Natalie Cotterell·Development Editor
12/18/2025
engineeringmaterialspolymerssoft-actuators
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) have emerged as a leading platform for soft actuators, haptic interfaces, and mechanically responsive materials, owing to their ability to undergo large, reversible shape transformations. Conventional two-stage LCE programming strategies, however, typically rely on a base-catalyzed first crosslinking step, which limits processing time, scalability, and compatibili…