Dublin, Jan. 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Markets for Self Healing Materials: 2017 - 2024" report to their offering.
This new report revisits the market potential for self-healing materials from our last full market report that was issued in May of 2015. Self-healing is an area of smart coatings and materials with significant market potential. In our previous analysis we projected a market potential of $2.7 billion ($US) by 2020. However, in any market with significant upside there are new developments, entrants, approaches and insights. The analysis within the report accounts for these and more.
This report quantifies the markets for self-healing materials in electronics, construction, automotive energy, medical, military and aerospace applications. The types of materials covered comprise reversible polymers, shape memory materials, vascular systems, capsule-based systems and biologically based materials. We also take a look at newer types of self-healing materials. In the analysis we evaluate how individual markets have evolved as well as the progress and suitability of the various technical approaches new and old.
Highlights:
Reversible polymers dominate the self-healing materials market at present, and will still account for 37 percent of the market by 2022. However, the big growth opportunities will come from self-healing systems based on microencapsulation or vascular systems. Self-healing materials using microencapsulation systems will generate revenues of $1.1 billion in revenues in 2022.
The automotive sector already uses self-healing aftermarket coatings, but has begun to sample much higher performing self-healing materials that can comply with the industry's demanding coatings requirements. The rapidly growing use of relatively fragile composites in the automotive sector is a strong driver for the development of self-healing composites. There are similar trends in the construction sector, with self healing concrete undergoing commercialization. Although, it will take until 2019 to take off, we expect sales of self-healing materials for construction to reach $475 million by 2022.
Composites are not the only materials that are becoming self-healing. Interesting work is being done on self-healing metals - although at an early stage, a market for self-healing metals can hardly be doubted. We are also witnessing a concerted effort to create self-healing ceramics - these will have an important role to play for engines and electrical generators. Carbon nanotubes have been envisioned for sensors that can detect cracks and initiate a self-healing process. CNTs could also be used as thermal guides to heal reversible polymers.
Key Topics Covered:
Executive Summary
E.1 Self-healing Materials Market at an Inflection Point: Core Opportunities for Self-Healing Materials
E.2 Beyond Reversible Polymers: Emergence of New Types of Self-Healing Mechanisms
E.3 Self-healing in Novel Materials
E.4 With a Little Help from Nanotubes and Biomaterials: Opportunities for the Specialty Chem Sector
E.5 The Dawn of Self-Healing Electronics
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background to this Report
1.1.1 Better Self-Healing Mechanisms: Microencapsulation and Vascular Technology
1.1.2 New Classes of Self-Healing Materials: Concrete, Composites and Metals
1.1.3 Coming Next: Self-healing Electronics
1.1.4 A Bottom Line
Chapter Two: Self-Healing Materials Technologies and Products
2.1 Future Developments in Self-Healing Materials
2.2 Broadening the Market with New Self-Healing Mechanisms
2.3 Novel Materials Platforms for Self-healing Technology: A New Opportunity
2.4 A Future with Self-healing Electronics
Chapter Three: Consumer Markets for Self-Healing Materials
3.1 Opportunity Assessment for Self-Healing Materials in Consumer Markets
3.2 Consumer Electronics: Self-healing Cell Phones and Beyond
3.3 Furniture and the Future of Self-healing wood:
3.4 Self-healing Metals and Components for Consumer Products
3.5 Ten-year Forecasts of Self-Healing Materials used in Consumer Markets
Chapter Four: Automotive and Transportation Markets for Self-healing Materials
4.1 Assessment of Self-Healing Opportunities in the Automotive and Transportation Sector
4.2 Self-healing Paints and Surfaces Currently in Use
4.3 Self-healing Automotive Glass
4.4 Self-healing Transportation Interiors
4.5 Self-healing Tires
4.6 Ten-year Forecasts of Self-healing Materials Used in Automotive Markets
Chapter Five: Self-healing in the Energy Generation Market
5.1 Opportunities for Self-Healing Materials in Energy Generation
5.2 Wind Turbines
5.3 Steam Turbines
5.4 Self-healing and Solar Panels
5.5 Ten-year Forecasts of Self-healing Materials Used in the Energy Sector
Chapter Six: Self-Healing Materials in Construction
6.1 Opportunities for Self-Healing Surfaces in the Construction Industry
6.2 Self-healing Concrete
6.3 Self-Healing Paints and Siding for Buildings
6.4 Self-healing Cabling
6.5 Ten-year Forecasts of Self-healing Materials used in the Energy Sector
6.6 Key Points from this Chapter
Chapter Seven: Medical and Military Applications for Self-Healing Materials
7.1 Market Evolution: Sources of Ideas for the Future of the Self-Healing Products
7.2 Self-Healing in the Medical Sector
7.3 Military and Aerospace Markets for Self-healing Materials
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