Table of Content

1. Executive summary and conclusions
1.1 Purpose and methodology of this report
1.2 Definitions and focus
1.3 Methodology of this analysis
1.4 Primary conclusions: Market drivers
1.5 Self-healing toolkit
1.6 Primary conclusions: materials
1.6.1 Eight basics
1.6.2 All self-healing materials SWOT
1.6.3 Important self-healing applications by compound commercialised 2024-2044
1.6.4 SWOT appraisal of polyurethanes as self-healing material
1.6.5 SWOT appraisal of hydrogels as self-healing material
1.6.6 SWOT appraisal of silicones as self-healing material
1.6.7 SWOT appraisal of Diels-Alder compounds as self-healing material
1.6.8 SWOT appraisal of fluoropolymers as self-healing material
1.6..9 Extrinsic self-healing by microcapsules SWOT appraisal
1.6.10 Vascular self-healing SWOT appraisal
1.6.11 Self-Healing Engineered Living Material SWOT appraisal and description
1.7 Difficulty and need levels for self-healing
1.8 Maturity curves for self-healing material technologies 2024, 2034, 2044
1.9 Roadmap of self-healing material for engineering by 5 categories 2024-2044
1.10 Market forecasts 2024-2044
1.10.1 Overview
1.10.2 Self-healing material global value market $ billion 2024-2044
1.10.3 Projected growth of established and new materials
1.10.4 Self-healing material engineering vs total value market $ billion 2024-2044
1.10.5 Self-healing material value market by six applicational sectors $ billion 2024-2044
1.10.6 Value market share for four self-healing mechanisms 2024-2044
1.10.7 Self-healing material value market share by region 2024-2044
1.11 Background forecasts: Cement, passive cooling, 6G reconfigurable intelligent surfaces

2. Definitions, needs, metrics, technology trends
2.1 Definitions and alternatives
2.2 Self-healing needs
2.3 The dilemma of metrics
2.4 Technology trends
2.4.1 Trend to self-healing smart materials
2.4.2 Engineered Living Materials come later
2.4.3 Biomimetics – much further to go
2.4.4 Overcoming the soft material dilemma
2.4.5 Beyond biomimetics
2.5 Challenges of putting a value on the market
2.6 26 examples of recent research on self-healing materials

3. Self healing technology toolkit
3.1 Overview
3.2 Technology options top down – intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms
3.3 Self-healing options: operational, physical, chemical, formulation, format
3.3.1 Physical vs chemical approaches
3.3.2 Three basic options for the physical structure of self-healing materials designed as such
3.3.3 Importance of nanomaterials
3.3.4 Importance of self-healing when wet
3.4 Chemical families typically involved
3.5 Atomic toolkit for self-healing materials
3.6 Some of the important self-healing materials by application likely to be commercialised 2024-2044
3.6.1 Comparison table
3.6.2 Hydrogel SWOT
3.6.3 Polyurethane SWOT
3.6.4 Silicone SWOT
3.6.5 Fluoropolymer SWOT
3.7 A closer look at hydrogels
3.7.1 Physical self-healing in hydrogels
3.7.2 Mechanisms and promising research routes
3.7.3 Super-strong self-healing hydrogel for soft robotics, bioelectronics, cartilage
3.8 Silica gel
3.9 Diels Alder materials with SWOT
3.9.1 Summary
3.9.2 SWOT appraisal of Diels-Alder self-healing materials
3.9.3 Diels Alder compounds including SWOT and latest research appraisal
3.10 Ionomers
3.10.1 Basics
3.10.2 Uses
3.10.3 Potential
3.11 Supramolecular bonding and MSA
3.12 Vitrimers
3.13 Self-healing proteins such as polypeptides
3.14 Self-healing metals
3.15 Extrinsic self-healing by microcapsules including SWOT
3.15.1 SWOT appraisal
3.15.2 Design issues and examples
3.15.3 Self-healing microcapsule manufacturing options
3.16 Extrinsic self-healing by vascular systems
3.16.1 Vascular self-healing SWOT appraisal
3.16.2 Geometrical design and challenges
3.16.3 Fibers that strengthen and emit healant in engineering structures
3.17 Vascular-like self-healing
3.18 Shape memory assisted self-healing SMASH
3.18.1 Shape memory alloys and polymers
3.18.2 SMASH potential markets
3.18.3 Hydrogel versions
3.18.4 Polyolefin and polyurethane versions
3.18.5 Close-then-heal and fiber dispersion options
3.19 Engineered Living Materials ELM

4. Primary engineering application sectors 2024-2044
4.1 Aerospace, land and water transport, military and robotics
4.1.1 Overview
4.1.2 Next big opportunities 2024-2044
4.1.3 Examples
4.1.4 US Army: smart prosthetics, ventilators, hazmat suits, soft robotics
4.1.5 Soft robot self-heals automatically from cuts at room temperature
4.1.6 Transparent, self-healing stretchable optoelectronics in robotics
4.1.7 Liquid Crystal Elastomer LCE robotics
4.2 Buildings and construction
4.2.1 Overview
4.2.2 Next big opportunities 2024-2044
4.2.3 Concrete issues
4.2.4 Ultrafast self-healing and highly transparent ice-phobic coating
4.3 Energy harvesting, storage and transmission
4.3.1 Overview
4.3.2 Next big opportunities 2024-2044
4.3.3 Self-healing perovskite photovoltaics
4.3.4 Self-healing materials in batteries
4.3.5 Self-healing supercapacitors
4.4 Information, computing and telecommunications ICT
4.4.1 Overview
4.4.2 Next big opportunities 2024-2044
4.4.3 6G Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
4.5 Other needs

5. Adhesives, elastomers, coatings, paint, e-skin: prospects 2024-2044
5.1 Overview
5.2 Adhesives
5.2.1 Basics
5.2.2 Epoxy
5.2.3 VPTA vitrimer adhesive
5.3 Elastomers
5.3.1 Basics
5.3.2 Analysis of leading compounds emerging
5.3.3 Further reading
5.4 Coatings
5.4.1 Anti-corrosion
5.4.2 Anti-fouling
5.5 Electronic skin, e-skin for humans and robots
5.5.1 Overview
5.5.2 Requirements and candidate materials
5.5.3 Hydrogel approach
5.5.4 Polyimine approach
5.5.5 Fluoropolymer approach
5.5.6 Silicone approach
5.5.7 PVA, polyurethane, organometallic polymer and other approaches
5.5.8 Appraisal of future prospects and further reading

6. Membranes and film: prospects 2024-2044
6.1 Definition and background
6.2 Membrane difficulty levels and needs for self-healing
6.3 Architectural and acoustic
6.4 Superhydrophobic Surfaces
6.5 Battery, supercapacitor, fuel cell separators and electrolyte membrane
6.6 Desalination membrane
6.7 Filtration membrane
6.8 Kidney dialysis membrane
6.9 Microencapsulation membrane for agro-chemistry and drug delivery
6.10 Gas separation
6.11 Vehicle paint protection film
6.12 Self-monitoring self-healing membranes
6.12 Water separation and anti-fouling superhydrophobic surfaces
6.13 Optical and photonic
6.13.1 Displays
6.14.2 Passive Daylight Radiative Cooling and other with SWOT

7. Cement, concrete, asphalt, structural polymer and ceramic: prospects 2024-2044
7.1 Overview
7.2 The industry and issues
7.3 Top cement producers in the world and which show leadership
7.4 HPC and UHPC
7.5 Self-healing concrete and its enabling cement
7.5.1 Basics
7.5.2 Intrinsic with additives
7.5.3 Bacteria with post treatment
7.5.4 Enzymes
7.5.5 Funghi
7.5.6 Natural polymers
79.6 Structural ceramic
7.6.1 Self-healing kink bands in ceramic
7.6.2 3D Networks of healing activator
7.7 Fiber-reinforced polymers
7.7.1 Why so difficult
7.7.2 Advanced FRP now and soon
7.7.3 Self-healing strategies and issues
7.8 Asphalt
7.8.1 Basics
7.8.2 Lessons from recent work
7.8.3 Ongoing participants
7.9 Structural polymers and polymer composites

8. 62 Self-healing companies compared
8.1 Overview
8.2 Comparison of 62 self-healing material manufacturers: materials, SH examples, comment
8.3 Detail on 12 companies