Patent 11232883 was granted and assigned to Carnegie Mellon University on January, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Disclosed herein is a composite comprising an elastomer with an embedded network of liquid metal inclusions. The composite retains similar flexibility to that of an elastomer but exhibits electrical and thermal properties that differ from the properties of a homogeneous elastomer. The composite has applications for wearable devices and other soft matter electronics, among others.