This report:

• Provides a comprehensive overview of the global market for metals, including ferrous, non-ferrous, precious metals and metal alloys
• Includes global market forecasts for metals through 2013
• Describes applications for the automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, construction and packing industries
• Addresses concerns over pollution from mining operations, with detailed information about technologies that generate less waste, less pollution and promote sustainability
• Discusses the regulatory environment
• Profiles major companies.

This report:

• Analyzes of the current global markets for metal matrix composites and systems in detail
• Identifies the most promising market opportunities
• Examines end-use markets: ground transportation, electronics, commercial and defense aerospace, industrial and defense, recreational equipment, etc.
• Covers the many issues concerning the merits and future prospects for the market, including corporate strategies, technologies, and the means for providing these products and service offerings
• Describes regulatory and economic issues
• Reviews the industry and its structure, and the many companies involved in providing these materials and technologies
• Discusses of the competitive positions of the main players and the strategic options they face.

This report:

• Provides an historical overview of smart glass technology
• Describes various smart glass technologies including electrochromic devices, suspended particle devices and polymer-dispersed liquid crystal devices
• Determines the current market status for smart glass, and assesses its worldwide growth potential over a five-year period from 2008 to 2013
• Includes a patent analysis
• Outlines current technological issues and details new developments.

This report:

• Includes an historical and technical review of aerogels, including an outline of different aerogel types and their typical fabrication methods
• Provides a global market analysis of aerogels, including current technical issues, a review of related recent technological developments, and global aerogel revenues for each type of material by application and region
• Presents market growth trends, based on industry growth, technological trends, unit price trends, and regional trends; projected aerogel revenues are included, with forecast average annual growth rates for the period 2008 through 2013
• Examines global industry structure, and includes a complete list of aerogel suppliers with a description of their products, along with detailed company profiles.

This report:

• Examines the rare earth materials market, especially applications in rechargeable batteries, hydrogen storage, advanced ceramics, permanent magnets, metallurgy, catalysts, lasers, fiber optics, glass, phosphors and superconductors
• Presents an overview of the rare earths materials market, with precise definitions and terminology important to understanding the market
• Makes global market forecasts through 2013
• Profiles all the major companies involved in the market
• Offers a detailed patent analysis.

This report :

• Provides an overview of materials for ceramic matrix composites, their reinforcements and matrices, their processing, new developments, and recent U.S. and international patents
• Reviews the current and potential applications, including cutting tools, wear resistant parts, aerospace, and energy-related technologies
• Determines the current size and future market growth for ceramic matrix composites according to material types and applications

• Reviews the U.S. ceramic matrix composite industry structure and foreign competition.