Systematic trade-off relationship between increased stress and decreased strain range at soft elasticity with the addition of crosslinkers in liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs). Control of the crosslink density is within the range of already-established synthetic process adjustments. By selecting the molar ratio of the crosslinkers, the set of stress and strain range at soft elasticity can be fixed arbitrarily. By controlling the crosslink density of LCEs at different sites, multimodal actuators can be realized.
- Haruka Yasuoka
- Kazuaki Z. Takahashi
- Takeshi Aoyagi
