Soft-matter composites with electrically tunable elastic rigidity

Engineering & Materials Science

• Rigidity 97%
• Elastomers 69%
• Metals 61%
• Composite materials 56%
• Indium alloys 29%
• Tin alloys 24%
• Shape-memory polymer 22%
• Gallium 22%
• Liquids 21%
• Joule heating 20%
• Tensile testing 18%
• Melting point 17%
• Adhesives 14%
• Electronic equipment 13%
• Elastic moduli 13%
• Lasers 12%
• Temperature 6%

Physics & Astronomy

• rigidity 100%
• elastomers 68%
• composite materials 59%
• metals 49%
• liquid phases 27%
• indium alloys 24%
• tin alloys 22%
• Joule heating 18%
• test equipment 17%
• heaters 16%
• gallium 16%
• adhesives 15%
• melting points 15%
• modulus of elasticity 12%
• causes 9%
• polymers 9%
• room temperature 8%
• electronics 8%
• lasers 7%

Chemical Compounds

• Elastomer 94%
• Composite Material 48%
• Adhesive Film 36%
• Serpentine 34%
• Alloy 16%
• Shape 15%
• Ambient Reaction Temperature 13%