Research and Markets: Materials for Next Generation Automobiles: Smart Technologies and the Demand for Lightweight, Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Spur Growth of Future Automobiles Materials

DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0c1d14/materials_for_next) has
announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Materials for Next
Generation Automobiles" to their offering.

This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Materials for Next Generation
Automobiles provides an outlook for and analysis of the global industry
developments and current technological trends of materials that are utilized in
the industry of next-generation automobiles. In this research, Frost &
Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine a variety of materials in the
structural and component sectors of steel, aluminum, magnesium, and polymeric
composites. It also studies the electronics and smart materials segments, such
as smart memory alloys (SMAs), self-healing materials, self-healing coatings,
nano-electromechanical systems (NEMSs), and micro-electromechanical systems
(MEMSs), for the markets of structural components, under-the-hood components,
interior components, as well as safety and navigational devices.

Smart Technologies and the Demand for Lightweight, Fuel-efficient Vehicles Spur
Growth of Future Automobiles Materials

A wave of bad press about the irreversible effects automobile emission has got
governments and legislative bodies across the globe scurrying to minimize the
damage to the environment. They have introduced emission standards as well as
regulations regarding the use of recycled materials in the manufacture of
automobiles, compelling auto manufacturers to use more recycled materials as
well as advanced, lightweight materials that decrease vehicle weight and fuel
consumption. End users' partiality toward fuel-efficient vehicles will boost the
sales of automobiles, encouraging carmakers to persist with their new designs.
"Automobile materials manufacturers have rung in changes in manufacturing and
research and are now concentrating on creating more lightweight materials that
are structurally strong," says the analyst of this research. "This is emphasized
by research activities in the fields of high-strength steel, aluminum,
magnesium, and particularly, polymeric composites." Another distinct improvement
is the use of nanotechnology to create more smart and electronics-based material
systems that greatly aid in creating safer, more sophisticated automobiles.

Technologies

The following technologies are covered in this research:

* Smart materials
* Self-healing materials and coatings
* Nano-electromechanical systems (NEMSs)
* Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMSs)
* Polymeric composites

Key Topics Covered:

1. Executive Summary

2. Technology Overview and Global Developments in Future Materials in the World
of Automobiles

3. Strategic Assessment of Push and Pull Forces

4. Strategic Assessment and Recommendations for the Future Automobile World

5. Patents and Key Industry Contacts

6. Decision Support Database

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