Matthew Scarfo

1 Introduction Structurally hybrid soft materials offer great potential in developing adaptive and multifunctional actuators for applications in soft robotics [1-3]. Among a myriad of soft materials, liquid crystalline systems have been widely used as soft actuators, given the interesting, rich, yet complex physicochemical changes associated with the conformational change they experience in response to external stimulation.

1 Introduction Soft robots aim to recapitulate the functionality of traditional robots by replacing rigid motors and pumps with soft organic artificial muscles. They offer advantages over their rigid-bodied cousins in technologies where safe human interactions, boundless degrees of freedom in motion, large strains, and lightness are required.[1-3] Among a variety of artificial muscles, liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) have attracted much attention in the past decade.

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