- Capability group
- Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
- Domain
- Critical Technology · Hard Power
- Identifier
- factbase.org/cap/EFGR7R6K02
- Reference
- Smart material Wikipedia
Papers
89.9k
2020–2024
Paper growth
+26%
2020–24 on 2015–19
Patent families
64.4k
2020–2024
Filed abroad
22%
families in more than one office
In the framework
What the capability covers and what it leaves to others, and the indicators it will be measured by.
Bounds
Covers functional materials and engineered surfaces; the devices that exploit them, sensors, actuators and electronics, sit with the sensing, robotics and semiconductor groups.
Lineage
Carried from v0.0 (formerly Smart materials) with the same identifier, absorbing Coatings (retired): the two nodes described one family of engineered function, split only by where the function sits.
Indicators
- research publication share in functional materialsResearch
- patent families in smart materials and coatingsPatents
Research
Papers classified to the capability, by year and by the nation of their authors' institutions, 2020–2024. Read from the v0.0 research topics Smart materials and Coatings.
Papers by year
The five leading nations, papers by year
Share of papers, 2020–2024
Of papers with a known author nation; 28% have none and are left out.
- 1China33.0%26,747 papers
- 2United States9.7%7,882 papers
- 3India6.5%5,301 papers
- 4Germany3.8%3,064 papers
- 5South Korea3.5%2,835 papers
- 6Russia3.5%2,795 papers
- 7Japan3.3%2,692 papers
- 8United Kingdom3.0%2,453 papers
- 9France2.2%1,756 papers
- 10Italy1.9%1,554 papers
Leading institutions, 2020–2024
By fractional count: each paper divided among its authors' institutions.
- 1Harbin Institute of Technology684fractional papers
- 2Chinese Academy of Sciences619fractional papers
- 3Sichuan University589fractional papers
- 4Xi'an Jiaotong University559fractional papers
- 5South China University of Technology407fractional papers
- 6Zhejiang University398fractional papers
- 7Tsinghua University336fractional papers
- 8Shanghai Jiao Tong University327fractional papers
- 9Northwestern Polytechnical University269fractional papers
- 10Huazhong University of Science and Technology269fractional papers
Patents
Patent families by the nation of origin of their applicants and their earliest priority year, from the CPC and IPC classes the capability is read from. 2025 onwards is incomplete: families are published 18 months after priority.
Families by priority year
The five leading origins, families by year
14,067 applicants filed here in 2015–2024; the five largest held 7% of families (HHI 20 of 10,000: unconcentrated).
Share of families by origin, 2020–2024
- 1China67.8%43,625 families
- 2Japan11.4%7,311 families
- 3South Korea8.7%5,613 families
- 4United States4.6%2,948 families
- 5Germany1.9%1,233 families
- 6Taiwan1.1%721 families
- 7France0.7%428 families
- 8Switzerland0.4%272 families
- 9United Kingdom0.3%204 families
- 10Russia0.3%170 families
Applicants filing most internationally, 2015–2024
Families filed in more than one office, by applicant as the offices name them.
- 1APPLIED MATERIALS INC1,122international families
- 2SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD724international families
- 3DAIKIN IND LTD481international families
- 4BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD440international families
- 5CANON TOKKI CORP434international families
- 6TOKYO ELECTRON LTD394international families
- 7NITTO DENKO CORP353international families
- 8NIPPON STEEL CORP352international families
- 9AGC INC351international families
- 10SHINETSU CHEMICAL CO297international families
Classification read
- C23C14/00 Vacuum-deposited coatings: evaporation, sputtering, ion implantation · 793.2k documents
- C23C4/00 Thermal-spray coatings · 140.2k documents
- C23C28/00 Multi-layer engineered coatings on metals · 204.5k documents
- C09D5/08 Anti-corrosive coatings · 84.5k documents
- C09D5/16 Antifouling and underwater coatings · 64.1k documents
- C09D5/24 Electrically conducting coatings · 30.1k documents
- C09D5/32 Radiation-absorbing coatings · 10k documents
- C09K9/00 Photochromic and thermochromic materials · 17.3k documents
- C09K5/02 Phase-change materials for heat storage and transfer · 63.8k documents
- C09K3/18 Ice-repellent and water-repellent surface materials · 19.2k documents
- H10N30/85 Piezoelectric and electrostrictive materials · 43.5k documents
- C22F1/006 Shape-memory alloys · 3.2k documents
Shares inventions with
Capabilities whose classes the same families also fall in, by overlap (Jaccard).
- Semiconductor Equipment & Materials8,429 families · 0.071
- Advanced Semiconductor Fabrication3,997 families · 0.024
- Structural & Composite Materials1,193 families · 0.022
- Nanomaterials & Metamaterials992 families · 0.018
- Superconducting, Magnetic & Photonic Materials428 families · 0.010
Companies
50 companies in this capability, across 7 regions. The leading 12:
- 1PPG IndustriesOne of the two largest coatings makers globally, supplying aerospace, automotive OEM, protective and functional coatings (anti-corrosion, conductive, self-cleaning).Manufacture
- 2Sherwin-WilliamsLargest coatings company by revenue, with performance coatings for industrial wood, coil, packaging, protective and marine uses.Manufacture
- 3AkzoNobelMajor global maker of performance coatings including Interpon powder, International marine and protective, aerospace and automotive refinish coatings.Manufacture
- 4BASFLargest chemical company, supplying automotive OEM coatings, pigments, dispersions, functional additives and engineered polymers.Equipment & materials
- 5Nippon Paint HoldingsAsia's largest paint group (incl. Wuthelam JV, DuluxGroup Australia, Cromology) with antiviral, heat-reflective and automotive functional coatings.Manufacture
- 63MLeading maker of engineered films, optical and protective films, abrasives, adhesives and surface-protection materials.Manufacture
- 7Applied MaterialsTop international patent applicant in this capability; supplies deposition (PVD, CVD, ALD) and web/glass coating equipment for engineered thin-film surfaces.Equipment & materials
- 8Daikin IndustriesMajor fluorochemicals producer (PTFE, fluoroelastomers, water/oil-repellent and fluoropolymer coatings) and a top patent applicant in this field.Equipment & materials
- 9Shin-Etsu ChemicalWorld leader in silicones, silicon wafers and photoresists; silicone coatings and functional resins are core to engineered surfaces.Equipment & materials
- 10Nitto DenkoLeading producer of functional films, optical polarizers, protective tapes and membranes; a top patent applicant in this capability.Manufacture
- 11AGC Inc.Major glass and fluorochemicals group making coated low-e, anti-reflective and functional glass plus Fluon fluoropolymers.Manufacture
- 12Saint-GobainMakes coated and electrochromic glass (SageGlass), performance plastics, coating solutions and ceramic functional materials.Manufacture
