Soft Matter

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Structure formation and coarsening kinetics of phase-separated spin-coated ethylcellulose/hydroxypropylcellulose films	51
Avalanche dynamics in sheared athermal particle packings occurs via localized bursts predicted by unstable linear response	48
A co-assembly process for high strength and injectable dual network gels with sustained doxorubicin release performance	44
Structure and thermodynamics of supported lipid membranes on hydrophobic van der Waals surfaces	38
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Facile preparation and charge retention mechanism of polymer-based deformable electret	35
Stationary shapes of axisymmetric vesicles beyond lowest-energy configurations	34
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Instabilities, thermal fluctuations, defects and dislocations in the crystal–RI–RII rotator phase transitions of n-alkanes	33
Adsorption kinetics and solubilisation of ciprofloxacin in quaternary ammonium-based surface-active compounds: experimental and computational study	31
Continuum elasticity and molecular dynamics of a pore in archaeal bolalipid membranes	30
Mechanical feedback links cell division and dynamics in growing cell collectives	28
Electrically conducting porous hydrogels by a self-assembled percolating pristine graphene network	28
Electrokinetic flow instabilities in shear thinning fluids with conductivity gradients	28
Influence of matrix stiffness on microstructure evolution and magnetization of magneto-active elastomers	26
A study of alpha-synuclein and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) complex formation through detailed atomistic simulations	26
Nano-assembly of cytotoxic amides of moronic and morolic acid	25
Pyridine-functional diblock copolymer nanoparticles synthesized via RAFT-mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly: effect of solution pH	24
A facile strategy to construct biocompatible poly(vinyl alcohol)-based self-healing hydrogels	24
Multicomponent and multifunctional integrated miniature soft robots	24
Rifts in rafts	24
Motor crosslinking augments elasticity in active nematics	24
Straightforward preparation of a tough and stretchable ion gel	23

Drawing liquid bridges from a thin viscous film	23
Probing the physical origins of droplet friction using a critically damped cantilever	23
A surface-grafted hydrogel demonstrating thermoresponsive adhesive strength change	23
Self-healing, self-adhesive, stretchable and flexible conductive hydrogels for high-performance strain sensors	22
Surfactant-induced disaggregation of a quinoxaline AIEgen scaffold: aggregation aptitude in the solid and solution states	22
Enhanced stability of complex coacervate core micelles following different core-crosslinking strategies	22
Passive viscoelastic response of striated muscles	21
Wetting state transitions of individual condensed droplets on pillared textured surfaces	20
Dynamic compaction of cohesive granular materials: scaling behavior and bonding structures	20
Generalized vs. fractional: a comparative analysis of Maxwell models applied to entangled polymer solutions	20
Dynamics of poly(methyl acrylate)/poly(methyl methacrylate)-grafted-Fe3O4 nanocomposites	20
A mechanistic understanding of microcolony morphogenesis: coexistence of mobile and sessile aggregates	20
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Introduction to Soft Robotics	18
How emulsified droplets induce the bursting of suspended films of liquid mixtures	18
The growth and the decay of a visco-elastocapillary ridge by localized forces	17
Model biomolecular condensates have heterogeneous structure quantitatively dependent on the interaction profile of their constituent macromolecules	17
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Lateral indentation of a thin elastic film	17
Modulation of wetting of stimulus responsive polymer brushes by lipid vesicles: experiments and simulations	17
Controllable formation of bulk perfluorohexane nanodroplets by solvent exchange	17
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The role of excess attractive particles in the elasticity of high internal phase Pickering emulsions	17
The fractal geometry of polymeric materials surfaces: surface area and fractal length scales	17
Machine learning analysis of self-assembled colloidal cones	17
Searching for structural predictors of plasticity in dense active packings	17
Tuning the polymer thermal conductivity through structural modification induced by MoS2 bilayers	16
Impact of free energy of polymers on polymorphism of polymer-grafted nanoparticles	16
Control over emergence and alignment of transient blisters in thermo-responsive gels using hierarchically patterned substrates	16
Geometric percolation of hard-sphere dispersions in shear flow	16
Assembling anisotropic colloids using curvature-mediated lipid sorting	16
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Controlling the dynamics of elastomer networks with multivalent brush architectures	15
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Differences in cell death and division rules can alter tissue rigidity and fluidization	15
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Understanding the stimuli responsive behavior of polyion grafted nanoparticles in the presence of salt and polyelectrolytes	15
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Shear-induced birefringence in an optically isotropic cubic liquid crystalline phase	14
Shear wave generation from non-spherical bubble collapse in a tissue phantom	14
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Measurements of interactions between fluorescent molecules and polyethylene glycol self-assembled monolayers	14

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Transition of elastomers from a rubber to glassy state under laser shock conditions	14
An anisotropic immerse precipitation process for the preparation of polymer membranes	14
From nematic shells to nematic droplets: energetics and defect transitions	14
Light scattering from mixtures of interacting, nonionic micelles with hydrophobic solutes	14
Depletion attractions drive bacterial capture on both non-fouling and adhesive surfaces, enhancing cell orientation	14
Automated analysis of soft material microindentation	14
The nonlinear motion of cells subject to external forces	14
Structure–property relationships of epoxy functionalized enoate ester-based tailored hybrid gels doped with different polysaccharides	14
Soft particles facilitate flow of rigid particles in a 2D hopper	14
Light-assisted anti-wrinkling on azobenzene-containing polyblend films	14
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Modelling the compression of a soft ellipsoid fingertip	14
Mechanobiological tissue instability induced by stress-modulated growth	14
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Micropatterned functional interfaces on elastic substrates fabricated by fixing out of plane deformations	14
The role of poroelastic diffusion in the transient wetting behavior of hydrogels	14
A textile-reinforced composite vascular graft that modulates macrophage polarization and enhances endothelial cell migration, adhesion and proliferation in vitro	13
Extracting microscopic insight from transient dielectric measurements during large amplitude oscillatory shear	13
The effect of structural changes on the self-assembly of novel green pyridinium-carboxylate gemini surfactants in Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett films	13
Plasmonic lipogels: driving co-assembly of composites with peptide-based gels for controlled drug release	13
Supercapacitor and highkproperties of CNT–PbS reinforced quinoxaline amine based polybenzoxazine composites	13
Tracking Janus microswimmers in 3D with machine learning	13
A versatile route for the fabrication of micro-patterned polylactic-acid (PLA)-based membranes with tailored morphology via breath figure imprinting	13
Introduction to soft matter aspects of cancer	13
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Patchy particle insights into self-assembly of transparent, graded index squid lenses	13
Magnetically driven in-plane modulation of the 3D orientation of vertical ferromagnetic flakes	13
Ordered structure constructed from C2-symmetric hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene linked with oligo(dimethylsiloxane)	13
Dual-responsive colloidosome-like microgels as the building blocks for phase inversion of Pickering emulsions	13
The mediated rheological properties of emulsions stabilized by thread-like mesoporous silica nanoparticles in combination with CTAB	13
Studying the high-rate deformation of soft materials via laser-induced membrane expansion	13
Reinforcement learning reveals fundamental limits on the mixing of active particles	13
Understanding enhanced rotational dynamics of active probes in rod suspensions	13
Influence of shape on heteroaggregation of model microplastics: a simulation study	13
Binding of anisotropic curvature-inducing proteins onto membrane tubes	13
The effect of rigid cells on blood viscosity: linking rheology and sickle cell anemia	13
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Tuning of silica nanoparticle–lysozyme protein complexes in the presence of the SDS surfactant	12
Tuning alginate β-lactoglobulin complex coacervation by modulating pH and temperature	12
Stimuli responsive gelation of tert-butylacetic acid based LMOGs – applications in remediation of marine oil spills, dye removal and heavy metal sensing	12
Viscous coalescence of unequally sized spherical and cylindrical doublets	12
Motion of an active particle with dynamical disorder	12
Hierarchical self-assembly of metal–organic supramolecular fibers with lanthanide-derived functionalities	12
Escape dynamics of active ring polymers in a cylindrical nanochannel	12
Understanding topological defects in fluidized dry active nematics	12
Tensile force field plays a crucial role in local invasion of tumor cells through a mechano-chemical coupling mechanism	12
Phase separation dynamics in deformable droplets	12
Repulsive torques alone trigger crystallization of constant speed active particles	12
Synthesis of dimpled polymer–silica nanocomposite particles by interfacial swelling-based seeded polymerization	12
Innovations in exploiting photo-controlled Marangoni flows for soft matter actuations	12
Facilitated dynamics of an active polymer in 2D crowded environments with obstacles	12
Anisotropically self-oscillating gels by spatially patterned interpenetrating polymer network	12
Mixing properties of bi-disperse ellipsoid assemblies: mean-field behaviour in a granular matter experiment	12
Encapsulating eutectogels for stretchable humidity-resistant strain sensors	12
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An experimental study of the merging flow of polymer solutions in a T-shaped microchannel	12
Adsorption of sterically-stabilized diblock copolymer nanoparticles at the oil–water interface: effect of charged end-groups on interfacial rheology	12
Phenylboronate-salicylate ester cross-linked self-healing hydrogel composed of modified hyaluronan at physiological pH	12
Short-term memory effects in the phototactic behavior of microalgae	12
Hollow spherical nucleic acid structures based on polymer-coated phospholipid vesicles	12
Liquid droplet impact on a sonically excited thin membrane	12
Controllable adhesion behavior in underwater environments	12
Enhanced vapor sorption in block and random copolymer brushes	12
Mesoscale simulation approach for assembly of small deformable objects	12
Tough supramolecular hydrogels of poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide)-grafted poly(methacrylic acid) with cooperative hydrogen bonds as physical crosslinks	12
Wormlike micellar solutions formed by an anionic surfactant and a cationic surfactant with two head groups	11
Effect of equilibration time on the structural gradient in the vertical direction for bicontinuous microemulsions in Winsor-III and -IV systems	11
A simple, efficient route to modify the properties of epoxy dynamic polymer networks	11
Preferential electrostatic interactions of phosphatidic acid with arginines	11
Revisiting the strain-induced softening behaviour in hydrogels	11
Electrowetting hysteresis on a deformable dielectric film	11
Hydroelastomers: soft, tough, highly swelling composites	11
A smart enzyme reactor based on a photo-responsive hydrogel for purifying water from phenol contaminated sources	11
A multifunctional structural coloured electronic skin monitoring body motion and temperature	11
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Random field reconstruction of three-phase polymer structures with anisotropy from 2D-small-angle scattering data	11
A 15-crown-5-ether-based supramolecular hydrogel with selection ability for potassium cations via gelation and colour change	11
Temperature dependence of micelle shape transitions in copolymer solutions: the role of inter-block incompatibility	11
Outstanding Reviewers for Soft Matter in 2023	11

Spontaneous population oscillation of confined active granular particles	11
Understanding interactions of plasticisers with a phospholipid monolayer	11
Dip coating of shear-thinning particulate suspensions	11
Strain stiffening elastomers with swelling inclusions	11
Microfluidic extensional flow device to study mass transfer dynamics in the polymer microparticle formation process	11
Biopolymer-supramolecular polymer hybrids for photocatalytic hydrogen production	11
Tough and stretchable ionic polyurethane foam for use in wearable devices	11
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Emergence of preferential flow paths and intermittent dynamics in emulsion transport in porous media	11
Complete stress release in monolayer ALD-Al2O3 films based on mechanical equilibrium homeostasis to realize a bending radius of 1 mm	11
Modulating photothermocapillary interactions for logic operations at the air–water interface	11
Mesoscale polymer arrays: high aspect ratio surface structures and their digital reconstruction	11
Anoplophora graafi longhorn beetle coloration is due to disordered diamond-like packed spheres	11
The effect of hydration and dehydration on the conformation, assembling behavior and photoluminescence of PBLG	11
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A coordination driven ‘heat-set’ Zr-gel: efficient fluorophore probe for selective detection of Fe3+ and nitrofuran-based antibiotics and smart approach for UV protection	10
Optimal shapes of disk assembly in saturated random packings	10
Controlling toughness of polymer-grafted nanoparticle composites for impact mitigation	10
Critical behavior of quorum-sensing active particles	10
Hydrodynamic simulations of sedimenting dilute particle suspensions under repulsive DLVO interactions	10
Experimental and theoretical bulk phase diagram and interfacial tension of ouzo	10
Influence of pH on the self-assembly of diphenylalanine peptides: molecular insights from coarse-grained simulations	10
Synthesis of nanostructured protein–mineral-microcapsules by sonication	10
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Instability and rupture of surfactant-laden bilayer thin liquid films	10
Temperature dependent perylene fluorescence as a probe of local polymer glass transition dynamics	10
Drag force of polyethyleneglycol in flows of polymer solutions measured using a scanning probe microscope	10
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)	10
To thread or not to thread? Effective potentials and threading interactions between asymmetric ring polymers	10
Optimizing the accuracy of viscoelastic characterization with AFM force–distance experiments in the time and frequency domains	10
Effect of interfacial rheology on drop coalescence in water–oil emulsion	10
Spontaneous formation of anisotropic microrods from paraffin wax in an aqueous environment	10
Design rules for 2D field mediated assembly of different shaped colloids into diverse microstructures	10
Nanoparticle anisotropy induces sphere-to-cylinder phase transition in block copolymer melts	10
Confinement controls the creep rate in soft granular packings	10
Modeling the resistive viscoelasticity of conductive polymer composites for sensor usage	10
Structure–property relationships in renewable composites of poly(lactic acid) reinforced by low amounts of micro- and nano-kraft-lignin	10
Machine learning approaches for the optimization of packing densities in granular matter	10
Rupture of thin liquid trilayer films with soluble surfactants: fundamentals and applications to droplet coalescence	10
Alignment properties of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal on the rubbed substrates	10
Machine learning classification of polar sub-phases in liquid crystal MHPOBC	10
Thiol–ene chemistry incorporates a new spiropyran-containing polyurethane ionogel with photochromic, photomechanical and photoconductive properties	10
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Charging of drops impacting onto superhydrophobic surfaces	10
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A model-system of Fickian yet non-Gaussian diffusion: light patterns in place of complex matter	10
Nanomechanical analysis of SARS-CoV-2 variants and predictions of infectiousness and lethality	10
Coupling the chemistry and topography of block copolymer films patterned by soft lithography for nanoparticle organization	10
Highly conductive thermoresponsive silver nanowire PNIPAM nanocomposite for reversible electrical switch	10
A coarse-grained model for capturing the helical behavior of isotactic polypropylene	10
Multi-energy dissipation mechanisms in supramolecular hydrogels with fast and slow relaxation modes	10
Modelling viscoelastic relaxation mechanisms in thermorheologically complex Fe(iii)–poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels	10
Sub-Newtonian coalescence in polymeric fluids	10
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Modulation of the electrostatic potential around α-lactalbumin using oligoelectrolyte chains, pH and salt concentration	9
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Effects and mechanisms of anion and cation on the gelation of nanosilica sol by all-atom molecular dynamics simulation: promotion or inhibition?	9
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Phase transitions of fluorotelomer alcohols at the water|alkane interface studied via molecular dynamics simulation	9
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Rheology of a 2D granular film	9
Covalently integrated silica nanoparticles in poly(ethylene glycol)-based acrylate resins: thermomechanical, swelling, and morphological behavior	9
Ion-induced changes in DNA gels	9
The coagulant dipping process of nitrile latex: investigations of former motion effects and coagulant loss into the dipping compound	9
Influence of surfactant on glass transition temperature of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles	9
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Effect of confinement and topology: 2-TIPS vs. MIPS	9
Elasto-inertial instabilities in the merging flow of viscoelastic fluids	9
The dilatable membrane of oleosomes (lipid droplets) allows their in vitro resizing and triggered release of lipids	9
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Properties of liquid-crystal wave-guiding structures	9
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Spontaneous localized fluid release on swelling fibres	9
Frame tension governs the thermal fluctuations of a fluid membrane: new evidence	9
Escape dynamics of confined undulating worms	9
Temperature-dependent anomalous viscosity of aqueous solutions of imidazolium-based ionic liquids	9
Probing local lateral forces of focal adhesions and cell–cell junctions of living cells by torsional force spectroscopy	9
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Molecular-weight effects of a homopolymer on the AB- and ABC-stacks of perforations in block copolymer/homopolymer films	9
Computational mesoscale framework for biological clustering and fractal aggregation	9
Preparation and performance of anti-icing and deicing PF-POS@SiO2/CB photothermal superhydrophobic coatings for electrical insulators	9
Effect of segmental motion on hydrolytic degradation of polyglycolide in electro-spun fiber mats	9
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Particle-based model of liquid crystal skyrmion dynamics	9
Effect of local active fluctuations on structure and dynamics of flexible biopolymers	9
Separation of the heme protein cytochrome C using a 3D structured graphene oxide bionanocomposite as an adsorbent	9
Trapping and manipulation of bubbles with holographic optical tweezers	9
Understanding the different cross-membrane transport kinetics of two charged molecules on the DOPG lipid surface with second harmonic generation and MD simulation	9
New approach for SANS measurement of micelle chain mixing during size and morphology transitions	9
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