In this work, monodomain liquid crystal elastomer films with exchangeable disulfide crosslinkers are cut into pieces and pasted together through dynamic disulfide exchange to form versatile shaped soft actuator materials.
The effect of chain extender structure and composition on the properties of liquid crystal elastomers (LCE) is presented. Compositions are optimized to design work-dense liquid metal LCE composites that are operated with 100 mW power.
Stretching angle for a main-chain liquid crystal elastomer has pronounced effects on the width of the stress plateau as well as the ultimate elongation, while it has no effect on the plateau height.