Soft materials with stimuli-responsive functionalities have crucial applications in advanced
sensors and soft robotics. However, integrating multiple response functions into a single soft …

Mechanochromic materials provide optical changes in response to mechanical stress and
are of interest in a wide range of potential applications such as strain sensing, structural …

Inspired by intriguing color changeable ability of natural animals, the design and fabrication
of artificial mechanochromic materials capable of changing colors upon stretching or …

Direct ink writing (DIW) of core‐shell structures allows for patterning hollow or composite
structures for shape morphing and color displays. Cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers …

The complex wiring, bulky data collection devices, and difficulty in fast and on-site data
interpretation significantly limit the practical application of flexible strain sensors as wearable …

Sticky-colored labels are an efficient way to communicate visual information. However, most
labels are static. Here, we propose a new category of dynamic sticky labels that change …

Arbitrary patterning of chiral structural-color materials on various substrates in a robust,
scalable, and customized way is of paramount importance for smart camouflage, wearable …

Cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs) hold great promise for mechanochromic
applications in anti‐counterfeiting, smart textiles, and soft robotics, thanks to the structural …

Recent experiments have found that a liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) rod supported in the
middle can rotate continuously under horizontal illumination due to the combined impacts of …

Photonic elastomers, capable of converting imperceptible deformations into visible colors,
show significant potential in smart materials. However, instantaneous deformation is …