Description

This issue of High-tech Materials TOE covers the latest innovations in the field of self-healing composites, self-healing concrete, self-healing hydrogel, and smart patches. These innovations can be used in a wide variety of applications such as aerospace, automotive, building & construction, transportation, and defense. This issue covers some innovations on the development of self-healing materials that can be used in soft-matter electronics.

The High-Tech Materials TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) provides intelligence on technologies, products, processes, applications, and strategic insights on various materials across industries. Some material technologies include lightweight materials, bio–based materials, ceramics, smart materials, fibers, nanomaterials, responsive materials, polymers, woven and non woven materials, polymers and plastics and packaging materials.

The Chemicals and Advanced Materials cluster tracks research and innovation trends and developments across specialty chemicals, plastics, polymers, chemicals, bio-chemicals, metals, coatings, thinfilms, surface treatments, composites, alloys, oil and gas, fuel additives, fibers, and several other related technologies and its impact and application across industries.

Keywords: Self-healing, composites, cement, concrete, soft-matter electronics, aerospace, defense, building and construction, infrastructure