Scanning Electron Microscopes Industry Overview

The global scanning electron microscopes market size was valued at USD 3.4 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.52% from 2021 to 2028.

Key drivers of the market include increasing demand for nanotechnology-based research and consequent rise in funding. Furthermore, growing product application in the semiconductor, electronics, and pharmaceutical industries is expected to drive the market over the forecast period. In addition, improvements in the resolution power and features like attachment of other devices, such as energy x-ray dispersion spectrometer, are expected to propel market growth over the forecast period.

A key reason for the success of Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEMs) is that they are widely used by small- to medium-scale R&D institutes and pharmaceutical companies. They provide researchers and quality assurance personnel with data regarding surface morphology and properties, such as topography, chemical analysis, fractography, etc. For example, the Zeiss Gemini 500 is a high-resolution Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) that delivers nanoscale imaging from 100 mm diameter wafers down to small pieces. It has excellent resolution and image quality at high and low accelerating voltages.

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As nanotechnology has applications in most of the areas of semiconductors, material sciences, and life sciences, which substantially affect the economy of any nation, it promotes government organizations and other corporate enterprises to support the R&D via public funding. The global market is observing higher growth owing to various driving factors, such as it is one of the most vital devices to analyse nanomaterials at the atomic scale in many pharmaceutical industries, medical devices, and numerous industry verticals.

Semiconductor device manufacturing requires microscopes for procedures, such as lithography, coating, failure analysis, and detection. Growth of the semiconductor industry at a rapid pace in nations, such as India and China, owing to the outsourcing of electric equipment manufacturing is a major driver of the SEMs market.

Increasing global focus on R&D for applications, such as neurosciences, material sciences, life sciences, nanotechnology, and semiconductor industry, would increase the adoption rate for advanced and automated microscopes, such as scanning probe microscope, analytical electron microscope, and SEMs. These microscopes provide imaging resolution as high as 0.1 nm, which is necessarily required for these precision manufacturing industries.

These applications are sub-segments of the semiconductor industry, which are recently gaining enormous demand in the market. According to Moore’s law, the semiconductor industry is constantly moving towards the miniaturization of transistor chips. These trends of miniaturization of transistor chips requiring advanced microscopes, such as TEM, SEM, and SPM, for analytical and quality assurance purposes will provide great market potential over the next seven years.

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Scanning Electron Microscopes Market Segmentation

Grand View Research has segmented the global scanning electron microscopes market on the basis of application and region:

Scanning Electron Microscope Application Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2016 - 2028)

• Material Science

• Nanotechnology

• Life Science

• Semiconductors

• Other Applications

Scanning Electron Microscope Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2016 - 2028)

• North America

• Europe

• Asia Pacific

• Latin America

• Middle East & Africa (MEA)

Key Companies profiled:

Some prominent players in the Global Scanning Electron Microscopes Market include

• Bruker Corp.

• Danish Micro Engineering (DME)

• Thermo Fisher Scientific

• Hitachi High Technologies Corp.

• JEOL Ltd.

• Leica Microsystems

• Nanoscience Instruments, Inc.

• Nikon Corp.

• Olympus Corp.

• Carl Zeiss

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