery
that is compatible, compact, and flexible. It can be molded or twisted in any
shape as per the requirement devoid of degradation in its performance and
quality, to make sure superior functionality of the final product. It can
maintain its characteristics even when it is best, cut into parts, or twisted.
Graphene:
Graphene is a 2-D carbon
allotrope that is 200 times stronger than steel, extremely thin, flexible,
ultra-light, and an efficient light and heat conductor. It is prepared by
several manufacturing procedures with exfoliation and chemical vapor deposition
(CVD) being the most preferred procedures.
Carbon nanotubes:
Carbon nanotubes are small sized
of nanometers, having minuscule allotropes of carbon. The properties such as
electrical, physical, and thermal, make them a superior material for some
end-use applications. CNT (carbon nanotubes) have a very high tensile strength outstanding
electrical conductivity, and the ability to bear high working temperatures.
Silicon carbide (SiC):
Silicon carbide (SiC) is a very
hard material this is found under the earth’s crust. Silicon carbide is used as
a rough material for various industrial applications due to its hardness. It
can be manufactured unnaturally by blending sand/silica and petroleum coke
under high temperature and pressure condition.
Smart glass:
Smart glass as well known as
dimmable glass, regulate the light transmission properties statically or
dynamically, depending upon stimuli like voltage, light and heat. These glasses
do not need electricity to retain its state of opacity or color change. The
growth for smart glass is predicted to explode with adoption of VR/AR and
rising preferences for wearable’s devices among the millennial and teens.
Biochip:
A biochip is a gathering of
miniaturized test sites set on a solid substrate that allows a number of tests
to be carried out with increased efficiency and higher speed to achieve higher
throughout. Biochips have major applications in the fields of genetic analysis,
protein analysis, toxicology, biochemical research, personalized medicine, and
diagnostics.
