To reproduce the formulations' liquid crystalline behavior during bulk polymerization, we designed a custom heated mold with precise temperature control (Supplementary Figures ). Furthermore, a customized curing protocol was established to avoid heating the formulation above its liquid crystalline phase due to polymerization heat, initially employing a low-intensity irradiation step followed by a high intensity final curing step, which resulted in a soft, semitransparent specimen in the case of ETTMP, and in milky, opaque specimens in all other cases.