Soft Matter

Article	Citations
Applications of liquid crystals in biosensing	95
Stimuli-responsive engineered living materials	78
Lipidomic atlas of mammalian cell membranes reveals hierarchical variation induced by culture conditions, subcellular membranes, and cell lineages	73
Recent advances in blood rheology: a review	72
Evaporation-driven liquid flow in sessile droplets	65
nn-PINNs: Non-Newtonian physics-informed neural networks for complex fluid modeling	53
Interlayer bonding strength of 3D printed PEEK specimens	51
Experimental and theoretical investigations of methyl orange adsorption using boron nitride nanosheets	51
A new order of liquids: polar order in nematic liquid crystals	51
Hierarchical assemblies of superparamagnetic colloids in time-varying magnetic fields	50
Effect of precise linker length, bond density, and broad temperature window on the rheological properties of ethylene vitrimers	49
Progress in the self-assembly of organic/inorganic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) hybrids	48
Comparison of cubosomes and liposomes for the encapsulation and delivery of curcumin	48
Globular protein assembly and network formation at fluid interfaces: effect of oil	48
Preparation, properties, and applications of magnetic hematite microparticles	47
Data-driven algorithms for inverse design of polymers	47
Surface alignment of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals	46
Long-range mechanical signaling in biological systems	46
Spatial velocity correlations in inertial systems of active Brownian particles	45
Oxygen inhibition of free-radical polymerization is the dominant mechanism behind the “mold effect” on hydrogels	44
Neoteric deep eutectic solvents: history, recent developments, and catalytic applications	44
Reversible membrane deformations by straight DNA origami filaments	42
Universality class of the motility-induced critical point in large scale off-lattice simulations of active particles	41
Enhanced dielectric, ferroelectric, energy storage and mechanical energy harvesting performance of ZnO–PVDF composites induced by MWCNTs as an additive third phase	40
Cononsolvency of thermoresponsive polymers: where we are now and where we are going	38

Surface tensiometry of phase separated protein and polymer droplets by the sessile drop method	38
Electrostatic interactions between the SARS-CoV-2 virus and a charged electret fibre	37
A highly sensitive strain sensor based on a silica@polyaniline core–shell particle reinforced hydrogel with excellent flexibility, stretchability, toughness and conductivity	37
Increasing complexity in small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering experiments: from biological membrane mimics to live cells	36
Design and fabrication of polydopamine based superhydrophobic fabrics for efficient oil–water separation	36
Magttice: a lattice model for hard-magnetic soft materials	36
Onsager's variational principle in active soft matter	35
Temperature-sensitive soft microgels at interfaces: air–water versus oil–water	35
Recent advances in biomimetic soft robotics: fabrication approaches, driven strategies and applications	35
Unsupervised learning of sequence-specific aggregation behavior for a model copolymer	34
Temperature-dependent reentrant phase transition of RNA–polycation mixtures	34
Splitting dynamics of ferrofluid droplets inside a microfluidic T-junction using a pulse-width modulated magnetic field in micro-magnetofluidics	34
Magnetorheological fluids based on core–shell carbonyl iron particles modified by various organosilanes: synthesis, stability and performance	33
Antibacterial, wearable, transparent tannic acid–thioctic acid–phytic acid hydrogel for adhesive bandages	33
Adhesion advances: from nanomaterials to biomimetic adhesion and applications	33
A moisture balanced antibacterial dressing loaded with lysozyme possesses antibacterial activity and promotes wound healing	32
A multifunctional hollow TPU fiber filled with liquid metal exhibiting fast electrothermal deformation and recovery	32
Annexin A4 trimers are recruited by high membrane curvatures in giant plasma membrane vesicles	31
Charging dynamics of electrical double layers inside a cylindrical pore: predicting the effects of arbitrary pore size	31
Protein–nanoparticle interactions and a new insight	31
Steering self-organisation through confinement	30
Entropy-driven segregation in epoxy-amine systems at a copper interface	29
Topological defects of integer charge in cell monolayers	29
Dynamic light scattering microrheology for soft and living materials	29
Supramolecular gels – a panorama of low-molecular-weight gelators from ancient origins to next-generation technologies	28
Stretchable, self-healing and adhesive sodium alginate-based composite hydrogels as wearable strain sensors for expansion–contraction motion monitoring	28
Unified analysis of topological defects in 2D systems of active and passive disks	28
Evaluation of dielectric elastomers to develop materials suitable for actuation	28
Magneto-responsive hydrogels by self-assembly of low molecular weight peptides and crosslinking with iron oxide nanoparticles	28
Unravelling the antimicrobial activity of peptide hydrogel systems: current and future perspectives	28
The role of the molecular weight of the adsorbed layer on a substrate in the suppressed dynamics of supported thin polystyrene films	28
Characterising soft matter using machine learning	27
Elastin-inspired supramolecular hydrogels: a multifaceted extracellular matrix protein in biomedical engineering	27
Efficient and economical approach for flexible photothermal icephobic copper mesh with robust superhydrophobicity and active deicing property	27
Dynamics and extensional rheology of polymer–surfactant association complexes	27
Programmable soft electrothermal actuators based on free-form printing of the embedded heater	27
Strengthening gelatin hydrogels using the Hofmeister effect	27
Thermoset resin curing simulation using quantum-chemical reaction path calculation and dissipative particle dynamics	27
Simple, rapid and sensitive detection of Parkinson's disease related alpha-synuclein using a DNA aptamer assisted liquid crystal biosensor	27
Molecular mobility and crystallization of renewable poly(ethylene furanoate) in situ filled with carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoparticles	26
Multi-responsive PNIPAM–PEGDA hydrogel composite	26
From vesicles toward protocells and minimal cells	26
Spontaneously rotating clusters of active droplets	26
Machine learning forecasting of active nematics	26
The effects of bio-inspired micro/nano scale structures on anti-icing properties	26
Dually cross-linked single network poly(ionic liquid)/ionic liquid ionogels for a flexible strain-humidity bimodal sensor	26
Resolution of 3D bioprinting inside bulk gel and granular gel baths	25
A pair of particles in inertial microfluidics: effect of shape, softness, and position	25
The nonequilibrium behaviors of covalent adaptable network polymers during the topology transition	25
Green, tough and highly efficient flame-retardant rigid polyurethane foam enabled by double network hydrogel coatings	25

Self-assembly of stimuli-responsive coiled-coil fibrous hydrogels	25
Geometry and mechanics of disclination lines in 3D nematic liquid crystals	25
Active motion of multiphase oil droplets: emergent dynamics of squirmers with evolving internal structure	25
Revisiting the emergence of order in active matter	25
Electrically driven liquid crystal network actuators	25
Liquid–liquid crystalline phase separation in biological filamentous colloids: nucleation, growth and order–order transitions of cholesteric tactoids	25
Droplet impact on pillar-arrayed non-wetting surfaces	25
Effect of interfacial rheology on drop coalescence in water–oil emulsion	24
Synchronized oscillations in swarms of nematode Turbatrix aceti	24
Using small angle scattering to understand low molecular weight gels	24
Persistence length regulates emergent dynamics in active roller ensembles	24
Impact of PEGDA photopolymerization in micro-stereolithography on 3D printed hydrogel structure and swelling	24
Dynamics of active particles with space-dependent swim velocity	24
Continuous spinning aligned liquid crystal elastomer fibers with a 3D printer setup	24
Mussel-inspired adhesive gelatin–polyacrylamide hydrogel wound dressing loaded with tetracycline hydrochloride to enhance complete skin regeneration	24
Spreading, pinching, and coalescence: the Ohnesorge units	23
A self-healing, recyclable, and degradable fire-retardant gelatin-based biogel coating for green buildings	23
Shape memory meta-laminar jamming actuators fabricated by 4D printing	23
Smoothed profile method for direct numerical simulations of hydrodynamically interacting particles	23
Interplay between cooperativity of intercellular receptor–ligand binding and coalescence of nanoscale lipid clusters in adhering membranes	23
Structure and dynamics of ions in dipolar solvents: a coarse-grained simulation study	23
Characterization of the volume fraction of soft deformable microgels by means of small-angle neutron scattering with contrast variation	23
The effective shear modulus of a random isotropic suspension of monodisperse liquid n-spheres: from the dilute limit to the percolation threshold	23
Interfacially-adsorbed particles enhance the self-propulsion of oil droplets in aqueous surfactant	23
Polarisation-driven magneto-optical and nonlinear-optical behaviour of a room-temperature ferroelectric nematic phase	23
How particle–particle and liquid–particle interactions govern the fate of evaporating liquid marbles	23
Emergent cell-free layer asymmetry and biased haematocrit partition in a biomimetic vascular network of successive bifurcations	23
The coil–globule transition in self-avoiding active polymers	22
Viscosity of cohesive granular flows	22
3D or not 3D: a guide to assess cell viability in 3D cell systems	22
Spatial inhomogeneity, interfaces and complex vitrification kinetics in a network forming nanocomposite	22
High magnetization FeCo nanoparticles for magnetorheological fluids with enhanced response	22
Mussel-inspired hydrogels as tough, self-adhesive and conductive bioelectronics: a review	22
Adhesion behaviors on four special wettable surfaces: natural sources, mechanisms, fabrications and applications	22
Block copolymers based on poly(butylene adipate) and poly(l-lactic acid) for biomedical applications: synthesis, structure and thermodynamical studies	22
Interaction of a bovine serum albumin (BSA) protein with mixed anionic–cationic surfactants and the resultant structure	22
An extreme toughening mechanism for soft materials	22
Simulated filament shapes in embedded 3D printing	22
Stochastic resetting of active Brownian particles with Lorentz force	22
Capillary forces drive buckling, plastic deformation, and break-up of 3D printed beams	22
Cationic surfactant assisted enhancement of dielectric and piezoelectric properties of PVDF nanofibers for energy harvesting application	21
Polypyrrole-doped conductive self-healing multifunctional composite hydrogels with a dual crosslinked network	21
Analytical model for drag reduction on liquid-infused structured non-wetting surfaces	21
Optical quantification of intracellular mass density and cell mechanics in 3D mechanical confinement	21
Keratins determine network stress responsiveness in reconstituted actin–keratin filament systems	21
Active shape oscillations of giant vesicles with cyclic closure and opening of membrane necks	21
Binding of thermalized and active membrane curvature-inducing proteins	21
3D fluorescent mapping of invisible molecular damage after cavitation in hydrogen exposed elastomers	21
The effects of protein charge patterning on complex coacervation	21
Unraveling topology-induced shape transformations in dendrimersomes	21
A theoretical model of efficient phagocytosis driven by curved membrane proteins and active cytoskeleton forces	21
A new hydrodynamic interpretation of liquid metal droplet motion induced by an electrocapillary phenomenon	21
Structures of cationic and anionic polyelectrolytes in aqueous solutions: the sign effect	20
LCST polymers with UCST behavior	20
Investigations on sub-structures within cavities of surface imprinted polymers using AFM and PF-QNM	20
Predicting aggregate morphology of sequence-defined macromolecules with recurrent neural networks	20
An experimental study on the role of inter-particle friction in the shear-thinning behavior of non-Brownian suspensions	20
Substrate stiffness tunes the dynamics of polyvalent rolling motors	20
Recent progress on crack pattern formation in thin films	20
Tracer dynamics in crowded active-particle suspensions	20
Activated penetrant dynamics in glass forming liquids: size effects, decoupling, slaving, collective elasticity and correlation with matrix compressibility	20
Direction reversing active Brownian particle in a harmonic potential	20
How a water drop removes a particle from a hydrophobic surface	20
Gradient-dynamics model for liquid drops on elastic substrates	20
Recent advances in the development of europium(iii) and terbium(iii)-based luminescent supramolecular metallogels	20
Dynamic behaviour of water molecules in heterogeneous free space formed in an epoxy resin	20
Is there a difference between surfactant-stabilised and Pickering emulsions?	20
Modelling the dynamics of vesicle reshaping and scission under osmotic shocks	20
Buckling, crumpling, and tumbling of semiflexible sheets in simple shear flow	20
3D-Reactive printing of engineered alginate inks	20
On the relationship between cutting and tearing in soft elastic solids	20
Production of giant unilamellar vesicles and encapsulation of lyotropic nematic liquid crystals	20
Spinodal decomposition of chemically fueled polymer solutions	20
Serum albumin guided plasmonic nanoassemblies with opposite chiralities	20
Clogged water bridges for fog harvesting	20
Density fluctuations and energy spectra of 3D bacterial suspensions	19
Elasticity of colloidal gels: structural heterogeneity, floppy modes, and rigidity	19
Acoustic cavitation rheometry	19
The structural, vibrational, and mechanical properties of jammed packings of deformable particles in three dimensions	19
CO2-Driven diffusiophoresis for maintaining a bacteria-free surface	19

A sulfamethoxazole molecularly imprinted two-dimensional photonic crystal hydrogel sensor	19
Changing polymer catechol content to generate adhesives for high versus low energy surfaces	19
Molecular dynamics and crystallization in polymers based on ethylene glycol methacrylates (EGMAs) with melt memory characteristics: from linear oligomers to comb-like polymers	19
3D printed nitric oxide-releasing poly(acrylic acid)/F127/cellulose nanocrystal hydrogels	19
Sequential and cellular detection of copper and lactic acid by disaggregation and reaggregation of the fluorescent panchromatic fibres of an acylthiourea based sensor	19
Soft actuators by electrochemical oxidation of liquid metal surfaces	19
Effect of stretching angle on the stress plateau behavior of main-chain liquid crystal elastomers	19
Controlling uniform patterns by evaporation of multi-component liquid droplets in a confined geometry	19
Interfacial behaviour of β-lactoglobulin aggregates at the oil–water interface studied using particle tracking and dilatational rheology	19
Nonlinear dilatational rheology of different protein aggregates at the oil–water interface	19
Bio-inspired surface modification of iron oxide nanoparticles for active stabilization in hydrogels	19
Actin filament alignment causes mechanical hysteresis in cross-linked networks	19
Insights from modeling into structure, entanglements, and dynamics in attractive polymer nanocomposites	19
Self-sorting in supramolecular assemblies	19
The dynamic face of lipid membranes	19
Frequency-dependent magnetic susceptibility of magnetic nanoparticles in a polymer solution: a simulation study	18
Continuum-scale modelling of polymer blends using the Cahn–Hilliard equation: transport and thermodynamics	18
Reaction-diffusion waves coupled with membrane curvature	18
Machine learning for phase behavior in active matter systems	18
Voxel based method for predictive modelling of solidification and stress in digital light processing based additive manufacture	18
Complex fluids in animal survival strategies	18
Decoupling salt- and polymer-dependent dynamics in polyelectrolyte complex coacervates via salt addition	18
Dilatancy, shear jamming, and a generalized jamming phase diagram of frictionless sphere packings	18
Comparing physical mechanisms for membrane curvature-driven sorting of BAR-domain proteins	18
Biodegradable zwitterionic poly(carboxybetaine) microgel for sustained delivery of antibodies with extended stability and preserved function	18
Fluctuation–dissipation relations far from equilibrium: a case study	18
New patterns of twist-bend liquid crystal phase behaviour: the synthesis and characterisation of the 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl)-10-(4-alkylaniline-benzylidene-4′-oxy)decanes (CB10O·m)	18
Stretchable dual cross-linked silicon elastomer with a superhydrophobic surface and fast triple self-healing ability at room temperature	18
Alpha helical surfactant-like peptides self-assemble into pH-dependent nanostructures	18
Lubrication dynamics of swollen silicones to limit long term fouling and microbial biofilms	18
More than just a barrier: using physical models to couple membrane shape to cell function	18
Nanoscopic interactions of colloidal particles can suppress millimetre drop splashing	18
Blistering failure of elastic coatings with applications to corrosion resistance	17
Supramolecular polymer gels: from construction methods to functionality	17
Clog mitigation in a microfluidic array via pulsatile flows	17
Transfer learning of memory kernels for transferable coarse-graining of polymer dynamics	17
Understanding gel-to-crystal transitions in supramolecular gels	17
Dynamic bonds enable high toughness and multifunctionality in gelatin/tannic acid-based hydrogels with tunable mechanical properties	17
The effect of grain shape and material on the nonlocal rheology of dense granular flows	17
Introduction to remodeling of biomembranes	17
l-Cysteine as a reducing/capping/gel-forming agent for the preparation of silver nanoparticle composites with anticancer properties	17
A model-system of Fickian yet non-Gaussian diffusion: light patterns in place of complex matter	17
Alignment properties of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal on the rubbed substrates	17
Evaporation-driven colloidal cluster assembly using droplets on superhydrophobic fractal-like structures	17
Inverse method based on 3D nonlinear physically constrained minimisation in the framework of traction force microscopy	17
A combined experimental and molecular dynamics simulation study of an intrinsic self-healing polyurethane elastomer based on a dynamic non-covalent mechanism	17
The effect of the printing temperature on 4D DLP printed pNIPAM hydrogels	17
Controlled viscoelastic particle encapsulation in microfluidic devices	17
Effects of lipid heterogeneity on model human brain lipid membranes	17
Three-dimensional thermochromic liquid crystal elastomer structures with reversible shape-morphing and color-changing capabilities for soft robotics	17
Shock-induced collapse of surface nanobubbles	17
Apparent contact angle of drops on liquid infused surfaces: geometric interpretation	17
Influence of macromolecular crowding on the charge regulation of intrinsically disordered proteins	17
Synchronized oscillations, traveling waves, and jammed clusters induced by steric interactions in active filament arrays	17
Degradable and processable polymer monoliths with open-pore porosity for selective CO2 and iodine adsorption	17
Physical aspects of cortical folding	17
Coarse-grained nucleic acid–protein model for hybrid nanotechnology	17
Micro- and nanocelluloses from non-wood waste sources; processes and use in industrial applications	17
Efficient artificial light-harvesting systems based on aggregation-induced emission in supramolecular gels	17
Quercetin conjugated fluorescent nitrogen-doped carbon dots for targeted cancer therapy application	17
Crack morphologies in drying suspension drops	17
Towards designing globular antimicrobial peptide mimics: role of polar functional groups in biomimetic ternary antimicrobial polymers	17
Development and challenges of smart actuators based on water-responsive materials	17
Charging of drops impacting onto superhydrophobic surfaces	17
Force-dependent bond dissociation explains the rate-dependent fracture of vitrimers	16
Stretchable multifunctional hydrogels for sensing electronics with effective EMI shielding properties	16
Elliptic percolation model for predicting the electrical conductivity of graphene–polymer composites	16
Treating anisotropic artefacts in circular dichroism spectroscopy enables investigation of lyotropic liquid crystalline polyaspartate solutions	16
Extremely stretchable and tough hybrid hydrogels based on gelatin, κ-carrageenan and polyacrylamide	16
Magnetowetting dynamics of sessile ferrofluid droplets: a review	16
Deep learning for characterizing the self-assembly of three-dimensional colloidal systems	16
Emergent vortices and phase separation in systems of chiral active particles with dipolar interactions	16
A novel photothermal, self-healing and anti-reflection water evaporation membrane	16
PEGDA hydrogel structure from semi-dilute concentrations: insights from experiments and molecular simulations	16
A review on acoustic droplet ejection technology and system	16
The role of entropy in wetting of polymer brushes	16
A few upstream bifurcations drive the spatial distribution of red blood cells in model microfluidic networks	16
Particle encapsulation in aqueous ferrofluid drops and sorting of particle-encapsulating drops from empty drops using a magnetic field	16
How ambient conditions affect the Leidenfrost temperature	16
Self-sorting assembly of artificial building blocks	16
Structural, mechanical, and biological characterization of hierarchical nanofibrous Fmoc-phenylalanine-valine hydrogels for 3D culture of differentiated and mesenchymal stem cells	16
Curvature-driven feedback on aggregation–diffusion of proteins in lipid bilayers	16
Self-assembly in mixtures with competing interactions	16
High-strength, thermosensitive double network hydrogels with antibacterial functionality	16
The squeeze strengthening effect on the rheological and microstructured behaviors of magnetorheological fluids: a molecular dynamics study	16
Impact of dynamic covalent chemistry and precise linker length on crystallization kinetics and morphology in ethylene vitrimers	16
Using reactive dissipative particle dynamics to understand local shape manipulation of polymer vesicles	16
Near-zero surface pressure assembly of rectangular lattices of microgels at fluid interfaces for colloidal lithography	16
Quantitative relationship between cholesterol distribution and ordering of lipids in asymmetric lipid bilayers	16
Multi-level encryption of information in morphing hydrogels with patterned fluorescence	16
Elastic constants of biological filamentous colloids: estimation and implications on nematic and cholesteric tactoid morphologies	16
Inducing nano-confined crystallization in PLLA and PET by elastic melt stretching	16
Alignment and scattering of colliding active droplets	15
Magnetic wire active microrheology of human respiratory mucus	15
Electric field modulated peptide based hydrogel nanocatalysts	15