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  • Soft robotics
  • Materials science
  • Surface engineering

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  • Soft robotic functions at object surfaces offer significant potential for human life improvements in comfort, health, medical care, and energy.
  • Liquid crystal networks and elastomers are emerging materials for advanced soft robotic applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the possibilities and versatility of liquid crystal networks and elastomers in soft robotics.
  • To emphasize the development of motile surface properties and topographical dynamics.
  • To explore stimuli-responsive transformations of material surfaces.

Main Methods:

  • Reviewing literature on liquid crystal networks and elastomers for soft robotics.
  • Analyzing stimuli-responsive mechanisms (heat, light, electricity, pH).
  • Illustrating macroscopic effects of dynamic topographies.

Main Results:

  • Liquid crystal networks and elastomers can create surfaces that reversibly change topography from flat to corrugated states.
  • These surfaces can transition between different corrugated states.
  • Stimuli like heat, light, electricity, or pH changes trigger these transformations.
  • Dynamic topographies can alter friction, wettability, and perform work.

Conclusions:

  • Liquid crystal networks and elastomers present versatile solutions for creating dynamic surfaces in soft robotics.
  • Further research is needed to address existing challenges and unlock future opportunities in this field.