This report contains: Descriptions of various types of advanced materials; An examination of how sensor products are used in the context of several different applications, including vehicular sensing; aerospace and aviation sensing; civil engineering sensing; security, law enforcement, and defense related sensing; navigation sensing; medical sensing, and several others; Discussion of technologies along with a thorough patent analysis; The current market status of advanced materials, trends, and forecasts for growth over the next 5 years; Analysis of the sensors industry on a worldwide basis, both from a market and application perspective; A discussion of the legal and regulatory factors that must be considered for each of the different market and technology categories.