Soft materials with a liquid component are an emerging paradigm in materials design. The
incorporation of a liquid phase, such as water, liquid metals, or complex fluids, into solid …

Liquid metal polymer composites are an emerging class of functional materials with
potentially transformative impacts in wearable electronics, soft robotics, and human …

Soft, capacitive tactile (pressure) sensors are important for applications including human–
machine interfaces, soft robots, and electronic skins. Such capacitors consist of two …

Elastomers embedded with droplets of liquid metal (LM) alloy represent an emerging class
of soft multifunctional composites that have potentially transformative impact in wearable …

Soft and tough materials are critical for engineering applications in medical devices,
stretchable and wearable electronics, and soft robotics. Toughness in synthetic materials is …

Wearable and stretchable sensors are important components to strictly monitor the behavior
and health of humans and attract extensive attention. However, traditional sensors are …

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

Composite materials can provide remarkable improvements over the individual constituents.
Especially, with a liquid component introduced into a solid porous host, solid–liquid host …

Micromechanics based models are used for predicting the effective mechanical properties of
reinforced polymer matrix composites. This paper reviews micromechanics based models …

Flexible sensors are attracting tremendous interest in electronic skins and human detection.
It is highly desirable yet challenging to incorporate self-healing, high sensitivity, and large …