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Selective Separation of Li, Ni, Co and Mn from Model Spent Li Ion Battery Cathode by Dry Processing using Combination of Chlorination and Oxidation

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00328D, Paper
Naoto Tsubouchi, Yuuki Mochizuki
The volatilization of Li, Ni, Co, and Mn during chlorination treatment of LNO, LCO, and LMO (model materials for used LIB cathode material) was investigated with the aim of developing...
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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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Sugar additive with a halogen group enabling a highly reversible and dendrite-free Zn anode

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React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00366G, Paper
Weihao Xu, Xipo Ma, Pengbo Lyu, Zhenren Gao, Chunshuang Yan, Chade Lv
Sucralose, a weakly polar sugar electrolyte additive containing halogen elements, enables a highly reversible and dendrite-free Zn anode.
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Trapping bond exchange phenomenon revealed for off-stoichiometry cross-linking of phase-separated vitrimer-like materials

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,2961-2968
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00074A, Paper
Takumi Kito, Mikihiro Hayashi
Unusual relaxation and creep properties by the trapping bond exchange phenomenon is revealed for vitrimer-like materials with bond exchangeable domains of quaternized pyridines, in the special case of off- stoichiometric cross-linking condition.
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Motion of microswimmers in cylindrical microchannels

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3007-3020
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01480K, Paper
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Florian A. Overberg, Gerhard Gompper, Dmitry A. Fedosov
Microswimmers in confinement slow down, and can exert pulling or pushing forces in particular at the end of a closed channel. Simulations and approximate theoretical calculation for the squirmer model are employed to predict this behavior.
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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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Analysis of the adhesive secreting cells of Arion subfuscus: insights into the role of microgels in a tough, fast-setting hydrogel glue

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00071D, Paper
Andrew M. Smith, Patrick Flammang
A model for the rapid setting of a gastropod hydrogel adhesive. Cross-linked microgels mix with microscopic packets of polysaccharides; these flow onto surfaces until the packets rupture, joining the microgels together.
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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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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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Shear zones in granular mixtures of hard and soft particles with high and low friction

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3118-3130
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00100A, Paper
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Aditya Pratap Singh, Vasileios Angelidakis, Thorsten Pöschel, Sudeshna Roy
Granular materials show inhomogeneous flows characterized by strain localization.
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Steering droplets on substrates with plane-wave wettability patterns and deformations

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3161-3174
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00213J, Paper
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Josua Grawitter, Holger Stark
Motivated by strategies for targeted microfluidic transport of droplets, we investigate how sessile droplets can be steered toward a preferred direction using travelling waves in substrate wettability or deformations of the substrate.
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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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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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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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Measuring mechanical cues for modeling the stromal matrix in 3D cell cultures

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01425H, Paper
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Linda Srbova, Ossi Arasalo, Arttu J. Lehtonen, Juho Pokki
An approach to quantify microscale viscoelasticity in breast-cancer-associated stromal tissues was developed for cell-scale analyses of physiologically stiff 3D cell cultures.
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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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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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Topology of ferroelectric nematic droplets: the case driven by flexoelectricity or depolarization field

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01042B, Communication
Yu Zou, Jidan Yang, Xinxin Zhang, Mingjun Huang, Satoshi Aya
Emerging polar nematics exhibits nontrivial topologies in confinement, controlled by the magnitude of the polarization.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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In silico design of misfolding resistant proteins: the role of structural similarity of a competing conformational ensemble in the optimization of frustration

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3283-3298
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00171K, Paper
Bondeepa Saikia, Anupaul Baruah
The degree of similarity of the non-native conformations to the target plays a prominent role in designing misfolding resistant protein sequences.
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Slide electrification of drops at low velocities

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3349-3358
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00019F, Paper
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Chirag Hinduja, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Rüdiger Berger
The novelty of our electro drop friction force instrument (eDoFFI) is the simultaneous measurements of the drop discharging current and friction force acting on the sliding drops. With eDOFFI, we measure the surface charge density deposited behind sliding drops.
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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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DNA liquid crystals with AIE effect toward humidity-indicating biomaterials

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3243-3247
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01531A, Communication
Guoqiang Zhang, Jing Zhao, Qikai Liang, Zhongtao Wu, Lei Zhang, Xiliang Luo
A DNA-containing material displaying a trackable humidity-induced change in fluorescence could accurately indicate in real time the environmental relative humidity at room temperature in 4 minutes.
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Critical Casimir forces in soft matter

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Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3212-3242
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01408H, Review Article
A. Gambassi, S. Dietrich
We review recent advances in the theoretical, numerical, and experimental studies of critical Casimir forces in soft matter, with particular emphasis on their relevance for the structures of colloidal suspensions and on their dynamics.
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Ullrich Steiner: portrait of the scientist as a young student

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM90046D, Profile
Jacob Klein
A brief memoir in honour of Professor Ullrich Steiner’s 60th birthday.
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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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Experimental observation of near-wall effects during the puncture of soft solids

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01216F, Paper
Christopher W. Barney, Szabolcs Berezvai, Allison L. Chau, Younghoon Kwon, Angela A. Pitenis, Robert M. McMeeking, Megan T. Valentine, Matthew E. Helgeson
The measured force during a puncture test is found to increase when the needle tip is near to the vial walls. An experimental method for quantifying this increase in stiffness is developed.
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Resource limitation and population fluctuation drive spatiotemporal order in microbial communities

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00066H, Paper
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Rohit Khandoori, Kaustav Mondal, Pushpita Ghosh
Resource-driven dynamics in bacterial colonies. Insights into cell length regulation and spatial organization reveal the complex interplay between resources and microbial community dynamics.
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Switchable origami adhesives

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00082J, Paper
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Wathsala M. A. Jayawardana, Theresa Elder, Timothy Twohig, Andrew B. Croll
Creating a reusable adhesive that can hold objects on a wall and can yet be easily removed without causing damage has been a goal for researchers in the adhesives community for many years.
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Interfacial energy as an approach to designing amphipathic surfaces during photopolymerization curing

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Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01528A, Paper
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Sabrina J. Curley, Caroline R. Szczepanski
Photopolymerization induced phase separation (PIPS) is utilized to develop materials in a single step that are hydrophobic on one face and hydrophilic on the other.
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Removal of diclofenac sodium from water using a polyacrylonitrile mixed-matrix membrane embedded with MOF-808

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RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12142-12146
DOI: 10.1039/D3RA08682H, Paper
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Xiao-Jing Hu, Yu-Lin Li, Hai-Xiong Liu, Shao-Ming Ying, Qi Yin, Tian-Fu Liu
Based on the excellent diclofenac sodium (DCF) removal capacity of MOF-808, a free-standing mixed-matrix membrane composed of polyacrylonitrile and MOF-808 was fabricated and used to remove DCF from water via an easily accessible filtration method.
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Synthesis and characterization of TiO2/hydrochar matrix composites for enhanced ammonia degradation

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RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12131-12141
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00671B, Paper
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Ling Zhao, Jiaxing Sun, Shuang E., Kuichuan Sheng, Kaiying Wang, Ximing Zhang
Development of a one-pot method for synthesizing TiO2/hydrochar matrix composites.
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Agri-waste derived electroactive carbon–iron oxide nanocomposite for oxygen reduction reaction: an experimental and theoretical study

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RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12171-12178
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01264J, Paper
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Pallavi B. Jagdale, Sai Rashmi Manippady, Rohit Anand, Geunsik Lee, Akshaya Kumar Samal, Ziyauddin Khan, Manav Saxena
Herein, we have utilized agri-waste and amalgamating low Fe3+, to develop an economic iron oxide–carbon hybrid-based electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) with water as a main product following close to 4e− transfer process.
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Freezing-enhanced chlorination of organic pollutants for water treatment

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RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12218-12224
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00081A, Paper
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Duanyang Wu, Junxue Li, Jing Xu, Wei Cheng
Freezing-accelerated chlorination was observed for different organic pollutants and the chlorine/freezing system shows potential feasibility for water treatment in cold environments.
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Rice husk valorisation by in situ grown MoS2 nanoflowers: a dual-action catalyst for pollutant dye remediation and microbial decontamination

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RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12192-12203
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00862F, Paper
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Rahul Ranjan, Smruti B. Bhatt, Rohit Rai, Sanju Kumari Sharma, Rishabh Ranjan, Ankit Bharti, Prodyut Dhar
In this study, we carried out valorization of rice husk through in situ growth of MoS2 nanoflowers for simultaneous pollutant dye remediation and microbial decontamination.
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Discovery of new triterpene glycosides from Dendrobium officinale with their α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibitory activity

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RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12147-12157
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01483A, Paper
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Pham Hai Yen, Bui Huu Tai, Dan Thi Thuy Hang, Le Doan Tung Lam, Duong Thi Dung, Do Thi Trang, Duong Thi Hai Yen, Nguyen Huy Hoang, Phan Thi Thanh Huong, Nguyen Viet Dung, Ngo Anh Bang, Nguyen Duc Duy, Phan Van Kiem
Seven new oleanane saponins were discovered from Dendrobium officinale. These saponins containing 29-noroleana-12,20(30)-dien-28-oic acid framework, caffeoyl, and coumaroyl moieties potentially inhibited α-glucosidase and α-amylase activities.
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Aluminum and polyanion-doping to improve structural and moisture stability of Ni-rich layered oxides for lithium-ion batteries

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RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12247-12254
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00879K, Paper
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The substitution of Al3+ and PO34− in LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 material is favorable for stabilizing the layered structure against the undesired phase transition of H2 to H3 as well as the contamination of ambient air.
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Electric-field modulated energy transfer in phosphorescent material- and fluorescent material-codoped polymer light-emitting diodes

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RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12294-12302
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00669K, Paper
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Ling-Chuan Meng, Yan-Bing Hou
In this study, we find electric-field modulated energy transfer in phosphorescent material- and fluorescent material-codoped polymer that has never been reported.
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Solid state engineering of Bi2S3/rGO nanostrips: an excellent electrode material for energy storage applications

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RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12313-12322
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01304B, Paper
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Vijay B. Autade, Kaustav Bhattacharjee, Ranjit S. Kate, Sudhir S. Arbuj, Ramchandra S. Kalubarme, Sanjay K. Apte, Bharat B. Kale, Sandeep A. Arote
Herein, the study reported unique one-pot and scalable solid-state methodology to prepare bismuth sulphide (Bi2S3)-reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanocomposites using bismuth oxide (Bi2O3), thiourea and graphene oxide (GO) for energy storage applications.
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