GLEN ALLEN, VA - Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has released a new report, Printed Gold: Gold Inks and Pastes Market, 2011. The report examines the market for gold inks and pastes in the electronics and solar industries. It discusses both the gold pastes used in traditional applications, such as wire bonding and brazing, and a new breed of ink-based gold nanoparticles. These next-generation inks are expected to find uses in MEMS, data storage and computer memory, "green" electronics, photovoltaics (PV), and sensors. NanoMarkets estimates that the total volume of gold consumed by gold inks and pastes for electronics and PV applications will reach 13.7 metric tons by 2016.
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