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Ocean outbreak: confronting the rising tide of marine disease / Drew Harvell

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Mixed plantations of eucalyptus and leguminous trees: soil, microbiology and ecosystem services / Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira Cardoso, José Leonardo de Moraes Gonçalves, Fabiano de Carvalho Balieiro, Avílio Antônio Franco, editors

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Models of tree and stand dynamics: theory, formulation and application / Annikki Mäkelä, Harry T. Valentine

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A theory of global biodiversity / Boris Worm and Derek P. Tittensor

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Garden variety: the American tomato from corporate to heirloom / John M. Hoenig

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The Great Barrier Reef: biology, environment and management / Pat Hutchings, Michael Kingsford, and Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, editors

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Nature and the environment in Amish life / David L. McConnell and Marilyn D. Loveless

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The American Museum of Natural History and how it got that way / Colin Davey with Thomas A. Lesser ; foreword by Kermit Roosevelt III

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Landscape patterns in a range of spatio-temporal scales Alexander V. Khoroshev, Kirill N. Dyakonov, editors

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Neotropical diversification: patterns and processes / Valentí Rull, Ana Carolina Carnaval, editors

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The Relation Between Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Rural Households: Evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania / Giulia Barbanente

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Białowieża Primeval Forest: nature and culture in the Nineteenth Century / Tomasz Samojilik, Anastasia Fedotova, Piotr Daszkiewicz, Ian D. Rotherham

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New frontiers in stress management for durable agriculture Amitava Rakshit, Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Anand Kumar Singh, Uma Shankar Singh, Leonardo Fraceto, editors

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Future of rice demand: quality beyond productivity / Antonio Costa de Oliveira, Camila Pegoraro, Vívian Ebeling Viana, editors

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This 16 YO loves reading Ruskin Bond

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Amazing Animated CSS Hover Effects

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Have you ever visited a website and been stunned by a beautiful hover effect? Or have subtle UI animations left you feeling impressed with a site’s design? It may seem like a small detail, but hover animations can have a …


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Phase separation driven by production of architectural RNA transcripts

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Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02458A, Paper
Tetsuya Yamamoto, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Tetsuro Hirose
We here use an extension of the Flory-Huggins theory to predict that the phase separation is driven by the production of architectural RNA (arcRNA) at a DNA locus with a...
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Proving and interpreting the spontaneous formation of bulk nanobubbles in aqueous organic solvent solutions: effects of solvent type and content

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Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00111B, Paper
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Ananda J. Jadhav, Mostafa Barigou
We show that the mixing of organic solvents with pure water leads to the spontaneous formation of bulk nanobubbles which exhibit long-term stability on the scale of months.
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Evaporation-induced alignment of nanorods in a thin film

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Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00482K, Paper
Narina Jung, Byung Mook Weon, Masao Doi
During solvent evaporation of a thin film, Brownian rod-shaped particles self-assemble into microstructures and their orientation arrangements change while their volume fractions increase. We study the phenomena using a simple...
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Diffusive transport of nanoscale objects through cell membranes: a computational perspective

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,3869-3881
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02338K, Perspective
Ziyang Xu, Lijuan Gao, Pengyu Chen, Li-Tang Yan
Clarifying the diffusion dynamics of nanoscale objects with cell membrane is critical for revealing fundamental physics in biological systems. This perspective highlights the advances in computational and theoretical aspects of this emerging field.
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Structure and tensile properties of the forewing costal vein of the honeybee Apis mellifera

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4057-4064
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02364J, Paper
Yun Ma, Tianbao Ma, Jianguo Ning, Stanislav Gorb
Our paper reveals the functional morphology and tensile properties of the forewing costal vein of honeybees, reviews studies on wings and discusses outlooks for future research.
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Viscoelastic interfaces comprising of cellulose nanocrystals and lauroyl ethyl arginate for enhanced foam stability

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,3981-3990
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02392E, Paper
Agnieszka Czakaj, Aadithya Kannan, Agnieszka Wiśniewska, Gabriela Grześ, Marcel Krzan, Piotr Warszyński, Gerald G. Fuller
At submillimolar concentrations of lauroyl ethyl arginate, cellulose nanocrystals aggregate and form elongated fibres. This interfacial assembly efficiently stabilises foams.
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Template-based fabrication of spatially organized 3D bioactive constructs using magnetic low-concentration gelation methacrylate (GelMA) microfibers

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,3902-3913
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM01945F, Paper
Tao Sun, Yibing Yao, Qing Shi, Huaping Wang, Paolo Dario, Junzhong Sun, Qiang Huang, Toshio Fukuda
A new template-based method to apply low-concentration GelMA microfibers as building blocks for higher-order cellular assembly.
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Hexatic phase in a model of active biological tissues

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,3914-3920
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00109K, Paper
Anshuman Pasupalak, Li Yan-Wei, Ran Ni, Massimo Pica Ciamarra
Epithelial cell tissues undergo a solid–liquid transition, e.g. as the motility of the cells increases. We find an intermediate hexatic phase in between the solid and the liquid ones, and the transition to follow the KTHNY scenario.
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A heavy intruder in a locally-shaken granular solid

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,3921-3928
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02498K, Paper
Diego Berzi, Stefano Buzzaccaro
We experimentally investigate the gravitational-driven motion of a heavy object inside a vertical 2D assembly of identical, plastic cylinders arranged in a regular, triangular lattice.
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A practical guide to active colloids: choosing synthetic model systems for soft matter physics research

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,3846-3868
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00222D, Review Article
Wei Wang, Xianglong Lv, Jeffrey L. Moran, Shifang Duan, Chao Zhou
This review article provides practical, experimentally relevant details on six common types of active colloids useful for soft matter research.
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Effects of sodium chloride on rheological behaviour of the gemini-like surfactants

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4024-4031
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00243G, Paper
Xinxin Li, Pengxiang Wang, Xiaoyu Hou, Fang Wang, Han Zhao, Bobo Zhou, Hongwen Zhang, Hongbin Yang, Wanli Kang
Effects of NaCl on the rheological behaviour of the gemini-like surfactants and the mechanism of the effects were investigated.
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Observation of transition cascades in sheared liquid crystalline polymers

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,3891-3901
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00275E, Paper
Ryan J. Fox, M. Gregory Forest, Stephen J. Picken, Theo J. Dingemans
We observe anomalous shear thickening behavior of a lyotropic liquid crystalline polymer due to the dynamics of the nematic director.
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Gait-optimized locomotion of wave-driven soft sheets

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,3991-3999
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02103E, Paper
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Pearson W. Miller, Jörn Dunkel
Inspired by the robust locomotion of limbless animals, the development of soft robots capable of moving by localized swelling, bending, and other deformation modes has become a target for soft matter research over the last decade.
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Rotation of a submerged finite cylinder moving down a soft incline

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4000-4007
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02344E, Paper
Baudouin Saintyves, Bhargav Rallabandi, Theo Jules, Jesse Ault, Thomas Salez, Clarissa Schönecker, Howard A. Stone, L. Mahadevan
A fluid-immersed solid cylinder moves along a soft incline and rotates at a rate that depends on its aspect ratio and the stiffness of the incline.
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Engineering interfacial entropic effects to generate giant viscosity changes in nanoparticle embedded polymer thin films

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4065-4073
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00019A, Paper
Aparna Swain, Nafisa Begam, Sivasurender Chandran, M. S. Bobji, J. K. Basu
We demonstrate a new method to study the viscosity of PNC thin films, consisting of polymer grafted nanoparticles (PGNPs) embedded in un-entangled homopolymer melt films, using atomic force microscopy based force–distance spectroscopy.
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Inverse leidenfrost drop manipulation using menisci

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4043-4048
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02363A, Paper
Anaïs Gauthier, Guillaume Lajoinie, Jacco H. Snoeijer, Devaraj van der Meer
The motion of droplets levitated above a liquid surface is controlled using the menisci rising against partially immersed walls.
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Structural properties of contractile gels based on light-driven molecular motors: a small-angle neutron and X-ray study

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4008-4023
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00031K, Paper
Giacomo Mariani, Jean-Rémy Colard-Itté, Emilie Moulin, Nicolas Giuseppone, Eric Buhler
The collective rotation of light-driven molecular motors actuates the structural changes and macroscopic contraction of the chemical gels.
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Detachment work of prolate spheroidal particles from fluid droplets: role of viscous dissipation

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4049-4056
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02385B, Paper
Sergey V. Lishchuk, Rammile Ettelaie
The minimum possible work done upon removal of an elongated solid particle from the surface of a liquid droplet can be less than that for a sphere.
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Correction: Preparation of electrospray ALG/PDA–PVP nanocomposites and their application in cancer therapy

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4074-4074
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM90064H, Correction
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Yangjie Xu, Jiulong Zhao, Zhilun Zhang, Jing Zhang, Mingxian Huang, Shige Wang, Pei Xie
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Outstanding Reviewers for Soft Matter in 2019

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16,3845-3845
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM90069A, Editorial

We would like to take this opportunity to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Soft Matter in 2019, as selected by the editorial team for their significant contribution to the journal.
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Uniform conductivity in stretchable silicones via multiphase inclusions

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Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00383B, Paper
R. Adam Bilodeau, Amir Mohammadi Nasab, Dylan S. Shah, Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio
A thin, stretchable (200% linear strain), multiphase (solid–liquid) silicone composite with uniform electrical conductivity, for Joule heating and high-deformation sensing.
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Quantifying the non-equilibrium activity of an active colloid

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Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00398K, Paper
Sarah Eldeen, Ryan Muoio, Paris Blaisdell-Pijuan, Ngoc La, Mauricio Gomez, Alex Vidal, Wylie Ahmed
Active matter systems exhibit rich emergent behavior due to constant injection and dissipation of energy at the level of individual agents. We characterize the dissipation of single active colloids.
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Structural universality in disordered packings with size and shape polydispersity

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Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00110D, Paper
Ye Yuan, Wei Deng, Shuixiang Li
Normalized free volume collapses on normalized particle size in polydisperse-sized packings for a given non-spherical particle.
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Bioactive scaffolds based on collagen filaments with tunable physico-chemical and biological features

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Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00233J, Paper
Ting Lu, Hong Hu, Yuanqi Li, Qingsong Jiang, Jinlei Su, Hai Lin, Yun Xiao, Xiangdong Zhu, Xingdong Zhang
Native tissues such as nerve bundles, blood vessels and tendons have extracellular matrices with a characteristic linear orientation, which cannot be fully achieved with the current technology for the development of regenerative biomaterials.
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Irreversible adsorption of polymer melts and nanoconfinement effects

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Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00361A, Review Article
Simone Napolitano
Since almost a decade, a growing experimental evidence has revealed a strong correlation between the properties of nanoconfined polymers and the number of chains irreversibly adsorbed onto nonrepulsive interfaces, e.g....
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Different-shaped micro-objects driven by active particle aggregations

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Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00160K, Paper
Chen Wang, Hongyuan Jiang
We study the dynamics of passive micro-objects in the active bath. The motion of micro-objects depends on the pattern of active particle aggregations.
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Review and reproducibility of forming adsorbed layers from solvent washing of melt annealed films

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Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00565G, Paper
Michael F. Thees, Jennifer A. McGuire, Connie B. Roth
Efforts to reproduce the “Guiselin’s experiment” procedure finds hads(t) curves to be far less reliable than implied in the literature, being strongly dependent on solvent washing conditions, consistent with how adsorption in solution is understood.
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Mix and match—a versatile equilibrium approach for hybrid colloidal synthesis

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Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00202J, Communication
Matan Yah Ben Zion, Yaelin Caba, Ruojie Sha, Nadrian C. Seeman, Paul M. Chaikin
We outline a simple yet general equilibrium technique for a scalable, high-purity, hybrid-colloidal synthesis with controlled valency. The method is applicable for liquid and solid particles and to a range of particle interactions.
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Liposomal adhesion via electrostatic interactions and osmotic deflation increase membrane tension and lipid diffusion coefficient

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Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00416B, Paper
Atsushi Oda, Chiho Watanabe, Natsumi Aoki, Miho Yanagisawa
Liposome–liposome adhesion by electrostatic interactions and osmotic contraction increase membrane tension and the lipid diffusion coefficient compared to isolated liposomes.
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Investigating the Role of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) in Piezoelectric Performance of PVDF/KNN based Flexible Electrospun Nanogenerator

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Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00438C, Paper
Satyaranjan Bairagi, Wazed Ali
In the present study, the effect of varying concentrations of carbon nanotube (CNT) on the piezoelectric performance of poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)/potassium sodium niobate (KNN) based electrospun nanocomposite has been...
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Developing Super Tough Gelatin-based Hydrogels by Incorporating Linear Poly(methacrylic Acid) to Facilitate Sacrificial Hydrogen Bonding

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Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00422G, Communication
Hui Jie Zhang, Li Ni Wang, Xuechuan Wang, Qingxin Han, Xiangyou You
Mechanically robust protein-based hydrogels are strongly desired but their construction remains a significant challenge. In this work, gelatin, together with methacrylic acid, is used to construct a novel hydrogen-bonded hydrogel...
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Coalescence of isotropic droplets in overheated free standing smectic films

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Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02292A, Paper
Elena S. Pikina, Boris I. Ostrovskii, Sergey A. Pikin
A theoretical study of the interaction and coalescence of isotropic droplets in overheated free-standing smectic films (FSSF) is presented.
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Binary mixtures of active and passive particles on a sphere

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Soft Matter, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00281J, Communication
Bao-quan Ai, Bu-yun Zhou, Xiao-miao Zhang
According to the competition between rotational diffusion and polar alignment, we find three distinct phases: a mixed phase and two different demixed phases.
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Effects of Eigen and Actual Frequencies of Soft Elastic Surfaces on droplet Rebound from Stationary Flexible Feather Vanes

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Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00315H, Paper
Chengchun Zhang, Zhengyang Wu, Chun Shen, Yihua Zheng, LIANG YANG, Yan Liu, Luquan Ren
The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of eigenfrequency and the actual frequency of the elastic surface for the droplet rebound. The elastic surface used in this...
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