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Dual jet-mixing reactor for fully continuous synthesis of core@shell Au@Ag nanocomposites

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,2915-2924
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00417A, Paper
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Pinaki Ranadive, Faiz Khan, Jessica O. Winter, Nicholas Brunelli
Sequential jet mixing reactors enable core@shell nanomaterial synthesis.
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Wireless μLED packed beds for scalable continuous multiphasic photochemistry

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,2963-2974
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00241E, Paper
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Esai Daniel Lopez, Patricia Zhang Musacchio, Andrew R. Teixeira
Wirelessly powering μLEDs within packed bed reactors enables scalable, continuous, green chemical manufacturing by overcoming classical light penetration limits.
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Optimization of reaction parameters for the synthesis of natural aroma esters by factorial design

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,2994-3002
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00265B, Paper
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Adrian Ioan Dudu, Csaba Paizs, Monica Ioana Toşa
In this study, the synthesis of aroma esters by the direct esterfication of carboxylic acids with aromatic alcohols mediated by lipase B from Candida antarctica encapsulated in a sol–gel matrix in a solvent-free system is presented.
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Bayesian-optimization-based design of highly active and stable Fe–Cu/SSZ-13 catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,3029-3037
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00327F, Paper
Sanha Lim, Hwangho Lee, Hyun Sub Kim, Jun Seop Shin, Jong Min Lee, Do Heui Kim
Bayesian optimization approach facilitates an efficient optimization of multi-components catalyst for NH3-SCR reaction.
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Review of hydrogen ortho–para conversion: experimental data and reaction kinetics

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,2846-2862
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00259H, Review Article
Fuyu Jiao, Saif Al Ghafri, Keelan T. O'Neill, Paul S. Stanwix, Guinevere M. Sellner, Einar O. Fridjonsson, Neil Robinson, Eric F. May, Michael L. Johns
This work reviews ortho–para hydrogen conversion data for various types of catalysts at cryogenic temperatures and evaluates different reaction kinetic expressions employed to describe these experimental data.
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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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A novel ultra-high vacuum diffusion setup to study Knudsen diffusion

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,3047-3059
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00267A, Paper
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Maria Mourkou, Haiyue Yu, Sander Baltussen, Nicholas Snead, Nidhi Kapil, Marc-Olivier Coppens
An ultra-high vacuum setup was conceived to study Knudsen diffusion in channels with varied geometrical characteristics that can be modified using 3D printing. This new experimental methodology aids to gain insight into diffusion in nanoporous media.
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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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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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“25 years of The Netherlands' Catalysis and Chemistry Conference (NCCC)” themed collection – A personal invitation Aromatization of n-alkanes: a mini review on catalysts and reactants

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00384E, Minireview
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Hongqi Wang, Raveendran N. Shiju
The catalytic aromatization of n-alkanes is an important process in the chemical industry, especially for the production of valued-added aromatics from the abundant and unreactive small alkanes. This mini review...
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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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Transesterification or polymerization? Reaction mechanism and kinetics of 2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate with methanol and the competitive effect on free-radical polymerization

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00406J, Paper
Judith Cabello-Romero, Román Torres-Lubián, Javier Francisco Enríquez-Medrano, Adrián Ochoa-Terán, Jesús Jara-Cortés, Iván Zapata-González
Transesterification of 2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DEAEMA) with methanol leads to the formation of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and amino alcohol. This reaction significantly affects DEAEMA polymerization giving rise to poly(DEAEMA-co-MMA).
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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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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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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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A computational study of nematic core structure and disclination interactions in elastically anisotropic nematics

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,2900-2914
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01616A, Paper
Lucas Myers, Carter Swift, Jonas Rønning, Luiza Angheluta, Jorge Viñals
The structure of isolated disclinations and disclination dipoles in anisotropically elastic nematic liquid crystals is explored via a singular potential computational model.
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Preparation of modified humic acid/TiO2/P(AA-co-AM) nanocomposite hydrogels with enhanced dye adsorption and photocatalysis

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,2937-2954
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01749D, Paper
Xuankun Gong, Amatjan Sawut, Rena Simayi, Ziyue Wang, Yurou Feng
A novel composite hydrogel with exceptional adsorption and photocatalytic properties was synthesized using modified coal-based humic acid (HA-C), modified titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, acrylic acid (AA), and acrylamide (AM) as precursors.
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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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Hydrodynamically induced aggregation of two dimensional oriented active particles

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01670F, Paper
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Roee Bashan, Naomi Oppenheimer
We show that in many cases aligned active particles in a two-dimensional fluid attract and form fractal-like clusters.
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The fractal geometry of polymeric materials surfaces: surface area and fractal length scales

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3082-3096
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01497E, Paper
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H. Eduardo Roman, Federico Cesura, Rabia Maryam, Igor Levchenko, Katia Alexander, Claudia Riccardi
Non-treated (NT) and plasma-treated (PT) polymeric surfaces display self-affine fractal scaling. The plasma increases both the surface area and the fractal length scales, helping the design of PT interfaces with larger surface areas at the nm scale.
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Surfactant-induced alterations in optoelectronic properties of perylene diimide dyes: modulating sensing responses in the aqueous environment

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3044-3052
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01694C, Paper
Animesh Pal, Nilanjan Dey
The compartmentalization effect of microheterogeneous systems, like surfactant aggregates, showcases altered optoelectronic properties of a perylene diimide-based chromogenic dye (PDI-Ala) compared to bulk water.
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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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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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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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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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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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Avalanche properties at the yielding transition: from externally deformed glasses to active systems

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01354E, Paper
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Carlos Villarroel, Gustavo Düring
We investigated the yielding phenomenon under different scenarios of deformation in the quasistatic limit using numerical simulations of soft particles.
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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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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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Spontaneous crumpling of active spherical shells

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00015C, Paper
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M. C. Gandikota, Shibananda Das, A. Cacciuto
The existence of a crumpled Flory phase for equilibrated self-avoiding elastic surfaces has remained contentious. Here, we show that a crumpled phase develops reliably upon subjecting a thin spherical self-avoiding shell to active fluctuations.
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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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Deformation-dependent gel surface topography due to the elastocapillary and osmocapillary effects

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00139G, Paper
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Luochang Wang, Qihan Liu
Elastocapillary and osmocapillary effects can roughen a stretched surface although the elastic Poisson’s effect always flattens a stretched surface.
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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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Bending creep behaviour of various polymer films analysed by surface strain measurement

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3248-3255
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01566A, Paper
Jiayi Yu, Masayuki Kishino, Kyohei Hisano, Atsushi Shishido
Polymer films subjected to a static bending state exhibit temporal strain increase due to their viscoelastic nature. We quantitatively measured the surface strain change in various polymer films in real time and gained insights into the occurrence of this phenomenon.
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Achieving controllable and reversible snap-through in pre-strained strips of liquid crystalline elastomers

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3256-3270
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00037D, Paper
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James T. Waters, Anna C. Balazs
Deformable, elastic materials that buckle in response to external stimuli can display “snap-through”, which involves a transition between different, stable buckled states.
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Effects of shear-induced crystallization on the complex viscosity of lamellar-structured concentrated surfactant solutions

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3299-3312
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01198D, Paper
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Parth U. Kelkar, Matthew Kaboolian, Ria D. Corder, Marco Caggioni, Seth Lindberg, Kendra A. Erk
Material relationships at low temperatures were determined for concentrated surfactant solutions using a combination of rheological experiments, cross-polarized microscopy, calorimetry, and small angle X-ray scattering.
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Cosolvent incorporation modulates the thermal and structural response of PNIPAM/silyl methacrylate copolymers

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3322-3336
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00246F, Paper
Jason D. Linn, Fabian A. Rodriguez, Michelle A. Calabrese
The nanoscale structure formation and optical response of aqueous thermoresponsive polymers with reactive silane groups can be widely tuned via polymer architecture and organic cosolvent incorporation.
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Interaction between stabilized droplets of different phases in the same continuous phase of an aqueous three-phase system

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3359-3366
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01688A, Paper
Do-Nhu-Trang Nguyen, Léa Waldmann, Valérie Ravaine, Taco Nicolai, Lazhar Benyahia
Janus-like droplets, covered with microgel, formed after the fusion of gelatin and dextran droplets in a common poly(ethylene oxide) phase.
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Effect of Aromatic Side Chain on the Dilational Rheological Properties of N-Acyltaurate Amphiphiles at Water-Decane Interfaces

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Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00269E, Paper
Yang-Wen Zhu, Zhicheng Xu, Li Zhang, Ping Liu, Yu Hou, Lei Zhang, Lu Zhang
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Pravash Bista, Aaron D. Ratschow, Amy Z. Stetten, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Stefan A.L. Weber
Sliding drops induce a bipolar current in subsurface electrodes beneath a hydrophobic substrate. We show how it depends on substrate properties and how it can be optimized for energy harvesting.
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Ligand-dependent folding and unfolding dynamics and free energy landscapes of acylphosphatase

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The free energy landscapes of AcP in the absence and presence of Pi are constructed by using stable magnetic tweezers.
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A versatile route for the fabrication of micro-patterned polylactic-acid (PLA)-based membranes with tailored morphology via breath figure imprinting

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Breath figure imprinting, based on surface instabilities combined with fast polymer evaporation in a humid environment, enables the creation of micro-patterned membranes with tailored pore sizes.
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