Nano materials with heavy promises are expected to creat great deal of material investment opertunity...
Take the case of headlong rush to flat-screen technology has been warmly welcomed..this has lead to havy deamd for indium ( indium tin oxide (ITO) )— the material that coats these screens.
Demand for indium has skyrocketed in recent years, mainly because of its use in liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and plasma screens. The electrical conductivity and transparency of ITO has turned it into a crucial industrial component, which can be readily etched and patterned to create a thin film of transparent circuits on both sides of the glass screen.
Indium did wait for the new technology to emerge...it was earleir used in small quantities
in hundreds of odd applications.
in hundreds of odd applications.
A decade ago, the world was using less than 200 tonnes of indium a year. Now, annual consumption exceeds 1,500 tonnes.
Similar could be the casse in the futuristic high demand for commodities in the booming world economy is forcing. This could lead to materials scientists and engineers to revisit
their options !!!
their options !!!
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