Materials & Manufacturing · Projected milestone
Self-healing materials
Estimated year~2038
35% by 2043 · including earlier years
The year is an editorial timing estimate. The percentage applies to occurrence by the stated deadline. These estimates are not calibrated odds.
Concrete, coatings and polymers that repair their own cracks enter common use.
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Milestone stage: milestone (legacy definition)
Completion criteria: Legacy milestone: refine the observable threshold before resolving.
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Led to
- Devices built to last decadesForecast · ~2045enables
- Self-healing batteriesForecast · ~2047enables
- Molecular manufacturingForecast · ~2048enables
- Climate-adaptive clothingForecast · ~2050enables
- Tooth-repair mouthguardForecast · ~2054enables
- Houses that repair themselvesForecast · ~2062enables
- Living buildingsForecast · ~2065enables
- Robots that heal like skinForecast · ~2068enables
- Implants that heal with youForecast · ~2070enables
- Self-healing chipsForecast · ~2070enables
- Self-repairing infrastructureForecast · ~2070enables
- Self-healing habitat hullsForecast · ~2075enables
- Atom-by-atom repair penForecast · ~2077enables
- Self-growing materialsForecast · ~2078enables
Sources & evidence
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.