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Hyundai Motor India’s IPO sees muted response from retail investors, issue subscribed 2.37 times

The IPO received lowest retail subscription among some of the big IPOs that had hit the Indian capital markets




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UltraTech Cement Q2 profit reports consolidated net profit ₹825 crore

On standalone basis, UltraTech Cement's profit from the domestic market was down 34.71% to ₹796.89 crore in the September quarter




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Markets rebound after sharp fall on buying by domestic investors, firm Asian peers

On October 23, BSE Sensex plummeted 930.55 points or 1.15% to settle at 80,220.72; NSE Nifty tumbled 309 points or 1.25% to 24,472.10




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Rupee falls 2 paise to all-time low of 84.13 against U.S. dollar in early trade

Forex traders watch U.S. election impact on markets as rupee hits record low against dollar, with RBI intervention expected




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Rupee falls 14 paise to all-time low of 84.23 against U.S. dollar in early trade

The U.S. Fed is expected to announce a rate cut in a meeting scheduled later this week, with further easing of up to 100 basis points projected for 2025




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Rupee falls 6 paise to fresh all-time low of 84.37 against US dollar

The rupee touched fresh record lows again on the back of weak domestic equities and sustained FII outflows




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New bridge to come up across Palar River at Sevilimedu




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Tamil Nadu airport infrastructure: Excitement in the air — preparing the ground for take off

Air travel in Tamil Nadu could see a boom over the next few years as significant infrastructure development is in the offing at airports in tier 2 cities across the State. With the State government keen on ensuring distributed growth, strengthening the aviation infrastructure could be a stimulus to the regional economic development as enhanced air connectivity is expected to help attract investment, trade, and tourism




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Nilgiris district administration urges people living downstream of Emerald Dam to take adequate safety measures

The Nilgiris district administration said that owing to work on the new Kundah hydro power house in Kattukuppai, water stored in the Emerald Dam will be released




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State Planning Commission in Tamil Nadu flags sector-wise impact from heat wave, calls for measures

Heat stress is repeatedly causing disruptions in ecological and economic systems, SPC report titled ‘Beating The Heat-Tamil Nadu Heat Mitigation Strategy’ said.




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Police women under the ‘Police Akka’ initiative, to reach out to schoolgirls in Pudukottai district

Policewomen nominated under this initiative will visit schools and colleges every 15 days to ascertain concerns and grievances of students and render assistance




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Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar’s contribution to modern Tamil drama remembered

SASTRA’s the School of Arts, Sciences, Humanities and Education, in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi, organises seminar on the celebrated playwright in Thanjavur




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Maintenance work at Mettur barrage to hit Vellore water supply on November 12-13




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Forest Department free coaching helps tribal youth in Jawadhu Hills to get government jobs




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Powerloom weavers urge Tamil Nadu CM to take up the issue of QCOs on textiles with the Central government




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Five-day special educator training programme to start from November 11

The initiative is being organised by Chennai Volunteers, a social initiative of the Giving Matters Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation, in collaboration with the Portobello Institute, Ireland




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Panchayat, aided schools in Tiruchi district bag awards for excellence in teaching, better enrolment

The schools are assessed based on including basic infrastructure, quality of education and teaching practices, technology-enabled teaching, development of the school, and activities done by students




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Mediation should be given priority in family dispute cases: Chief Justice




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Documentary on Srirangam’s processinal deity screened




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How free bus ride shapes women’s experience of public spaces

In Chennai, Bangalore, and Delhi that offer access to free transport, there is a visible change in the public space. The pink slip is not a cure-all for the deep-rooted patriarchy, but they are important steps towards reshaping urban spaces into more inclusive environments




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25 tribal girls to undergo skill development training under Tholkudi scheme




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Collector forwards complaint against teacher to Education Department




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Crocodile Conservation Centre to come up at Anaikarai

The Centre is to be established at a cost of ₹2.5 crore based on a detailed proposal sent by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden, Chennai




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Samayamoorthy is HRM Secretary, Atul Anand is MSME Secretary




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T.N. lists achievements of Rural Development Department




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Man held for online part-time job fraud




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Find a permanent solution to fishermen issue: Anbumani




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Sri Lankan Navy arrests 12 Nagapattinam fishermen

The fishermen had set sail on board a mechanised vessel from the Akkaraipettai fishing harbour late on Sunday night




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Border checkposts in Nilgiris to soon have automatic number plate recognition cameras

This comes in the wake of the Madras High Court recently expressing dissatisfaction over the implementation of the e-pass system in the Nilgiris and Kodaikanal




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Stalin urges Jaishankar to secure release of T.N. fishermen in Sri Lankan Navy’s custody

In his letter, Mr. Stalin sought immediate diplomatic efforts to prevent such arrests




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T.N. govt. sanctions funds to implement framework for flood protection work

The funds are to be utilised for the implementation and monitoring of an environmental and social management framework for flood protection work in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, and Kancheepuram districts




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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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Co-encapsulation of organic polymers and inorganic superparamagnetic iron oxide colloidal crystals requires matched diffusion time scales

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8312-8325
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00935E, Paper
Open Access
Brian K. Wilson, Robert K. Prud’homme
Composite nanoparticles co-encapsulate organic materials with inorganic primary colloids. Producing “stoichiometric NPs”, where all NPs contain organic and inorganic species at similar ratios, requires matched diffusion-aggregation time scale.
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Geometrical impacts of platonic particles on nematic liquid crystal dynamics

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00870G, Paper
Stiven Villada-Gil, Monirosadat Sadati, Juan D. Ospina-Correa, Daniel A. Olaya-Muñoz, Juan P. Hernández-Ortiz, José A. Martínez-González
In this work, we studied the defect dynamics of platonic-like colloidal particles immersed in a nematic liquid crystal under flow conditions, analyzing the behavior of disclinations for each of these polyhedra.
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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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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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Microrheology of gemini surfactants at interfaces and in solutions in the dilute and semidilute regimes

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00860J, Paper
Mayssa Medfai, Antonio Stocco, Christophe Blanc, Maurizio Nobili, Martin In
The interface of semidilute Gemini surfactant solutions remains fluid and is less viscous than the bulk. Depletion of the viscosity near the interface plays a key role in microrheology.
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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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Bubble dynamics manipulation in polymeric foaming

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01040J, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
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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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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Emulsifying mechanisms of phospholipids in high-pressure homogenization of perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8373-8384
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00828F, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
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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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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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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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
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
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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Development of a coarse-grained molecular dynamics model for poly(dimethyl-co-diphenyl)siloxane

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8480-8492
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00875H, Paper
Weikang Xian, Amitesh Maiti, Andrew P. Saab, Ying Li
Polydimethylsiloxane and its copolymer systems have a wide range of application. We systematically develop a coarse-grained MD model for PDMS-co-PDPS system. The model preserves the structural and dynamic properties of the material quantitatively.
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Segregative phase separation of strong polyelectrolyte complexes at high salt and high polymer concentrations

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8505-8514
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00994K, Paper
Open Access
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Conner H. Chee, Rotem Benharush, Lexi R. Knight, Jennifer E. Laaser
Complexes of strong polyelectrolytes prepared well above the binodal are shown to undergo hydrophobicity-driven segregative phase separation.
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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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Random field reconstruction of three-phase polymer structures with anisotropy from 2D-small-angle scattering data

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8493-8504
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00721B, Paper
Open Access
Stephen Kronenberger, Nitant Gupta, Benjamin Gould, Colin Peterson, Arthi Jayaraman
We present a computational method to analyze 2D small-angle scattering data from three-phase soft materials systems with structural anisotropy and output representative real-space structures of the three phases.
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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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