Lux Research Technology Coverage

Emerging technology fields are fertile hunting grounds for new business opportunities, and corporate executives, investors, policymakers, and entrepreneurs across many industries look to these areas to drive growth. However, emerging technology markets are also uniquely challenging to understand and to take advantage of – Lux Research analysts are specialists in understanding and assessing these complex and rapidly-changing fields. Lux Research products help clients to:

  • Sort through the large number of players active in these immature markets
  • Keep on top of the frequent shifts in technologies, markets, and company's momentum
  • Identify the key barriers to growth for these markets and spot technologies or business models that can help overcome these hurdles
  • Match their own capabilities to the emerging needs of these new markets
  • Assess the often critical impact of government regulations and subsidies
  • Identify the right partners, suppliers, or investment targets that can help them access new business opportunities

Emerging Technologies Covered

Lux Research offers Subscription Intelligence products, Market Data products, and Consulting projects. Dedicated teams of analysts cover the following technology areas:

  • Solar Components: upstream materials and process technologies to drive cost out and efficiency up in solar systems
  • Solar Systems: photovoltaic modules – from crystalline silicon to thin-film to organic photovoltaics – and concentrating solar power (CSP) for renewable power generation
  • Grid Storage: physical and information technologies for optimizing traditional and emerging electricity generation, distribution and load
  • Mobile Energy: advanced energy storage components and systems for transportation
  • Alternative Fuels: emerging fuel and process technology to increase the efficiency, viability and sustainability of established and emerging feed stocks
  • Bio-based Materials and Chemicals: materials and chemicals made to minimize environmental impact and diversify away from petroleum
  • Formulation and Delivery: technologies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of active ingredients in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, nutrition, agriculture, advanced materials, and more
  • China BioPharma: coverage of the technologies and companies that are part of China's increasing role on the world biopharmaceutical stage
  • BioElectronics: Emerging Diagnostics, Therapeutics, and Monitoring Technologies for Healthcare Disruption
  • Agro Innovation: Identify and Understand Opportunities to Profit from Agricultural Innovation
  • Sustainable Building Materials: materials and devices that reduce economic and resource inputs, improve productivity, and reduce environmental impact
  • Efficient Building Systems: infrastructure design to promote economic efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and foster sustainable development
  • Water: technologies for water treatment and water use efficiency, to address growing water shortages and water access challenges
  • Exploration and Production: Understand rapid changes and recognize opportunities in a complex industry
  • Advanced Materials: advanced materials that take advantage of unique size-dependent properties on the nanoscale, for coatings, composites, catalysts, energy, electronics, and more
  • Energy Electronics: materials and devices that enable leaps in energy efficiency for lighting and power conversion
  • Printed, Flexible, and Organic Electronics: new production methods and materials for electronics that enable low-cost production, as well as novel devices and form factors, with light weight and low energy usage
  • China Innovation: technology, markets and policies that will drive innovation in the world's most dynamic economy

Lux Research analysts also have expertise in other emerging technology areas, and conduct Consulting projects in those fields. Contact us for more information or to suggest new technology coverage areas.

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