“双循环”发展格局下，加快发展新材料，对推动技术创新，支撑产业升级，构建“国内大循环”具有重要战略意义。目前，新材料发展水平已经成为衡量制造业实力的重要标尺，推进新材料产业发展，是我国实现制造业转型升级、打通国内要素循环、提升产业链水平的主要方向。智能材料是继天然材料、合成高分子材料、人工设计材料之后的第四代材料。智能材料产业是新材料领域的一个重要分支，也是现代高技术新材料发展的重要方向之一，它将支撑未来高技术的发展，使传统意义上的功能材料和结构材料之间的界线逐渐消失，实现结构功能化、功能多样化。目前我国智能材料产业存在缺少核心专利，产品种类单一，竞争力不足，产学研结合不紧密，成果转化效率低等问题，与当前国际先进水平仍有较大差距。针对当前我国智能材料的不足，急需加强材料方面的基础研究，加快关键技术的突破，推进新材料的应用，从根本上推动我国智能材料产业转型升级和快速发展。

Edible films and coatings have improved barrier and mechanical proper ties, convenience, and prolonged the shelf life of certain packaged food and beverage products, leading to their increased application. These films and coatings fulfill the consumer trend to buy fresh fruits, vegetables, cheese, or other food products, while assuring food safety and prolonging shelf life. Global trends in consumption record a rising preference toward natural products, especially for vegetarians. As food consumers are increasingly demanding minimally-processed food to ensure freshness, nutritional and functional properties, edible coatings and films are becoming one of the most suitable and economic ways to preserve these characteristics of foods.

This report provides comprehensive analyses of the types of CNTs available in the market, such as SWCNT and MWCNT, along with current market trends and future growth potential. It focuses on the application areas of CNTs such as structural polymer composites, conductive polymer composites, conductive adhesives, fire retardant plastics, metal matrix composites, Li-ion battery electrodes, and others, including rubber tire reinforcement. It includes the analysis of CNTs across end-user industries such as electricals & electronics, aerospace & defense, energy, sporting goods, automotive, industrial, and others, including healthcare & life science and personal care. Moreover, the report analyzes the current market trends of the carbon nanotubes market across different regions and forecasts the opportunities in the market by analyzing government regulations, policies, and consumer preferences across various geographic regions.

Armor materials, used as protective clothing, play a significant role in protection of vehicle, army personnel, and aircrafts. The report focuses on armor materials and its major applications including vehicle, aerospace, and body armors. It analyzes the current market trends of armor materials, and related products in different geographies and suggests the future growth opportunities for key market players. In addition, it highlights numerous factors that influence the growth of the global market such as key drivers, restraints, growth opportunities, and the role of different key players. Market segmentation based on material types of armor materials such as metals and alloys, composite, ceramics, and fiberglass is also included, along with the quantitative data in terms of both value and volume.

The growth in awareness for masks, primarily in hospitals and industrial sectors, is expected to drive the face mask market during the forecast period. Face masks are essential elements of the infection-control strategy, primarily in healthcare facilities. Generally, two major types of face masks are used to prevent respiratory infection, such as surgical masks, sometimes referred to as face masks and respiratory masks. Both types of face masks are classified based on the type and size of infectious particles they can filter. Face masks covered in the global disposable face masks market are used to cover the nose and mouth to safeguard against contamination, infection, or exposure to potential viruses and foreign or potentially harmful elements in the surroundings. Although relatively healthcare personnel use face masks more often, they are also used by people with health concerns or breathing and lung-related conditions to protect against pollution, dust, or other potentially hazardous environments that can cause infections or breathing-related issues. People with asthma are also recommended to wear similar masks to avoid or reduce the chances of asthma attacks. N95 respirator masks are the most common particulate-filtering respirator masks, which meet the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) N95 classification of air filtration. Respirator masks are primarily recommended for use by HCPs. However, sometimes respirator masks are also being prescribed for people with chronic respiratory, cardiac, or other medical conditions that make breathing difficult.

Personal care ingredients are the raw materials which are used in the manufacturing of skin care products worldwide. These ingredients can be used in the skin care products as an anti-fungal agent, anti-ageing agent, skin conditioning agent, and others. They can also be classified as active and inactive ingredients. Active ingredients include anti-ageing agents, exfoliants, conditioning agents, and UV protecting agents whereas, inactive ingredients include surfactants, preservatives, colorants, and polymer ingredients. Rise in disposable incomes strengthened the purchasing power of consumers along with change in standard of living, which is expected to drive the growth of the personal care ingredients market during 2020-2027. In addition, increase in consumer awareness toward multi-purpose products fuel the growth of the market. However, side effects of chemical-based personal care products and stringent government regulations are the key factors hampering the growth of the market during the forecast period. Whereas, innovations in skin care products and rise in health awareness & increase in demand for personal care products are expected to create opportunities in the global personal care ingredients market during the analyzed timeframe.

Currently, the world is witnessing growing demand for low temperature co-fired ceramics, which is mainly due to the rising demand from the automotive sensors operating at harsh conditions. Also, there have been technological advancements in the electronics and computational industry. The miniaturization of electronics, followed by the demand for high computational speed, has produced harsh operating conditions for the electronic components. These conditions have consequently given rise to concerns such as heating, leading to the compromise in the performance of the gadgets. Therefore, researchers/industry professionals have had to reconsider the technological upgradations in tandem with good performance and paved way for the development of multilayer circuits or LTCC tapes. The primary factors leading to the demand for this technological innovation is increasing use of electronics in the automotive sensors, military and defense, aviation, and micro electro-mechanical sensors (MEMS), among others.

Composite materials are formed by combining a resin matrix system such as epoxy with a reinforcing fiber. The mixture of fiber and resin has superior properties, and is increasingly being used as replacement for comparatively heavy metal materials. The fiber bears much of the load in a composite material, and is the main contributor to the properties of the composite material. The resin allows moving load between fibers, preventing buckling and holding the materials together. The report on epoxy composite exclusively focuses on current market trends and future growth opportunities of various types of fibers such as glass, carbon, and others (natural fiber and aramid fiber). Based on end-use industry, the market is divided into aerospace & defense, automotive, electrical & electronics, wind energy, sporting goods, marine, piping, and others. Based on region, it is studied across North America, Europe, Asia- Pacific, and LAMEA. The manufacturers studied and profiled in the global epoxy composite market are Barrday Inc., Bhor Chemicals and Plastics Private Limited, Cytec Solvay Group, Hexcel Corporation, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Park Aerospace Corp., Sabancı Holding, SGL Carbon SE, Teijin Limited, and Toray Industries Inc.