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Kinetics of phase separation and aging dynamics of segregating fluid mixtures in the presence of quenched disorder

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,2969-2977
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00204K, Paper
Rounak Bhattacharyya, Bhaskar Sen Gupta
Phase separation of segregating fluid mixtures in the presence of quenched disorder.
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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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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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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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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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Conformational and static properties of tagged chains in solvents: effect of chain connectivity in solvent molecules

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3073-3081
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01473H, Paper
Hong-Yao Li, Bokai Zhang, Zhi-Yong Wang
The radius of gyration of tagged polymer chain: effect of chain length in solvent molecules.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Enzymatic functionalization of decellularized tilapia skin scaffolds with enhanced skin regeneration

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01742G, Paper
Cuixia Chen, Wenwen Tao, Di Jiang, Yanyan Yang, Tiantian Liang, Qilong Gu, Yuran Xu, Junjuan Zhao, Xing Zhou, Xinglong Fan
The enzymatic dTS/RGD scaffolds, possessing medium mechanical strength, a rapid degradation rate and enough cell responsive motifs, provide a suitable microenvironment for wound healing, which make them potential in skin regeneration engineering.
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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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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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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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Multiple physical crosslinked highly adhesive and conductive hydrogels for human motion and electrophysiological signal monitoring

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00195H, Paper
Qirui Wu, Anbang Chen, Yidan Xu, Songjiu Han, Jiayu Zhang, Yujia Chen, Jianren Hang, Xiaoxiang Yang, Lunhui Guan
Ionic conducting hydrogel (ICHgel) was synthesized by doping fumed SiO2, which exhibited superior stretchability, conductivity, and adhesiveness, making it a promising bridge for effective communication between electronic devices and human tissues.
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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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Improved ionic current rectification utilizing cylindrical nanochannels coated with polyelectrolyte layers of non-uniform thickness

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00123K, Paper
Nader Nekoubin, Steffen Hardt, Arman Sadeghi
We show that a cylindrical nanochannel coated with a polyelectrolyte layer of non-uniform thickness can be a good alternative to the widely-used conical nanochannels in creating ionic current rectification.
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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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Lock-Key Microfluidics: Simulating Nematic Colloid Advection along Wavy-Walled Channels

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Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01536J, Paper
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Karolina Wamsler, Louise C Head, Tyler Nathan Shendruk
Liquid crystalline media mediate interactions between suspended particles and confining geometries, which not only has potential to guide patterning and bottom-up colloidal assembly, but can also control colloidal migration in...
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Dynamics and phase behavior of metallo-dielectric rod-shaped microswimmers driven by Alternating Current electric field

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Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00206G, Paper
Suvendu Kumar Panda, Srikanta Debata, Nomaan Alam Kherani, Dhruv Pratap Singh
The ability to move and self-organize in response to external stimuli is a fascinating feature of living active matter. Here, the metallo-dielectric rod-shaped microswimmers are shown to have a similar...
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A mean-field theory for predicting single polymer collapse induced by neutral crowders

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3271-3282
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01522J, Paper
Quentin Chaboche, Gerardo Campos-Villalobos, Giuliana Giunta, Marjolein Dijkstra, Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino, Vittore F. Scolari
Depletion forces arising from molecular crowding compact single polymers. Simulations lead to a unified description. Collapse is governed by the packing fraction of crowders and the ratio of crowder to monomer size, and can be hindered by jamming.
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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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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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Strong, tough and conductive single-network hydrogels based on deswelling and the salting-out effect

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00298A, Paper
Xingyue Sun, Haiyi Liang, Lina Ye
By comparing the mechanical properties between salt-treated hydrogels and air-dried hydrogels, the synergistic effect in energy transfer and dissipation arising from increases in polymer fraction and cross-linking plays an indispensable role in toughening SN hydrogels.
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Particle-based and continuum models for confined nematics in two dimensions

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01684F, Paper
Humberto Híjar, Apala Majumdar
Particle-based mesoscopic simulations conduct 2D nematics confined in polygons through consistent defect annihilation dynamics and produce unstable structures that transform into equilibrium textures predicted by the Landau-de Gennes theory.
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Angle-resolved optical spectroscopy of photonic cellulose nanocrystal films reveals the influence of additives on the mechanism of kinetic arrest

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00155A, Paper
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Thomas G. Parton, Richard M. Parker, Sonja Osbild, Silvia Vignolini, Bruno Frka-Petesic
Photonic films produced by cellulose nanocrystal self-assembly offer a sustainable source of colouration. Their angular optical response reveals the suspension conditions at kinetic arrest and how common additives affect this liquid–solid transition.
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The sweetest polymer nanoparticles: opportunities ahead for glycogen in nanomedicine

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00261J, Perspective
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Quinn A. Besford
Glycogen is a biomaterial nanoparticle composed of sugar. In this perspective, the opportunities of glycogen in nanomedicine going forward is discussed.
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Surface charge density and induced currents by self-charging sliding drops

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00205A, Paper
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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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Capillary imbibition of confined monodisperse emulsions in microfluidic channels

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00179F, Paper
Masoud Norouzi Darabad, Sagnik Singha, Siva A. Vanapalli, Mark W. Vaughn, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz
Emulsion imbibition into flat capillaries is very complex. We show that formation of a clear-fluid or dense-emulsion region behind the meniscus, concentration and velocity fluctuations, and generation of ordered domains are confinement controlled.
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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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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00107A, Paper
Rayane Akoumeh, Manale Noun, Deepalekshmi Ponnamma, Maryam Al-Ejji, Khadija M. Zadeh, Alaa H. Hawari, Kenan Song, Mohammad K. Hassan
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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Structural interactions in polymer-stabilized magnetic nanocomposites

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00008K, Paper
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Gauri M. Nabar, Abhilasha V. Dehankar, Elizabeth Jergens, Benworth B. Hansen, Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, Matthew Sheffield, Joshua Sangoro, Barbara E. Wyslouzil, Jessica O. Winter
Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) can align in polymer-stabilized aggregates, changing their properties.
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Theory and simulation of ligand functionalized nanoparticles – a pedagogical overview

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00177J, Review Article
Thi Vo
Synthesizing reconfigurable nanoscale synthons with predictive control over shape, size, and interparticle interactions is a holy grail of bottom-up self-assembly.
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Effect of surface viscoelasticity on top jet drops produced by bursting bubbles

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Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00243A, Paper
Zhengyu Yang, Sainath Barbhai, Bingqiang Ji, Jie Feng
Jet drops resulting from bubble bursting at a liquid surface play a key role in various mass transfer processes across the interface, including sea spray aerosol generation and pathogen transmission....
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Effects of Monovalent and Divalent Cations on the Rheology of Entangled DNA

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Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM00957B, Paper
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Jennifer Harnett, Simon Weir, Davide Michieletto
In this paper we investigate the effects of varying cation valency and concentration on the rheology of entangled Lambda DNA solutions. We show that monovalent cations moderately increase the viscoelasticty...
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Dynamics in polymers with phase separated dynamic bonds: the case of a peculiar temperature dependence

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00115J, Paper
Peyton Carden, Sirui Ge, Bingrui Li, Subarna Samanta, Alexei P. Sokolov
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