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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 rises 1 paisa to close at 84.10 against U.S. dollar

Rupee recovers slightly against U.S. dollar amid election uncertainty, FII outflows, and volatile global markets




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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 rises 5 paise to 84.26 against U.S. dollar in early trade

Forex traders said RBI interventions will keep the USD/INR pair between 83.80 and 84.35. Moreover, the U.S. Federal Reserve monetary policy and officials' comments will be in focus to derive further momentum




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Sensex, Nifty fall over 1 %, snap two-day rally ahead of U.S. Fed interest rate decision

Stock markets tumble over 1% as investors await U.S. Fed decision, with Sensex and Nifty dropping significantly




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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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Mild tremors at magnitude 3.3 on richter scale in Krishnagiri

Mild tremors were registered in and around Pochampalli in Krishnagiri and parts of Dharmapuri




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Free salon for persons with disabilities inaugurated in Vellore




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Delhi Ganesh, a great supporting actor, is no more

Though he had acted with other actors and in a lot of films, Ganesh used to say that his roles in Kamal Haasan starrers earned him a name




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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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Dugong trapped in fishing net rescued, safely released into sea, near Thanjavur district

Forest Department officials said the fishermen who were involved in rescuing the Dugong would be felicitated and rewarded




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




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Karaikal police round up history-sheeters under ‘Operation Trishul’

Eight long-pending non-bailable warrants were successfully executed, and two arrests made under the Arms Act for possession of dangerous weapons




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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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Hindu Tamil Thisai journalist Kalyanasundaram dies at 50




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




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Carnatic vocalists pay homage to Muthuswamy Dikshithar




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Agriculture officials conduct surprise checks at fertiliser outlets in Tiruchi district

63 outlets were checked across various agricultural blocks for illegal hoarding and also to check adherence to maximum retail price; dealers asked to comply with guidelines




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Coimbatore car blast: NIA interrogates three accused of raising funds for operation

The NIA sleuths will interrogate them in custody till November 14, said a source privy to the investigation




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Tailors stage protest demanding welfare assistance




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Heavy rainfall forecast for Chennai, neighbouring districts till November 15

Chennai district collector has declared holiday for schools on November 12 owing to rain




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Absence of bund around deepened pond worries residents of Morais Garden Extension in Tiruchi

The pond at Runway Nagar, Kottapattu, which was deepened a few months ago, is now filled with water after recent rain. Residents are worried that it may overflow and the stagnant water might become a haven for snakes and insects.




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Udhayanidhi Stalin responds to Palaniswami’s challenge




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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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Public Undertakings Committee to visit Cuddalore on November 13




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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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Chennai and neighbouring districts to witness heavy rains till November 15

On Nov. 12, RMC, Chennai, upgraded its weather warning to orange alert, indicating a possibility of rainfall of very heavy intensity for 24 hours ending 8.30 a.m. on Nov. 13 in Chennai, Tiruvallur, and Chengalpattu districts




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BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan calls for ‘strong alliance of like-minded parties’ to defeat DMK in 2026

BJP’s Tamilisai Soundararajan says that it is not necessary that only parties with similar ideologies should form an alliance




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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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Deputy Chief Minister launches initiatives to support start-up ecosystem in T.N.

He also presents sanction letters for pre-incubation centres, which aim to support innovative business ideas in their initial stages




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Revisiting the density profile of the fuzzy sphere model for microgel colloids

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8181-8184
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01045K, Communication
Open Access
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Frank Scheffold
Microgel density profiles evaluated with the complementary error function and the popular fuzzy sphere model are not compatible with each other.
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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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The impact of cross-linker distribution on magnetic nanogels: encapsulation, transport and controlled release of the tracer

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00797B, Paper
Open Access
Ivan S. Novikau, Ekaterina V. Novak, Sofia S. Kantorovich
Differences in crosslinker concentration between the core and periphery of a magnetic nanogel slow down the release of a non-magnetic cargo.
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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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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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Emulsifying mechanisms of phospholipids in high-pressure homogenization of perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8373-8384
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00828F, Paper
Open Access
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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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The cellular Potts model on disordered lattices

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8337-8352
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00445K, Paper
Open Access
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Hossein Nemati, J. de Graaf
Extending the cellular Potts model to disordered Voronoi lattices reduces artifacts observed on regular lattices. An order–disorder transition is observed as a function of surface tension on the disordered lattice and the regular lattices.
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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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Effective patchiness from critical points of a coarse-grained protein model with explicit shape and charge anisotropy

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8455-8467
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00867G, Paper
Open Access
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Jens Weimar, Frank Hirschmann, Martin Oettel
Critical points of an anisotropic, coarse-grained protein model are used to detemine an “effective patchiness” by comparison to the Kern–Frenkel patchy model.
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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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Linking local microstructure to fracture location in a two-dimensional amorphous solid under isotropic strain

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00486H, Paper
Open Access
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Max Huisman, Axel Huerre, Saikat Saha, John C. Crocker, Valeria Garbin
Machine learning predicts possible crack location in experiments of a fracturing colloid monolayer, shown along with the actual crack path.
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Modeling nematic phase main-chain liquid crystal elastomer synthesis, mechanics, and thermal actuation via coarse-grained molecular dynamics

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00528G, Paper
Nicolas Herard, Raja Annapooranan, Todd Henry, Martin Kroger, Shengqiang Cai, Nicholas Boechler, Yelena Sliozberg
This paper presents a coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation study of the synthesis, mechanics, and thermal actuation of nematic phase main-chain liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), a type of soft, temperature-responsive, polymeric...
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Morphology and line tension of twist disclinations in a nematic liquid crystal

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01076K, Paper
Open Access
Yihao Chen, Mina Mandić, Charlotte G. Slaughter, Michio Tanaka, James M. Kikkawa, Peter J. Collings, A. G. Yodh
This work characterizes twist disclinations in nematic liquid crystals, using confocal microscopy to measure their 3D profile and test theoretical predictions, and using magnetic fields to deform the disclinations and measure their line tension.
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Active nematic coherence probed under spatial patterns of distributed activity

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00651H, Paper
Ignasi Vélez Cerón, Jordi Ignes-Mullol, Francesc Sagues
A photoresponsive variant of the paradigmatic active nematic fluid made of microtubules and powered by kinesin motors is studied in the conventional two-dimensional interfaced form when forced under blue-light illumination....
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Enhanced chemotaxis efficiency of Escherichia coli in viscoelastic solutions

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8675-8683
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01094A, Paper
Shaoying Zhu, Rui He, Caijuan Yue, Rongjing Zhang, Junhua Yuan
E. coli shows enhanced chemotaxis in viscoelastic media, with faster migration and higher accumulation in attractant-rich areas compared to Newtonian conditions.
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