Soft Matter

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The motion of micro-swimmers over a cavity in a micro-channel	70
Effects of shear-induced crystallization on the complex viscosity of lamellar-structured concentrated surfactant solutions	63
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Modulation of wetting of stimulus responsive polymer brushes by lipid vesicles: experiments and simulations	57
Rheology of a 2D granular film	56
Entangled nematic disclinations using multi-particle collision dynamics	54
The growth and the decay of a visco-elastocapillary ridge by localized forces	47
Lowest gelation concentration in a complex-coacervate-driven self-assembly system, achieved by redox-RAFT synthesis of high molecular weight block polyelectrolytes	41
New quasiperiodic structures in nematic liquid crystals	41
Effect of confinement and topology: 2-TIPS vs. MIPS	39
Effect of polyacrylamide gel elasticity on collagen type II fibril assembly	39
A simple one step synthesis of magnetic-optical dual functional ZIF-8 in a sodalite phase for magnetically guided targeting bioimaging and drug delivery	38
The role of poroelastic diffusion in the transient wetting behavior of hydrogels	37
Modelling viscoelastic relaxation mechanisms in thermorheologically complex Fe(iii)–poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels	34
Molecular mobility of thin films of poly(bisphenol-A carbonate) capped and with one free surface: from bulk-like samples down to the adsorbed layer	34
Droplets sliding on soft solids shed elastocapillary rails	33
From nematic shells to nematic droplets: energetics and defect transitions	33
Effect of segmental motion on hydrolytic degradation of polyglycolide in electro-spun fiber mats	32
Mechanical deformation affects the counterion condensation in highly-swollen polyelectrolyte hydrogels	32
New approach for SANS measurement of micelle chain mixing during size and morphology transitions	32
Cyclodextrin-catalyzed self-assembly of a coordinating fluorescent molecule into microflowers	32
PEG-fibrin conjugates: the PEG impact on the polymerization dynamics	31
Composition and temperature effects on the solution structure of SDS/octanol/brine by SANS, NMR and microscopy	31
Liquid crystalline collagen assemblies as substrates for directed alignment of human Schwann cells	30

The coagulant dipping process of nitrile latex: investigations of former motion effects and coagulant loss into the dipping compound	30
Fabrication of submillimeter-sized spherical self-oscillating gels and control of their isotropic volumetric oscillatory behaviors	30
Hydroelastomers: soft, tough, highly swelling composites	29
Tuning alginate β-lactoglobulin complex coacervation by modulating pH and temperature	28
Strain stiffening elastomers with swelling inclusions	28
Multi-population dissolution in confined active fluids	28
Water–alcohol–TiO2 dispersions as sustainable ink	28
The rheology and foamability of crystal-melt suspensions composed of triacylglycerols	28
Hysteresis in phase volumes, compositions and interfacial roughness in model OPV-small-molecule/polymer thin-films	27
A facile strategy to in situ synthesize metal oxide/conductive polymer hybrid electrodes for supercapacitors	26
Spontaneous symmetry-breaking of the active cluster drives the directed movement and self-sustained oscillation of symmetric rod-like passive particles	26
Reply to the ‘Comment on “Effects of topological constraints on linked ring polymers in solvents of varying quality”’ by M. Tsige and H. Guo, Soft Matter, 2024, 20, DOI: 10.1039/D3SM0161	26
Revisiting the strain-induced softening behaviour in hydrogels	25
Viscoelasticity of single folded proteins using dynamic atomic force microscopy	25
Microfluidic extensional flow device to study mass transfer dynamics in the polymer microparticle formation process	24
Pyridine-functional diblock copolymer nanoparticles synthesized via RAFT-mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly: effect of solution pH	24
Tensile force field plays a crucial role in local invasion of tumor cells through a mechano-chemical coupling mechanism	24
Temperature-responsive membrane permeability of recombinant fusion protein vesicles	24
Complete stress release in monolayer ALD-Al2O3 films based on mechanical equilibrium homeostasis to realize a bending radius of 1 mm	23
Role of confinement in the shear banding and shear jamming in noncolloidal fiber suspensions	23
Influence of shape on heteroaggregation of model microplastics: a simulation study	23
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Frame tension governs the thermal fluctuations of a fluid membrane: new evidence	22
Influence of matrix stiffness on microstructure evolution and magnetization of magneto-active elastomers	22
Surface acoustic wave manipulation of bioparticles	22
Temperature dependence of micelle shape transitions in copolymer solutions: the role of inter-block incompatibility	22
Effect of intermolecular hydrogen bonding strength on the dynamic fragility of amorphous polyamides	22
Correction: A passive star polymer in a dense active bath: insights from computer simulations	22
Tuning the polymer thermal conductivity through structural modification induced by MoS2 bilayers	21
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Correction: Hystereses in flow-induced compression of a poroelastic hydrogel	20
A multifunctional structural coloured electronic skin monitoring body motion and temperature	20
Probing molecular motion and microstructure into emulsion gels by PFG NMR and advanced microscopy for microstructural observations	20
SAXS-guided unbiased coarse-grained Monte Carlo simulation for identification of self-assembly nanostructures and dimensions	20
Statistical mechanics of cell aggregates: explaining the phase transition and paradoxical piezoelectric behavior of soft biological tissues	20
Advection-dominated transport dynamics of pili and flagella-mediated motile bacteria in porous media	20
Dynamic compaction of cohesive granular materials: scaling behavior and bonding structures	20
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Directional actuation and phase transition-like behavior in anisotropic networks of responsive microfibers	20

Pinching dynamics, extensional rheology, and stringiness of saliva substitutes	20
Size-dependent bending of a rectangular polymer film	20
One step generation of single-core double emulsions from polymer-osmose-induced aqueous phase separation in polar oil droplets	19
One-step laser etching of a bionic hierarchical structure on a silicone rubber surface with thermal and acid/alkali resistance and tunable wettability	19
Thermotropic reentrant isotropy and induced smectic antiferroelectricity in the ferroelectric nematic realm: comparing RM734 and DIO	19
Is there a difference between surfactant-stabilised and Pickering emulsions?	19
A theory of hydrogel mechanics that couples swelling and external flow	19
Granular flow of 3D mixtures of soft and hard spheres	19
Spontaneous rolling of a soft sphere on a vertical soft substrate	19
Passive viscoelastic response of striated muscles	19
Instability and rupture of surfactant-laden bilayer thin liquid films	19
Biopolymer-supramolecular polymer hybrids for photocatalytic hydrogen production	18
Positive, negative and controlled durotaxis	18
Synergy of Hofmeister effect and ligand crosslinking enabled the facile fabrication of super-strong, pre-stretching-enhanced gelatin-based hydrogels	18
Malleable and self-healing rubbers covalently crosslinked by reversible boronic ester bonds	18
Harnessing interfacial entropic effects in polymer grafted nanoparticle composites for tailoring their thermo-mechanical and separation properties	18
Elastoviscoplasticity, hyperaging, and time–age-time–temperature superposition in aqueous dispersions of bentonite clay	18
Binding of anisotropic curvature-inducing proteins onto membrane tubes	18
Controlling toughness of polymer-grafted nanoparticle composites for impact mitigation	18
Effect of surfactant concentration on diffusion and microstructure in water-in-oil emulsions studied by low-field benchtop NMR and optical microscopy	18
Mesoscale polymer arrays: high aspect ratio surface structures and their digital reconstruction	18
Effect of polymerization on free water in polyacrylamide hydrogels observed with Brillouin spectroscopy	17
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Mechanisms of electrostatic interactions between two charged dielectric spheres inside a polarizable medium: an effective-dipole analysis	17
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Drop splitting on hydrophobic wedge-shaped tips after central impact: effect of sharpness and wetting properties	17
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Coarse-grained molecular models of the surface of hair	16
Efficient and stable electrorheological fluids based on chestnut-like cobalt hydroxide coupled with surface-functionalized carbon dots	16
Jamming transition and normal modes of polydispersed soft particle packing	16
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Direct ink writing of tough, stretchable silicone composites	16
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A double-well potential model for glass transition in a glassy hydrogel undergoing bi-stable interactions with water	16
Chiral ground states in a nematic liquid crystal confined to a cylinder with homeotropic anchoring	16
Investigation of the synergistic effect of melt-extension and nanofiller on the crystal–crystal phase transition from form II to I of isotactic polybutene-1	16
Adsorption and aggregation properties of quaternary-ammonium-salt-based gemini surfactants with a glycinate counterion	16
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Swelling induced debonding of thin hydrogel films grafted on silicon substrates	16
Bulking up: the impact of polymer sterics on emulsion stability	16
Mechanochromic polymer blends made with an excimer-forming telechelic sensor molecule	16
Flow environment affects nutrient transport in soft plant roots	16
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The cellular Potts model on disordered lattices	15
Understanding the role of crosslink density and linear viscoelasticity on the shear failure of pressure-sensitive-adhesives	15
Probing the elastic response of lipid bilayers and nanovesicles to leaflet tensions via volume per lipid	15
Molecular dynamics study of shear-induced lamellar alignment of ABA triblock copolymer thin films	15
Mediating the slow dynamics of polyacrylates by small molecule-bridged hydrogen bonds	15
Dynamics and rheology of vesicles under confined Poiseuille flow	15
Breaking action–reaction with active apolar colloids: emergent transport and velocity inversion	15
Nanodroplets wetting an elastic half-space	15
Making microgels photo-responsive by complexation with a spiropyran surfactant	15
Phospholipase-catalyzed degradation drives domain morphology and rheology transitions in model lung surfactant monolayers	15
Microfluidic dual picoinjection based encapsulation of hemoglobin in alginate microcapsules reinforced by a poly(l-lysine)-g-poly(ethylene glycol)	15
High-χ, low-N micelles from partially perfluorinated block polymers	15
An interfacial host–guest inclusion complex regulated supramolecular nanocomposite hydrogel showing tunable mechanical strength, self-healing, strain sensitivity and NIR responsiveness	15
Preparation and characterization of emulsion gels stabilized by adequately preprocessed insoluble soybean fiber from okara	15
Collecting differently sized particles on water surface by maneuvering pedal waves on the foot of the water snail Pomacea canaliculata	15
Reply to the ‘Comment on “Simulations of ionization equilibria in weak polyelectrolyte solutions and gels”’ by J. Landsgesell, L. Nová, O. Rud, F. Uhlík, D. Sean, P. Hebbeker, C. Holm and P. Košovan,	15
Influence of adhesion-promoting glycolipids on the structure and stability of solid-supported lipid double-bilayers	14
Ferrofluid drop impacts and Rosensweig peak formation in a non-uniform magnetic field	14
Observations on phenomenological changes in Klebsiella Pneumoniae under fluidic stresses	14
Orientational transitions of discotic columnar liquid crystals in cylindrical pores	14
Phase behavior of symmetric diblock copolymers under 3D soft confinement	14
Modeling high strain-rate microcavitation in soft materials: the role of material behavior in bubble dynamics	14
Synthesis and characterisation of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based hydrogels	14
Shear recovery and temperature stability of Ca2+ and Ag+ glycolipid fibrillar metallogels with unusual β-sheet-like domains	14
Sorting of proteins with shape and curvature anisotropy on a lipid bilayer tube	14

Predicting the outcomes of interpolyelectrolyte neutralization at surfaces on the basis of complexation experiments and vice versa	14
A polymer chain with dipolar active forces in connection to spatial organization of chromatin	14
Solvent-dependent supramolecular assembly behavior of a coumarin-headed amphiphile	14
Development of tough and stiff elastomers by leveraging hydrophilic–hydrophobic supramolecular segment interaction	14
Shear-induced criticality in glasses shares qualitative similarities with the Gardner phase	14
Cellulose nanocrystals as nucleating agents for the strain induced crystallization in natural rubber	14
Thermal- and pH-responsive triple-shape memory hydrogel based on a single reversible switch	14
Vibrational spectroscopic profiling of biomolecular interactions between oak powdery mildew and oak leaves	14
The alternate ligand Jagged enhances the robustness of Notch signaling patterns	14
Differential membrane curvature induced by distinct protein conformers	14
Granular aqueous suspensions with controlled interparticular friction and adhesion	14
Probing the binding mode and interactions of proteinase K and glutathione: molecular simulation and experiments	14
How reciprocity impacts ordering and phase separation in active nematics?	14
Fluorescent azobenzene-confined coiled-coil mesofibers	14
Necking of thin-walled cylinders via bifurcation of incompressible nonlinear elastic solids	14
Bacterial surface swimming states revealed by TIRF microscopy	14
Training precise stress patterns	14
Microstructural changes of concentrated Newtonian suspensions in the first oscillation cycles probed with linear and non-linear rheology	14
A self-oscillating gel system with complex dynamic behavior based on a time delay between the oscillations	14
Peeling from a liquid	14
Janus-type ionic conductive gels based on poly(N,N-dimethyl)acrylamide for strain/pressure sensors	14
The relationship between structure and rheology in a three-dimensional sheared lamellar mesophase	14
A hydro-thermophoretic trap for microparticles near a gold-coated substrate	14
Fabrication of a MXene-based shape-memory hydrogel and its application in the wound repair of skin	14
Efficient fabrication of bioinspired soft, ridged-slippery surfaces with large-range anisotropic wettability for droplet manipulation	14
l-Cysteine as a reducing/capping/gel-forming agent for the preparation of silver nanoparticle composites with anticancer properties	13
Coarsening in Bent-core Liquid Crystals: A Molecular Dynamics Study	13
Effect of the content and strength of hard segment on the viscoelasticity of the polyurethane elastomer: insights from molecular dynamics simulation	13
Phases of surface-confined trivalent colloidal particles	13
Self-organization of metallo-supramolecular polymer networks by free formation of pyridine–phenanthroline heteroleptic complexes	13
Moving cracks in drying colloidal films	13
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Effect of microstructure evolution on the mechanical behavior of magneto-active elastomers with different matrix stiffness	13
Insight into the structure and transport properties of pyrrolidinium-based geminal dicationic-organic ionic crystals: unravelling the role of alkyl-chain length	13
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The role of disorder in the motion of chiral active particles in the presence of obstacles	13
Kinetics of geopolymerization followed by rheology: a general model	13
Antibacterial, wearable, transparent tannic acid–thioctic acid–phytic acid hydrogel for adhesive bandages	13
The random walker's toolbox for analyzing single-particle tracking data	13
Chiral photonic crystals from sphere packing	13
Correction: Fabricating multi-scale controllable PEDOT:PSS arrays via templated freezing assembly	13
Exploiting breath figure reversibility for in situ pattern modulation and hierarchical design	13
Correction: Effect of network topology and crosslinker reactivity on microgel structure and ordering at liquid–liquid interface	13
Crystallization of non-convex colloids: the roles of particle shape and entropy	13
Role of MXenes in advancing soft robotics	13
Interplay between yielding, ‘recovery’, and strength of yield stress fluids for direct ink writing: new insights from oscillatory rheology	13
Recent advances in the design and use of Pickering emulsions for wastewater treatment applications	13
Self-healing polyacrylates based on dynamic disulfide and quadruple hydrogen bonds	13
Computer vision for high-throughput analysis of pickering emulsions	13
A simple approach to produce hydrophobic biobased coatings using methylcellulose and organosolv lignin	13
Correction: Aggregation or phase separation can be induced in highly charged proteins by small charged biomolecules	13
Pressurized interfacial failure of soft adhesives	13
Stiffening of under-constrained spring networks under isotropic strain	13
Determination of the swimming mechanism of Au@TiO2 active matter and implications on active–passive interactions	13
Multiple droplets on a conical fiber: formation, motion, and droplet mergers	13
Spatial mapping and scaling of the shear-induced transformation from bicontinuous microemulsions towards lamellar structures by coupling microfluidics and SANS	12
Defect transition of smectic liquid crystals confined in spherical cavities	12
Nature of barriers determines first passage times in heterogeneous media	12
Observation of ferroelectric behaviour in non-symmetrical cholesterol-based bent-shaped dimers	12
Rigidity and fracture of biopolymer double networks	12
Solute dispersion in pre-turbulent confined active nematics	12
Scale-dependent sharpening of interfacial fluctuations in shape-based models of dense cellular sheets	12
Pairing-specific microstructure in depletion gels of bidisperse colloids	12
A quadruple-stimuli responsive supramolecular hydrogel constructed from a poly(acrylic acid) derivative and β-cyclodextrin dimer	12
Through-drop imaging of moving contact lines and contact areas on opaque water-repellent surfaces	12
A computational method for rapid analysis polymer structure and inverse design strategy (RAPSIDY)	12
Structural determinants of collapse by a monomolecular mimic of pulmonary surfactant at the physiological temperature	12
On the Ostwald ripening of crystalline and amorphous nanoparticles	12
Microrheology of active suspensions	12
Preparation of a novel regenerated silk fibroin-based hydrogel for extrusion bioprinting	12
Destructive effect of fluctuations on the performance of a Brownian gyrator	12
Mesoscale modelling of fibrin clots: the interplay between rheology and microstructure at the gel point	12
A phase field model for dynamic simulations of reactive blending of polymers	12
Motorized, untethered soft robots via 3D printed auxetics	12
Aggregation or phase separation can be induced in highly charged proteins by small charged biomolecules	12
A critical review on robust self-cleaning properties of lotus leaf	12
Subtle changes in pH affect the packing and robustness of fatty acid bilayers	12
Droplet-on-chip electro-spectroscopy detects the ultra-short relaxation time of a dilute polymer solution	12
Convolutional neural networks applied to differential dynamic microscopy reduces noise when quantifying heterogeneous dynamics	12
Interaction of a defect with the reference curvature of an elastic surface	12
An anti-freeze fluorescent organogel with rapid shape-forming properties for constructing artificial light harvesting systems used in extremely cold environments	12
Covalent segmented polymer networks composed of poly(2-isopropenyl-2-oxazoline) and selected aliphatic polyesters: designing biocompatible amphiphilic materials containing degradable blocks	12
Self-assembly of globular proteins with intrinsically disordered protein polyelectrolytes and block copolymers	12
Viscosity of a solution of polyelectrolytes near the rod limit	12
The role of urea on the dissolution of starch in NaOH–urea aqueous solutions	12
Can self-propelled objects escape from compression stimulation?	12
Chiral active matter in external potentials	12
Ultra-short helix pitch and spiral ordering in cholesteric liquid crystal revealed by resonant soft X-ray scattering	12
Modeling dynamic swelling of polymer-based artificial muscles	12
Water-resistant free-standing DNA-complexed films with antioxidant and H2O2-responsive activity	12
Deciphering the origin of the melting profile of unilamellar phosphatidylcholine liposomes by measuring the turbidity of its suspensions	12
Colloidal cubic diamond photonic crystals through cooperative self-assembly	12
Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) for purifying colloidal clusters	11
A bioinspired, electroactive colorable and additive manufactured photonic artificial muscle	11
Force induced DNA melting in the presence of an attractive surface	11