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Fabrication of black TiO2 through microwave heating for visible light-driven photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine 6G

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,3003-3015
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00202D, Paper
Riska Rachmantyo, Afif Akmal Afkauni, Ricky Reinaldo, Lei Zhang, Arramel Arramel, Muhammad Danang Birowosuto, Arie Wibowo, Hermawan Judawisastra
This study shows that a narrower band gap TiO2, namely black TiO2, can be prepared using NaBH4 as a reducing material and microwave heating, which is a faster, greener, and simpler method than the existing method using furnace heating.
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Complete kinetic model and process reengineering of glyoxal oxidation by nitric acid in a capillary microreactor

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,3016-3028
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00313F, Paper
Junnan Wang, Wei Zhan, Yating Li, Ting Wang, Chengxiang He, Chunying Zhu, Youguang Ma, Taotao Fu
The oxidation of glyoxal by nitric acid to glyoxylic acid is a complex process with parallel and consecutive side reactions.
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Boosting the kinetics of PET glycolysis

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,3038-3046
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00235K, Paper
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Maria Schlüter, Ryota Enomoto, Shin Makino, Lisa Weihs, Cyra Lina Stamm, Kerstin Wohlgemuth, Christoph Held
Glycolysis is the most promising chemical recycling method to depolymerize poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) with ethylene glycol (EG) into the monomer bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET).
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Immobilization of cationic dye on photoluminescent hydroxyapatite particles through a citric acid bonding layer

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,2863-2867
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00277F, Communication
Daichi Noda, Wanyu Shi, Aiga Yamada, Zizhen Liu, Motohiro Tagaya
Promotion of the immobilization of cationic porphyrin on Eu(III) ion-doped hydroxyapatite nanoparticles through citric acid as the bonding layer was achieved.
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Scalable electrocatalyzed formation of C–O bonds using flow reactor technology

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00438H, Paper
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Michael Prieschl, David Cantillo, C. Oliver Kappe, Gabriele Laudadio
A scalable C–O bond formation via continuous-flow Ni-electrocatalysis was developed, enabling the gram-scale preparation of a key delamanid intermediate, a pharmaceutical used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
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Unveiling the dynamic CO2 capture performance of MgO promoted with molten salts and CaCO3 via fixed bed reactor experiments

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00432A, Paper
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Theodoros Papalas, Andy N. Antzaras, Angeliki A. Lemonidou
MgO promoted with molten alkali salts and CaCO3 displayed efficient CO2 capture activity in a fixed bed reactor, attaining 75% CO2 removal at 275 °C and stable cyclic performance, with the promoters providing an alternative carbonation mechanism.
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Removal of gaseous Hg0 by Cl-loaded carbonaceous material prepared from rice husk

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00414K, Paper
Naoto Tsubouchi, Momone Yoshizawa, Javzandogole Bud, Yuuki Mochizuki
The main objective of this study was to investigate the removal of gaseous Hg0 from the residue obtained during the chlorination of rice husk char to recover silica.
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Selective Separation of Li, Ni, Co and Mn from Model Spent Li Ion Battery Cathode by Dry Processing using Combination of Chlorination and Oxidation

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00328D, Paper
Naoto Tsubouchi, Yuuki Mochizuki
The volatilization of Li, Ni, Co, and Mn during chlorination treatment of LNO, LCO, and LMO (model materials for used LIB cathode material) was investigated with the aim of developing...
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Design and performance evaluation of low-volatility and low-viscosity absorbents for CO2 capture

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00379A, Paper
Ning Ma, Liu Yang, Zhenchang Fang, Kaijia Jiang, Xinling Li, Zhen Huang
This study synthesized a novel homogeneous non-aqueous absorbent and analyzed hydrogen bonds and viscosities, which were rarely studied before.
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Synthesis of ethylphenols and xanthenes via reaction of calcium carbide and phenol: experimental and theoretical studies

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00397G, Paper
Xin Liu, Yuxin Yan, Zhenyu Liu, Qingya Liu
A novel synthesis of xanthenes and ethylphenols by the reaction of phenol with CaC2 without catalysts and solvents.
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Sugar additive with a halogen group enabling a highly reversible and dendrite-free Zn anode

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00366G, Paper
Weihao Xu, Xipo Ma, Pengbo Lyu, Zhenren Gao, Chunshuang Yan, Chade Lv
Sucralose, a weakly polar sugar electrolyte additive containing halogen elements, enables a highly reversible and dendrite-free Zn anode.
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Ammonia Decomposition over Low-loading Ruthenium Catalyst Achieved through “Adiabatic” Plasma Reactor

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00509K, Paper
Minhazur Rahman Shawon, Chinwendu Umeojiakor, Anthony Griffin, Jeffrey S. Aguinaga, Jiachun Wu, Derek Patton, Zhe Qiang, Hossein Toghiani, Yizhi Xiang
Electrified catalytic processes for ammonia (NH3) decomposition have been considered as essential technologies for distributed COx-free hydrogen production. Here we show that efficient NH3 decomposition can be achieved over low-loading...
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Nickel foam supported biochar doped Ni–Mo bimetallic oxide for supercapacitor application

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00471J, Paper
Zhongxin Jin, Kaijia Hu, Feng Lin, Siqi Liu, Ruining Gu, Wei Zhang, Siyu Liu, Caiying Li, Hongyang Liao, Xinping Cai, Haijun Pang, Chunjing Zhang, Huiyuan Ma
A novel C-MoO3-NiO2/NF electrode derived from polyoxometalate and rice is obtained and provides a new strategy for the development of high-performance supercapacitors.
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Trapping bond exchange phenomenon revealed for off-stoichiometry cross-linking of phase-separated vitrimer-like materials

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,2961-2968
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00074A, Paper
Takumi Kito, Mikihiro Hayashi
Unusual relaxation and creep properties by the trapping bond exchange phenomenon is revealed for vitrimer-like materials with bond exchangeable domains of quaternized pyridines, in the special case of off- stoichiometric cross-linking condition.
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Phenylboronate-salicylate ester cross-linked self-healing hydrogel composed of modified hyaluronan at physiological pH

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,2926-2936
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01417G, Paper
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Ryotaro Miki, Tsutomu Yamaki, Masaki Uchida, Hideshi Natsume
A self-healing hydrogel can be easily prepared at physiological pH by using phenylboronic acid-modified hyaluronic acid and salicylic acid-modified hyaluronic acid.
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Self-adhesion of uncrosslinked poly(butadiene-co-acrylonitrile), i.e. nitrile rubber, an inhomogeneous and associative polymer

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,2978-2985
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01630G, Paper
Valentine Hervio, Annie Brûlet, Costantino Creton, Gabriel E. Sanoja
The precursor of NBR, poly(acrylonitrile-co-butadiene), experiences thermodynamic forces for self-assembly and kinetic barriers for processing. We introduce three strategies to overcome such barriers and enable polymer self-adhesion in the bulk.
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Correction: Fabricating multi-scale controllable PEDOT:PSS arrays via templated freezing assembly

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3021-3021
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM90038C, Correction
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Yang Lin, Junqiang Mao, Qingrui Fan, Jianjun Wang
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Analysis of the adhesive secreting cells of Arion subfuscus: insights into the role of microgels in a tough, fast-setting hydrogel glue

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00071D, Paper
Andrew M. Smith, Patrick Flammang
A model for the rapid setting of a gastropod hydrogel adhesive. Cross-linked microgels mix with microscopic packets of polysaccharides; these flow onto surfaces until the packets rupture, joining the microgels together.
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A bio-inspired co-simulation crawling robot enabled by a carbon dot-doped dielectric elastomer

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00029C, Paper
Yubing Han, Bori Shi, En Xie, Peng Huang, Yaozhong Zhou, Chang Xue, Weijia Wen, Huayan Pu, Mengying Zhang, Jinbo Wu
The introduction of NCDs@SiO2 cluster particles not only improves the mechanical and dielectric properties of an elastomer but also exhibits fluorescence and actuation response under the co-stimulation of UV and electricity, respectively.
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Agent-based modeling of stress anisotropy driven nematic ordering in growing biofilms

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01535A, Paper
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Changhao Li, Japinder Nijjer, Luyi Feng, Qiuting Zhang, Jing Yan, Sulin Zhang
Our agent-based model reveals complex spatiotemperal evolution of the morphology and internal cell ordering of Vibrio cholerae biofilms.
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Solutal Marangoni force controls lateral motion of electrolytic gas bubbles

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3097-3106
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01646C, Paper
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Hongguang Zhang, Yunqing Ma, Mengyuan Huang, Gerd Mutschke, Xianren Zhang
The MD and CFD indicate that the lateral solutal Marangoni force originating from an asymmetric distribution of dissolved gas causes bubbles oscillation and self-pinning effect.
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Thermoresponsive oil-continuous gels based on double-interpenetrating colloidal-particle networks

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3033-3043
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01582C, Paper
Braulio A. Macias-Rodriguez, Roland Gouzy, Corentin Coulais, Krassimir P. Velikov
Gels of multicomponent building blocks offer promising opportunities for the development of novel soft materials with unique and useful structures and properties.
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Disorder-to-order transition of long fibers contained in evaporating sessile drops

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3107-3117
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01735D, Paper
S. Sannyamath, R. Vetter, H. Bonart, M. Hartmann, R. Ganguly, S. Hardt
We demonstrate self-organization of hydrophilic fibers, contained in a sessile droplet in a disordered initial configurations, to transform into an order deposit. Findings suggest new avenues to decorate solid surfaces with filamental structures.
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Self-assembly of rod–coil–rod block copolymers in a coil-selective solvent: coarse-grained simulation results

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3131-3142
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00251B, Paper
Chiraz Toujani, Luis A. Padilla, Nour Alhraki, Su-Mi Hur, Abelardo Ramírez-Hernández
Parameters that govern the self assembly of a symmetric triblock copolymer.
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Dilute gel networks vs. clumpy gels in colloidal systems with a competition between repulsive and attractive interactions

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3143-3153
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01717F, Paper
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M. Gimperlein, Jasper N. Immink, M. Schmiedeberg
Dilute and dense systems differ in the way structural properties emerge. Two regimes of percolation might be responsible for differences. Global and local structural properties give insights into these differences.
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Form II to form I transition in solution-crystallized isotactic polybutene-1

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3191-3202
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00152D, Paper
Peng Fu, Jiaxin Huo, Jingqing Li, Claudio De Rosa, Shichun Jiang
Different polymer chains in a solution or melt have different conformations with corresponding entropy at each moment, which would be confined after crystallization.
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Destructive effect of fluctuations on the performance of a Brownian gyrator

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3154-3160
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01606D, Paper
Pascal Viot, Aykut Argun, Giovanni Volpe, Alberto Imparato, Lamberto Rondoni, Gleb Oshanin
The Brownian gyrator is often called a minimal model of a nano-engine performing a rotational motion, because in non-equilibrium conditions its torque, specific angular momentum  and specific angular velocity  have non-zero mean values.
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Steering droplets on substrates with plane-wave wettability patterns and deformations

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3161-3174
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00213J, Paper
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Josua Grawitter, Holger Stark
Motivated by strategies for targeted microfluidic transport of droplets, we investigate how sessile droplets can be steered toward a preferred direction using travelling waves in substrate wettability or deformations of the substrate.
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Axonal tension contributes to consistent fold placement

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3053-3065
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00129J, Paper
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Xincheng Wang, Shuolun Wang, Maria A. Holland
We propose a novel bilayer finite element model incorporating axonal tension in the subcortex. Our results reveal that axonal tension serves as a perturbation that triggers folding and determines the placement of folds.
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Fabric-based jamming phase diagram for frictional granular materials

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3175-3190
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01277H, Paper
Yuxuan Wen, Yida Zhang
Fabric-based jamming phase diagram, where Ft and Zt are the fabric anisotropy (deviatoric invariant of the 2nd order fabric tensor) and the coordination number (mean invariant of the 2nd order fabric tensor) of the total-contact network, respectively.
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Can self-propelled objects escape from compression stimulation?

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00288A, Paper
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Masaki Yoshikai, Muneyuki Matsuo, Nobuhiko J. Suematsu, Hiraku Nishimori, Satoshi Nakata
We studied circular papers impregnated with camphor (CPs) and CPs with magnets (MCPs) as self-propelled objects floating on water under the compression of the water surface as an inanimate system for evacuation in an emergency.
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A microrheological examination of insulin-secreting β-cells in healthy and diabetic-like conditions

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01141K, Paper
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Lukas Woolley, Adam Burbidge, Jan Vermant, Fotis Christakopoulos
We provide an insight into the compliance of β-cells and explore structural changes in conditions relevant to type-2 diabetes, showing an altered transport behavior and hindering the effective control of insulin secretion.
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A computational study of cell membrane damage and intracellular delivery in a cross-slot microchannel

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00047A, Paper
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Ruixin Lu, Peng Yu, Yi Sui
The inertial effect increases the cell deformation and membrane damage in the channel cross-slot; however, the enhancement can be reversed by the cell membrane viscosity.
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Divergent self-assembly propensity of enantiomeric phenylalanine amphiphiles that undergo pH-induced nanofiber-to-nanoglobule conversion

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00117F, Paper
Manas Kumar Pradhan, Nayanika Misra, Fathima Sahala, Nyaya Prakash Pradhan, Aasheesh Srivastava
Enantiomeric single phenylalanine derivatives demonstrate very different self-assembling propensity and thermodynamic parameters associated with self-assembly.
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Adsorption of semiflexible wormlike polymers to a bar and their double-chain complex formation

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00188E, Paper
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A. N. Semenov, I. A. Nyrkova
The quantitative transfer matrix approach and scaling arguments in terms of trains, loops, tails and supertrains allowed us to characterize the main regimes of semiflexible chain adsorption on a bar and double-chain complex formation.
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Faceted wrinkling by contracting a curved boundary

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01347B, Paper
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Anshuman S. Pal, Luka Pocivavsek, Thomas A. Witten
A novel mode of wrinkling avoids stretching by forming tilted, triangular facets.
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A Passive Star Polymer in a Dense Active Bath: Insights from Computer Simulations

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Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00144C, Paper
Ramanand Singh Yadav, Sanaa Sharma, Ralf Metzler, Rajarshi Chakrabarti
Using computer simulations in two dimensions (2D), we explore the structure and dynamics of a star polymer with three arms made of passive monomers immersed in a bath of active...
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Stable and permeable polyion complex vesicles designed as enzymatic nanoreactors

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00216D, Paper
Yuting Wan, Yuening Qiu, Jin Zhou, Jinbo Liu, Martien A. Cohen Stuart, Yangfeng Peng, Junyou Wang
Stable and permeable polyion complex vesicles designed as enzymatic nanoreactors.
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Pinning–depinning transition of droplets on inclined substrates with a three-dimensional topographical defect

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00081A, Paper
Ninad V. Mhatre, Satish Kumar
The influence of defect geometry on the critical inclination angle required for droplet depinning on inclined substrates is studied.
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Dynamic compaction of cohesive granular materials: scaling behavior and bonding structures

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01116J, Paper
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Max Sonzogni, Jean-Mathieu Vanson, Katerina Ioannidou, Yvan Reynier, Sébastien Martinet, Farhang Radjai
The compaction of cohesive granular materials is a common operation in powder-based manufacture of many products.
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Hydrogen bonding enhanced drug–polymer interaction for efficient drug loading and delivery

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00003J, Communication
Xiaotian Qu, Junran Li, Yishu Yu, Jie Yang
A carrier design strategy of hydrogen bonding enhanced drug–carrier interaction is developed to prepare a polymeric nanomedicine with high drug loading content and superb loading efficiency as well as tunable nanostructures.
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Self-healing polyacrylates based on dynamic disulfide and quadruple hydrogen bonds

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00257A, Paper
Longjin Du, Yuting Zhong, Linying Zhao, Chengzhen Hu, Liang Shen, Yuping Yang, Jiang Zhong
Herein, a self-healing polyacrylate system was successfully prepared by introducing crosslinking agents containing disulfide bonds and monomers capable of forming quadruple hydrogen bonds through free radical copolymerization.
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Topology of ferroelectric nematic droplets: the case driven by flexoelectricity or depolarization field

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01042B, Communication
Yu Zou, Jidan Yang, Xinxin Zhang, Mingjun Huang, Satoshi Aya
Emerging polar nematics exhibits nontrivial topologies in confinement, controlled by the magnitude of the polarization.
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Novel turbulence and coarsening arrest in active-scalar fluids

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00163J, Paper
Nadia Bihari Padhan, Kolluru Venkata Kiran, Rahul Pandit
We uncover a new type of turbulence – activity-induced homogeneous and isotropic turbulence – in a model that has been employed to investigate motility-induced phase separation (MIPS) in a system of microswimmers.
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The effect of structural changes on the self-assembly of novel green pyridinium-carboxylate gemini surfactants in Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett films

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01671D, Paper
Ala’a F. Eftaiha, Abdussalam K. Qaroush, Dina M. Foudeh, Ahmad S. Abo-shunnar, Suhad B. Hammad, Khaleel I. Assaf, Matthew F. Paige
The synthesis and interfacial characterization of a series of gemini surfactants based on pyridine-n-carboxylic acids, including picolinic, nicotinic, and isonicotinic acids, in Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett films have been reported.
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Temperature dependence of micelle shape transitions in copolymer solutions: the role of inter-block incompatibility

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00331D, Paper
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M. J. Greenall, M. J. Derry
The incompatibility of the blocks in a copolymer strongly affects the temperature dependence of the micelle shape transitions in solution.
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The interplay of chirality and restricted rotation: stabilisation of chiral, frustrated mesophases over a wide thermal range

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00126E, Paper
Sachin A. Bhat, Channabasaveshwara V. Yelamaggad
Chiral dimers formed by linking cholesterol to phenyl 3-(4-(n-alkoxy)phenyl)propiolate via ω-oxyalkanoyloxy spacer exhibit odd–even effect, stabilizing SmA, N*, BPI/II, & TGBC* phases. TGBC* phase width increases with longer terminal tails.
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Bacteria–surface interactions: role of impacting bacteria-laden droplets

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00196F, Paper
Sudip Shyam, Sirshendu Misra, Surjyasish Mitra, Sushanta K. Mitra
Impact-induced transformation of bacteria from a viable to a dormant mode.
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Softness matters: effects of compression on the behavior of adsorbed microgels at interfaces

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00235K, Paper
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Yuri Gerelli, Fabrizio Camerin, Steffen Bochenek, Maximilian M. Schmidt, Armando Maestro, Walter Richtering, Emanuela Zaccarelli, Andrea Scotti
As lateral compression is applied, microgel particles with different softness exhibit distinct behaviours. Hard microgels (green particles) are pushed away from the air–water interface, whereas soft ones (orange particles) are less deformed.
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Morphology of Impact Polypropylene Copolymer Extruded Cast Film Revealed by Confocal Raman Imaging

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Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00156G, Paper
Chunbo Zhang, Meng Xu, Minqiao Ren, Hongwei Shi, Guoming Liu, Juan Li, Xuanbo Liu, Longgui Zhang, Dali Gao
An impact polypropylene copolymer (IPC), composed of polypropylene (PP) and ethylene-propylene copolymer (EPC), was synthesized through two-stage in-reactor polymerization. A systematic investigation of the crystalline structure, thermal behavior, morphology, and...
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