Dispersing liquid metal droplets in a soft elastomer matrix yields a composite, called liquid
metal embedded elastomer (LMEE), with less modified stiffness but noticeably increased …

Liquid metal (LM)-based elastomers have received growing interest for a wide range of
applications such as soft robotics and flexible electronics. This work reports a stretchable …

Composites of liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) that are electrically conductive have the
potential to function as soft “artificial muscle” actuators that can be reversibly stimulated with …

Elastomers embedded with micro-and nanoscale droplets of liquid metal (LM) alloys like
eutectic gallium–indium (EGaIn) can exhibit unique combinations of elastic, thermal, and …

Liquid metal embedded elastomers (LMEEs) are composed of a soft polymer matrix
embedded with droplets of metal alloys that are liquid at room temperature. These soft …

Conductive elastic composites have been used widely in soft electronics and soft robotics.
These composites are typically a mixture of conductive fillers within elastomeric substrates …

Soft actuators that undergo programmable shape change in response to a stimulus are
enabling components of future soft robots and other soft machines. Strategies to power …

Here, we incorporate liquid-metal (LM) microdroplets into hyperelastic materials to create all
soft matter systems with exceptional electro–elasto properties (Figure 1a–c). The integration …

Soft composites are critical for soft and flexible materials in energy harvesting, actuators, and
multifunctional devices. One emerging approach to create multifunctional composites is …

Stretchable and highly conductive elastomers with intrinsically deformable liquid metal (LM)
fillers exhibit promising potential in soft electronics, wearables, human-machine interfaces …