b

Chain stretching in brushes favors sequence recognition for nucleobase-functionalized flexible precise oligomers

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8303-8311
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00866A, Paper
Kseniia Grafskaia, Qian Qin, Jie Li, Delphine Magnin, David Dellemme, Mathieu Surin, Karine Glinel, Alain M. Jonas
Flexible oligomers having precise sequences of nucleobases do not specifically recognize surface-grafted target chains at low grafting density. Moderately higher grafting densities promote sequence-specific recognition thanks to chain stretching.
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Ion effects on minimally hydrated polymers: hydrogen bond populations and dynamics

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8291-8302
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00830H, Paper
Open Access
Eman Alasadi, Carlos R. Baiz
Compared to bulk water, ions in confined environments or heterogeneous solutions can significantly disrupt hydrogen bond networks.
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b

The impact of cross-linker distribution on magnetic nanogels: encapsulation, transport and controlled release of the tracer

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00797B, Paper
Open Access
Ivan S. Novikau, Ekaterina V. Novak, Sofia S. Kantorovich
Differences in crosslinker concentration between the core and periphery of a magnetic nanogel slow down the release of a non-magnetic cargo.
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Stochastic migrations of Marangoni surfers between two lobes of a dumbbell-shaped confinement

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00914B, Paper
Alakesh Upadhyaya, V. S. Akella
We report an experimental investigation on the stochastic migration dynamics of Marangoni surfers (camphor-infused paper disks) between the two lobes of a dumbbell-shaped chamber.
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b

Telephone cord blister formation in solvent swollen elastomer films

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01035C, Paper
Open Access
James S. Sharp, Nathaniel M. Roberts, Sam Walker
Telephone cord blister formation is studied in PDMS films swollen in four different solvents. Buckling and fracture mechanics theories are developed to interpret blister morphology and growth rates. A simple surface patterning method is introduced.
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Network interactions simultaneously enhance stiffness and lubricity of triple-network hydrogels

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00969J, Paper
Nabila Ali, Connor J. Demott, Olivia F. Dingus, Melissa A. Grunlan, Alison C. Dunn
Tough hydrogels with a charge-variable third network were assessed for biomimicking lubricity in both water and FBS solution.
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Carboxymethyl cellulose-stabilized calcium phosphate particles for injectable hydrogel-based bone tissue engineering

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00670D, Paper
Piyaporn Srisura, Yuwaporn Pinyakit, Umphan Ngoensawat, Pongsakorn Yuntasiri, Khoiria Nur Atika Putri, Theerapat Chanamuangkon, Waranyoo Phoolcharoen, Varol Intasanta, Voravee P. Hoven
Carboxymethyl cellulose-stabilized calcium phosphate particles well-dispersed in aqueous solution can be integrated into an injectable hydrogel made of methacrylated hyaluronic acid which is a promising material for bone regeneration applications.
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b

Bubble dynamics manipulation in polymeric foaming

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01040J, Paper
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Lorenzo Miele, Antonio Abate, Kentaro Taki, Ernesto Di Maio
The inverse pressure quenching treatment is proposed to decouple bubble nucleation from growth, advancing our understanding of the physics governing bubble growth and evolution in polymer foaming.
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b

Nature of barriers determines first passage times in heterogeneous media

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8353-8362
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00908H, Paper
Moumita Dasgupta, Sougata Guha, Leon Armbruster, Dibyendu Das, Mithun K. Mitra
The nature of barriers control the first passage times in heterogenous media. For entropic barriers, the first passage times increases monotonically with increasing number of barriers, while for energetic barriers, passage times show a non-monotonic behaviour with increasing barriers.
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b

Emulsifying mechanisms of phospholipids in high-pressure homogenization of perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8373-8384
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00828F, Paper
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Larissa J. Lubitz, Harden Rieger, Gero Leneweit
An optimized PFC/W emulsion contains 1 mM lipid per 1% (v/v) dispersed phase for an emulsifying monolayer; higher ratios result in triple layers. Low viscosity ratios ηD/ηC ≤ 5 and low PFC volume fractions lead to smaller monodisperse droplets.
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b

Chemo-mechanical model of cell polarization initiated by structural polarity

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8407-8419
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00800F, Paper
Hexiang Wang, Zhimeng Jia, Yuqiang Fang
We establish a multiscale model of a cell to explore the chemomechanical mechanisms of cell polarization initiated by structural polarity. The two-dimensional vertex model is built by coupling the cytoskeletal reorganization and the Cdc42 activation.
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b

Bubbles and drops between circular frames: shape, force and stability analysis

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8420-8435
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00919C, Paper
Open Access
Friedrich Walzel, Jonathan Dijoux, Leandro Jacomine, Élodie Harle, Pierre Muller, Thierry Charitat, Wiebke Drenckhan
Combining experiments, simulations and theory, we provide a complete shape analysis of two bubbles held by circular frames in the parameter space of different frame radii, distances between frames and contact angle between bubbles (0°, 60° and 90°).
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b

Nanoconfinement effects on the dynamics of an ionic liquid-based electrolyte probed by multinuclear NMR

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8436-8445
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01058B, Paper
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Andrei Filippov, Maiia Rudakova, Victor P. Archipov, Faiz Ullah Shah
Diffusivity is controlled by exchange of ions between “narrow” and “large” pores that results in an abnormal temperature variation. Li+ ions are solvated inside the porous glasses and their diffusivity remains slower as compared to the organic ions.
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b

The surface diffusivity of nanoparticles physically adsorbed at a solid–liquid interface

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8446-8454
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00992D, Paper
Troy Singletary, Nima Iranmanesh, Carlos E. Colosqui
This work proposes an analytical model considering the effects of hydrodynamic drag and energy barriers induced by liquid solvation forces to predict the in-plane translational diffusivity of a nanoparticle physically adsorbed on a wetted surface.
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Self-assembly of amphiphilic homopolymers grafted onto spherical nanoparticles: complete embedded minimal surfaces and a machine learning algorithm for their recognition

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8385-8394
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00616J, Paper
D. A. Mitkovskiy, A. A. Lazutin, A. L. Talis, V. V. Vasilevskaya
Amphiphilic macromolecules grafted onto spherical nanoparticles can self-assemble into morphological structures corresponding to the family of complete embedded minimal surfaces. They arise situationally, can coexist and transform into each other.
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b

Optimality and cooperativity in superselective surface binding by multivalent DNA nanostars

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8515-8523
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00704B, Paper
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Christine Linne, Eva Heemskerk, Jos W. Zwanikken, Daniela J. Kraft, Liedewij Laan
Our study shows that DNA nanostars with three binding sites (ligands) can (1) bind superselectively to surfaces based on receptor density, and (2) that interactions between ligands affect the optimum number of ligands required for superselectivity.
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b

Strain rate controls alignment in growing bacterial monolayers

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8468-8479
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00625A, Paper
Blake Langeslay, Gabriel Juarez
A model of cell alignment in confined growing bacterial monolayers connecting net monolayer deformation to the behavior of individual cells.
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b

Mechanical characterization of freestanding lipid bilayers with temperature-controlled phase

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8524-8537
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00706A, Paper
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Arash Yahyazadeh Shourabi, Roland Kieffer, Djanick de Jong, Daniel Tam, Marie-Eve Aubin-Tam
Lipid membranes formed in a microfluidic device are studied with temperature-controlled optical tweezers, revealing how mechanical properties of ripple phase and gel-fluid phase-separated membranes change when heated above the transition temperature.
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pH and glucose dual-responsive phenylboronic acid hydrogels for smart insulin delivery

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01004C, Paper
Keke Yang, Hou Bo, Dewei Ma, Mingwei Peng, Qinglong Liu, Ziwen Heng, Zhongwei Gu, Xuhan Liu, Siyuan Chen
Phenylboronic acid (PBA) is a widely exploited glucose-sensitive element for constructing glucose-responsive hydrogels to enable smart insulin delivery.
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b

Retraction: Self-assembled organic nanotubes embedding hydrophobic molecules within solid bilayer membranes

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM90171A, Retraction
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Naohiro Kameta, Masumi Asakawa, Mitsutoshi Masuda, Toshimi Shimizu
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b

Retraction: Supramolecular organic nanotubes: how to utilize the inner nanospace and the outer space

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM90172J, Retraction
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Naohiro Kameta, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Mitsutoshi Masuda
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b

Rolling and ordering of micro rods in shear flow induced by rod wall interactions

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00999A, Paper
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Martin Wittmann, Igor M. Kulić, Antonio Stocco, Juliane Simmchen
We use experiments and theoretical models to investigate the rolling and translational motion of rod-shaped micro particles close to a solid wall in the presence or absence of shear flow.
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b

Coupled dynamics in binary mixtures of model colloidal Yukawa systems

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01123F, Paper
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Daniel Weidig, Joachim Wagner
Self- and collective dynamics in mixtures of highly charged binary colloidal particles is analyzed by Brownian dynamics simulations. For equally charged, but differently sized particles coupling effects in their long-time dynamics are observed.
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Enhanced gravitational trapping of bottom-heavy Janus particles over parallel microgrooves

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00989D, Paper
Yan Wen, Jiayu Liu, Wei Wang, Pik-Yin Lai, Penger Tong
We report a systematic study of barrier-crossing dynamics of bottom-heavy self-propelled particles (SPPs) over a one-dimensional periodic potential landscape $U_0(x)$, which is fabricated on a microgroove-patterned polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate. From...
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b

Mapping deformation dynamics to composition of topologically-active DNA blends

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01065E, Paper
Karthik R. Peddireddy, Ryan McGorty, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson
We leverage in situ enzymatic topological conversion and OpTiDDM to map the deformation dynamics of DNA blends with over 70 fractions of linear, ring and supercoiled molecules that span the phase space of possible topological compositions.
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b

Scale-dependent interactions enable emergent microrheological stress response of actin–vimentin composites

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00988F, Paper
Julie Pinchiaroli, Renita Saldanha, Alison E. Patteson, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson, Bekele J. Gurmessa
The unique mechanical behaviors of actin–vimentin composites in both linear and nonlinear regimes are shaped by the complex interactions among actin entanglements, vimentin crosslinking, and poroelastic properties.
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b

Liquid crystalline collagen assemblies as substrates for directed alignment of human Schwann cells

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00534A, Paper
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Homa Ghaiedi, Luis Carlos Pinzon Herrera, Saja Alshafeay, Leonard Harris, Jorge Almodovar, Karthik Nayani
Collagen is a key component of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and well-oriented domains of collagen are important for mimicking the local cell environment in vitro. Here, we demonstrate macroscopic alignment on collagen in 2-D substrates and 3-D hydrogels.
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b

Towards a universal model for the foaming behavior of surfactants: a case study on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00931B, Paper
Muchu Zhou, Reza Foudazi
Foam fractionation offers a promising solution for the separation of surface-active contaminants from water.
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b

Aging iridium oxide catalyst inks: a formulation strategy to enhance ink processability for polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolyzers

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00987H, Paper
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Sunilkumar Khandavalli, Jae Hyung Park, Robin Rice, Diana Y. Zhang, Sarah A. Berlinger, Guido Bender, Deborah J. Myers, Michael Ulsh, Scott A. Mauger
Steady-shear rheology showing evolution of the microstructure of iridium oxide catalyst inks of PEM water electrolyzers with aging time.
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b

Active nematic coherence probed under spatial patterns of distributed activity

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00651H, Paper
Ignasi Vélez Cerón, Jordi Ignes-Mullol, Francesc Sagues
A photoresponsive variant of the paradigmatic active nematic fluid made of microtubules and powered by kinesin motors is studied in the conventional two-dimensional interfaced form when forced under blue-light illumination....
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b

Banana DNA derivatives as homeotropic alignment layers in optical devices

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8561-8569
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00322E, Paper
Rafał Węgłowski, Anna Spadło, Dorota Węgłowska
In this study, DNA extracted from bananas was functionalized and used as a homeotropic alignment layer for liquid crystals.
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b

Revealing microscale bulk structures in polymer–carbon nanocomposites using spin-echo SANS

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8663-8674
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00578C, Paper
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L. V. Tiihonen, M. P. Weir, A. J. Parnell, S. C. Boothroyd, D. W. Johnson, R. M. Dalgliesh, M. Bleuel, C. P. Duif, W. G. Bouwman, R. L. Thompson, K. S. Coleman, N. Clarke, W. A. Hamilton, A. L. Washington, S. R. Parnell
Spin-echo small-angle neutron scattering (SESANS) revealed structure in polymer–carbon nanocomposites over multiple length scales with unprecedented range (10 nm–16 μm). Data from two SESANS instruments and other methods were analysed with SasView.
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b

Model predictive control of non-interacting active Brownian particles

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8581-8588
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00902A, Paper
Titus Quah, Kevin J. Modica, James B. Rawlings, Sho C. Takatori
Model predictive control is used to guide the spatiotemporal distribution of active Brownian particles by forecasting future states and optimizing control inputs to achieve tasks like dividing a population into two groups.
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b

Tuning collective actuation of active solids by optimizing activity localization

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8570-8580
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00868E, Paper
Davi Lazzari, Olivier Dauchot, Carolina Brito
Active solids, more specifically elastic lattices embedded with polar active units, exhibit collective actuation when the elasto-active feedback, generically present in such systems, exceeds some critical value.
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b

Confined bicontinuous microemulsions: nanoscale dynamics of the surfactant film

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8692-8701
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00925H, Paper
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Margarethe Dahl, Olaf Holderer, René Haverkamp, Ingo Hoffmann, Kathleen Wood, Jessica Hübner, Thomas Hellweg, Stefan Wellert
A confined bicontinuous C10E4–D2O–n-octane microemulsion is studied using neutron spin echo spectroscopy (NSE). The pore size of the confining matrices determines the dynamics of the confined bicontinuous microemulsion.
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b

Hydrophobic fouling-resistant electrospun nanofiber membranes from poly(vinylidene fluoride)/polyampholyte blends

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8654-8662
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00817K, Paper
Anuja S. Jayasekara, Luca Mazzaferro, Ryan O’Hara, Ayse Asatekin, Peggy Cebe
This study reports the fabrication of non-woven fibrous membranes from electrospinning blended solutions of PVDF with a random polyampholyte amphiphilic copolymer (r-PAC) in N,N-dimethylformamide and methanol.
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b

Entropically and enthalpically driven self-assembly of a naphthalimide-based luminescent organic π-amphiphile in water

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8684-8691
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00986J, Paper
Sk Mursed Ali, Sujauddin Sk, Shuvajyoti Sarkar, Sayani Das, Nayim Sepay, Mijanur Rahaman Molla
Entropically and enthalpically favourable vesicular self-assembly of a naphthalimide based water soluble luminescent organic dipolar building block is reported.
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b

Bending of polymer films: a method for obtaining a compressive modulus of thin films

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8589-8600
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00084F, Paper
Akihiro Ohara, Ko Okumura
We constructed a theory and method for measuring the compressive modulus by combining tensile and bending tests. Elastic asymmetry was confirmed in an industrial PET film.
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b

Extended kinetic theory applied to pressure-controlled shear flows of frictionless spheres between rigid, bumpy planes

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8702-8715
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00831F, Paper
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Dalila Vescovi, Astrid S. de Wijn, Graham L. W. Cross, Diego Berzi
We perform discrete simulations of steady, pressure-imposed, heterogeneous flows of frictionless spheres sheared between parallel bumpy planes, and use the results to test the predictions of the extended kinetic theory of granular gases.
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Structure affinity of the Langmuir monolayer and the corresponding Langmuir–Blodgett film revealed by X-ray techniques

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8601-8609
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01050G, Paper
Alvina V. Alexandrova, Maxim A. Shcherbina, Yuriy L. Repchenko, Yuriy M. Selivantiev, Alexander V. Shokurov, Vladimir V. Arslanov, Sofiya L. Selektor
Using X-ray techniques, crown-substituted chromoionophore Langmuir–Blodgett films were proved to preserve the fine structure and functional features of pre-organized monolayers.
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Influence of counterion type on the scattering of a semiflexible polyelectrolyte

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8610-8620
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00874J, Paper
Open Access
Anish Gulati, Jack F. Douglas, Olga Matsarskaia, Carlos G. Lopez
Understanding the influence of counterion and backbone solvation on the conformational and thermodynamic properties of polyelectrolytes in solution is one of the main open challenges in polyelectrolyte science.
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b

The role of macrocycles in supramolecular assembly with polymers

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8549-8560
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01053A, Review Article
Ruslan Kashapov, Yuliya Razuvayeva, Elena Fedorova, Lucia Zakharova
Supramolecular self-assembly of polymers with macrocycles has attracted the attention because it enables the spontaneous creation of nanostructures with unique properties.
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Hydrogel-based 3D fabrication of multiple replicas with varying sizes and materials from a single template via iterative shrinking

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00835A, Paper
Eunseok Heo, Hye Been Koo, Jun Chang Yang, In Cho, Hyun-Hee Lee, Yong-Jin Yoon, Steve Park, Jae-Byum Chang
3D printing technologies have been widely used for the rapid prototyping of 3D structures, but their application in a broader context has been hampered by their low printing throughput. For...
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Co-assembly of Cellulose Nanocrystals and Gold Nanorods: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Modelling

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00871E, Paper
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Jiaxin Hou, William W Sampson, Ahu Gumrah Dumanli
A coarse-grained molecular dynamics model is developed to explore the co-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and gold nanorods (AuNRs) under sedimentation conditions with varying vol- umetric concentration and particle-size ratios....
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Fibrotaxis: gradient-free, spontaneous and controllable droplet motion on soft solids

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01022A, Paper
Open Access
Sthavishtha Bhopalam, Jesus Bueno, Hector Gomez
Most passive droplet transport strategies rely on spatial variations of material properties to drive droplet motion, leading to gradient-based mechanisms with intrinsic length scales that limit the droplet velocity or...
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Mechanical properties soft hydrogels: assessment by scanning ion-conductance microscopy and atomic force microscopy

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00966E, Paper
Tatiana Tikhonova, Yuri M. Efremov, Vasilii Kolmogorov, Aleksei Iakovlev, Nikolay Sysoev, Peter S. Timashev, Victor Fadeev, Alexander Tivtikyan, Sergey Salikhov, Petr Gorelkin, Yuri Korchev, Alexandr Erofeev, Evgeny Shirshin
The growing interest in biomimetic hydrogels is due to their successful applications in tissue engineering, 3D cell culturing and drug delivery. Major characteristics of hydrogels include swelling, porosity, degradation rate,...
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Ring-shaped nanoparticle assembly and cross-linking on lipid vesicle scaffolds

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01010H, Communication
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Gizem Karabiyik, Aldo Jesorka, Irep Gözen
We show the assembly and cross-linking of carboxylate-modified polystyrene nanoparticles into flexible circular, ring-shaped structures with micrometer sized diameters around the base of surface-adhered giant lipid vesicles.
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Supramolecular chiroptical sensing of chiral species based on circularly polarized luminescence

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00960F, Review Article
Panyang Chen, Huahua Fan, Sifan Du, Xin Wen, Li Zhang, Minghua Liu
Chiral analytes can bind to an achiral fluorescent system to generate circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). Subsequently, the CPL signal can be employed to determine the absolute configuration of the chiral substrate.
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Tribocharging of granular materials flowing in grounded inclined tubes

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01082E, Paper
Nicolas Preud’homme, Julien Schockmel, Eric Opsomer, Geoffroy Lumay
Numerical simulations using the patch model and the method of image charges, validated against experiments, show that tribocharging in granular materials within inclined grounded tubes depends on the tube's tilt angle and length.
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Reversible pH-responsive supramolecular aggregates from viologen based amphiphiles – A molecular design perspective

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00695J, Paper
Redhills L. Narendran, Archita Patnaik
pH responsive self-assembled supramolecular systems in water hold tremendous promise spanning across the various realms of science and technology. Herein, we report the design and synthesis of benzyl viologen (BV)...
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