Global Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Secondary-ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) is a technique used to analyze the composition of solid surfaces and thin films by sputtering the surface of the specimen with a focused primary ion beam and collecting and analyzing ejected secondary ions. The mass/charge ratios of these secondary ions are measured with a mass spectrometer to determine the elemental, isotopic, or molecular composition of the surface to a depth of 1 to 2 nm. Due to the large variation in ionization probabilities among elements sputtered from different materials, comparison against well-calibrated standards is necessary to achieve accurate quantitative results. SIMS is the most sensitive surface analysis technique, with elemental detection limits ranging from parts per million to parts per billion.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) market finds that the global Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) market reached a value of USD 139.04 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 213.99 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 7.45% during the forecast period.

Influence of COVID-19 Outbreak on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) Industry Development

The Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) manufacturing market has been negatively impacted due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. Government across the globe imposed movement restrictions, leading to supply chain disruption. Logistics slowdown and unavailability of workers worldwide have resulted in a halt in production. Thus, the distribution of raw materials has also affected the Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) industry.
The epidemic will have a short-term impact on secondary ion mass spectrometer industry, but it is relatively limited. Due to the impact of the epidemic, the production of raw materials and equipment procurement and transportation supply are difficult to be in place, and upstream enterprises affect the work schedule of downstream enterprises. Equipment manufacturing and product manufacturing enterprises in secondary ion mass spectrometer industry are affected to different degrees, and the production and delivery work may be delayed to some extent. Meanwhile, if it fails to meet the customer's delivery time requirements according to the contract, it may lead to the customer looking for another enterprise and lose business.

Apart from this, the COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in the closing down of several manufacturing facilities across the globe. The pandemic caused huge revenue losses in end-use industry. The coronavirus lockdown put a brake on the production of several key raw materials in the global market, which, in turn, spiked the prices and lowered the demand for the product. The strict lockdown mandates imposed by governments have restricted cross-border trade between countries, another factor proving to be detrimental for the secondary ion mass spectrometer market share. In addition, secondary ion mass spectrometer manufacturers are drawing up plans for the international market as a new supply link in the global secondary ion mass spectrometer industry, as companies look to re-engineer supply chains in the aftermath of COVID-19. Also, it is expected that the product demand in end-user sectors could pick up following the uplift of the lockdown in numerous countries.

Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) Drivers

Over the past 50 years, Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) have become some of the most sophisticated mass spectrometers. SIMS is recognized as the most sensitive elemental and isotopic surface analysis technique. The SIMS technique provides a unique combination of extremely high sensitivity for all elements from Hydrogen to Uranium and above (detection limit down to ppb level for many elements), high lateral resolution imaging (down to 40 nm), and a very low background that allows high dynamic range (more than 5 decades). It can be applied to any type of solid material (insulators, semiconductors, metals) that can be kept under vacuum. The powerful functions and benefits of secondary ion mass spectrometer drive consumption, which is beneficial to the development of the industry. The technique offers the following advantages:
The analysis consumes very little sample (essentially non-destructive); for example, a typical U-Th-Pb analysis only consumes a few cubic micrometers of the sample.
High sensitivity also means that samples with low concentration levels (down to ppb levels) can be analyzed with SIMS. As a result, the SIMS is used to determine trace element abundances in meteorites, interplanetary dust, and other samples of limited size and are widely in the semiconductor industry to identify trace constituents in non-conducting substrates.
High sensitivity also allows for depth profiling of elemental and molecular abundances as well as isotopic ratios.
In situ analysis eliminates the need for complex sample preparation in most cases, i.e., minerals may be analyzed directly either as grain mounts or in thin sections.
Excellent detection for dopants and impurities with ppm or lower detection sensitivity
Depth profiles with excellent detection limits and depth resolution
Small-area analysis (1-10 µm)
Detection of all elements and isotopes, including H
Excellent dynamic range (up to 6 orders of magnitude)
Stoichiometry/composition is possible in some applications
Overall, Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) has prominent advantages and is conducive to the development of the industry.

Region Overview:

Europe had the highest growth rate of all regions.

Company Overview

CAMECA (Ametek) is one of the major players operating in the Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) market, holding a share of 46.96% in 2021.

From its inception in 1929, CAMECA has been renowned for its precision mechanics, optics and electronics. The company started in France as a manufacturer of movie theater projectors, before rapidly evolving into a provider of scientific instrumentation for the international research community and in-fab / near-fab metrology solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. CAMECA is a business unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global provider of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices, as part of the AMETEK Materials Analysis Division.

IONTOF is a manufacturer of innovative instruments for surface analysis with different product lines for time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) and high-sensitivity low-energy ion scattering (LEIS). Founded as a classical spin-off of the University of Münster, IONTOF has meanwhile become the technological leader in the field of TOF-SIMS and LEIS instrumentation.

Segmentation Overview:

Among different product types, Time of Flight segment is anticipated to contribute the largest market share in 2027.

Application Overview:

By application, the Semiconductors segment occupied the biggest share from 2017 to 2022.

Key Companies in the global Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) market covered in Chapter 3:

Kore Technology
Ulvac-Phi
IONTOF
Australian Scientific Instruments (ASI)
CAMECA (Ametek)
Hiden Analytical
Toyama

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Time of Flight
Magnetic
Others

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Semiconductors
Materials Research
Geoscience
Life Science and Pharmaceutical
Others

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2018-2029) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 8 to Chapter 14:

North America (United States, Canada)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden)
Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia)
Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)
Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa)