Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are crosslinked polymer networks that combine the
elastic properties of rubber with the anisotropic properties of liquid crystals. Multifunctionality …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are renowned for their large, reversible, and anisotropic
shape change in response to various external stimuli due to their lightly cross‐linked …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), owing to their intrinsic anisotropic property and capability
of generating programmable complex morphologies under heat, have been widely used for …

Living cilia stir, sweep and steer via swirling strokes of complex bending and twisting, paired
with distinct reverse arcs,. Efforts to mimic such dynamics synthetically rely on multimaterial …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are a class of soft active materials of increasing interest,
because of their excellent actuation and optical performances. While LCEs show biomimetic …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) have garnered attention for their remarkable reversible
strains under various stimuli. Early studies on LCEs mainly focused on basic dimensional …

There is growing interest in creating untethered soft robotic matter that can repeatedly shape-
morph and self-propel in response to external stimuli. Toward this goal, we printed soft …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) have long held significant promise as materials for artificial
muscles and smart actuators. Recent advancements in this field have introduced innovative …

The ocean environment has enormous uncertainty due to the influence of complex waves
and undercurrents. The human beings are limited in their abilities to detect and utilize …

Dynamic shape-morphing soft materials systems are ubiquitous in living organisms; they are
also of rapidly increasing relevance to emerging technologies in soft machines,–, flexible …