Soft Matter

Papers
(The TQCC of Soft Matter is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Effects of shear-induced crystallization on the complex viscosity of lamellar-structured concentrated surfactant solutions82
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Rheology of a 2D granular film70
Entangled nematic disclinations using multi-particle collision dynamics65
The growth and the decay of a visco-elastocapillary ridge by localized forces63
New quasiperiodic structures in nematic liquid crystals62
Lowest gelation concentration in a complex-coacervate-driven self-assembly system, achieved by redox-RAFT synthesis of high molecular weight block polyelectrolytes55
Effect of polyacrylamide gel elasticity on collagen type II fibril assembly50
Modelling viscoelastic relaxation mechanisms in thermorheologically complex Fe(iii)–poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels45
New approach for SANS measurement of micelle chain mixing during size and morphology transitions44
From nematic shells to nematic droplets: energetics and defect transitions44
Mechanical deformation affects the counterion condensation in highly-swollen polyelectrolyte hydrogels42
PEG-fibrin conjugates: the PEG impact on the polymerization dynamics39
Fabrication of submillimeter-sized spherical self-oscillating gels and control of their isotropic volumetric oscillatory behaviors37
Composition and temperature effects on the solution structure of SDS/octanol/brine by SANS, NMR and microscopy37
Strain stiffening elastomers with swelling inclusions36
Water–alcohol–TiO2 dispersions as sustainable ink36
Hysteresis in phase volumes, compositions and interfacial roughness in model OPV-small-molecule/polymer thin-films35
Spontaneous symmetry-breaking of the active cluster drives the directed movement and self-sustained oscillation of symmetric rod-like passive particles35
Multi-population dissolution in confined active fluids35
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/D3SM016135
The rheology and foamability of crystal-melt suspensions composed of triacylglycerols35
A facile strategy to in situ synthesize metal oxide/conductive polymer hybrid electrodes for supercapacitors34
Microfluidic extensional flow device to study mass transfer dynamics in the polymer microparticle formation process33
Revisiting the strain-induced softening behaviour in hydrogels33
Viscoelasticity of single folded proteins using dynamic atomic force microscopy33
Role of confinement in the shear banding and shear jamming in noncolloidal fiber suspensions32
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Influence of matrix stiffness on microstructure evolution and magnetization of magneto-active elastomers31
Correction: A passive star polymer in a dense active bath: insights from computer simulations31
SAXS-guided unbiased coarse-grained Monte Carlo simulation for identification of self-assembly nanostructures and dimensions30
A simple one step synthesis of magnetic-optical dual functional ZIF-8 in a sodalite phase for magnetically guided targeting bioimaging and drug delivery30
Tuning the polymer thermal conductivity through structural modification induced by MoS2 bilayers30
Pyridine-functional diblock copolymer nanoparticles synthesized via RAFT-mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly: effect of solution pH29
Pinching dynamics, extensional rheology, and stringiness of saliva substitutes28
Passive viscoelastic response of striated muscles28
Temperature dependence of micelle shape transitions in copolymer solutions: the role of inter-block incompatibility28
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Dynamic compaction of cohesive granular materials: scaling behavior and bonding structures25
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Correction: Hystereses in flow-induced compression of a poroelastic hydrogel25
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Spontaneous rolling of a soft sphere on a vertical soft substrate24
Liquid crystalline collagen assemblies as substrates for directed alignment of human Schwann cells24
Binding of anisotropic curvature-inducing proteins onto membrane tubes24
Complete stress release in monolayer ALD-Al2O3 films based on mechanical equilibrium homeostasis to realize a bending radius of 1 mm24
The motion of micro-swimmers over a cavity in a micro-channel24
Molecular mobility of thin films of poly(bisphenol-A carbonate) capped and with one free surface: from bulk-like samples down to the adsorbed layer24
Tensile force field plays a crucial role in local invasion of tumor cells through a mechano-chemical coupling mechanism24
A multifunctional structural coloured electronic skin monitoring body motion and temperature23
Probing molecular motion and microstructure into emulsion gels by PFG NMR and advanced microscopy for microstructural observations23
Thermotropic reentrant isotropy and induced smectic antiferroelectricity in the ferroelectric nematic realm: comparing RM734 and DIO23
Effect of confinement and topology: 2-TIPS vs. MIPS23
Surface acoustic wave manipulation of bioparticles23
Instability and rupture of surfactant-laden bilayer thin liquid films23
Harnessing interfacial entropic effects in polymer grafted nanoparticle composites for tailoring their thermo-mechanical and separation properties23
Advection-dominated transport dynamics of pili and flagella-mediated motile bacteria in porous media23
Size-dependent bending of a rectangular polymer film23
A theory of hydrogel mechanics that couples swelling and external flow23
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Effect of segmental motion on hydrolytic degradation of polyglycolide in electro-spun fiber mats22
Influence of shape on heteroaggregation of model microplastics: a simulation study22
Hydroelastomers: soft, tough, highly swelling composites22
One-step laser etching of a bionic hierarchical structure on a silicone rubber surface with thermal and acid/alkali resistance and tunable wettability22
Frame tension governs the thermal fluctuations of a fluid membrane: new evidence22
Granular flow of 3D mixtures of soft and hard spheres22
Statistical mechanics of cell aggregates: explaining the phase transition and paradoxical piezoelectric behavior of soft biological tissues22
Directional actuation and phase transition-like behavior in anisotropic networks of responsive microfibers22
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Effect of intermolecular hydrogen bonding strength on the dynamic fragility of amorphous polyamides21
Biopolymer-supramolecular polymer hybrids for photocatalytic hydrogen production21
Long-range order in two-dimensional systems with fluctuating active stresses21
Controlling toughness of polymer-grafted nanoparticle composites for impact mitigation21
Design of ultra-stretchable physical hydrogels cross-linked by cubosomes: structural changes revealed by SANS during in situ polymerisation and mechanical deformation21
Modelling the non-linear viscoelastic behaviour of brain tissue in torsion21
Temperature-responsive membrane permeability of recombinant fusion protein vesicles21
The role of poroelastic diffusion in the transient wetting behavior of hydrogels21
Dipolar colloids in three dimensions: non-equilibrium structure and re-entrant dynamics21
Effect of polymerization on free water in polyacrylamide hydrogels observed with Brillouin spectroscopy20
The coagulant dipping process of nitrile latex: investigations of former motion effects and coagulant loss into the dipping compound20
Droplets sliding on soft solids shed elastocapillary rails20
Is there a difference between surfactant-stabilised and Pickering emulsions?20
Effect of surfactant concentration on diffusion and microstructure in water-in-oil emulsions studied by low-field benchtop NMR and optical microscopy20
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Cyclodextrin-catalyzed self-assembly of a coordinating fluorescent molecule into microflowers20
Modulation of wetting of stimulus responsive polymer brushes by lipid vesicles: experiments and simulations20
Positive, negative and controlled durotaxis20
Tuning alginate β-lactoglobulin complex coacervation by modulating pH and temperature20
Synergy of Hofmeister effect and ligand crosslinking enabled the facile fabrication of super-strong, pre-stretching-enhanced gelatin-based hydrogels20
Drop splitting on hydrophobic wedge-shaped tips after central impact: effect of sharpness and wetting properties19
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One step generation of single-core double emulsions from polymer-osmose-induced aqueous phase separation in polar oil droplets19
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Malleable and self-healing rubbers covalently crosslinked by reversible boronic ester bonds19
Mechanisms of electrostatic interactions between two charged dielectric spheres inside a polarizable medium: an effective-dipole analysis19
Mesoscale polymer arrays: high aspect ratio surface structures and their digital reconstruction19
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Elastoviscoplasticity, hyperaging, and time–age-time–temperature superposition in aqueous dispersions of bentonite clay19
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Direct ink writing of tough, stretchable silicone composites18
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Jamming transition and normal modes of polydispersed soft particle packing17
Crystallization of non-convex colloids: the roles of particle shape and entropy17
Adsorption and aggregation properties of quaternary-ammonium-salt-based gemini surfactants with a glycinate counterion17
An interfacial host–guest inclusion complex regulated supramolecular nanocomposite hydrogel showing tunable mechanical strength, self-healing, strain sensitivity and NIR responsiveness17
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Flow environment affects nutrient transport in soft plant roots17
Bulking up: the impact of polymer sterics on emulsion stability17
Multiple droplets on a conical fiber: formation, motion, and droplet mergers17
Fluorescent azobenzene-confined coiled-coil mesofibers17
Insight into the structure and transport properties of pyrrolidinium-based geminal dicationic-organic ionic crystals: unravelling the role of alkyl-chain length17
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Efficient and stable electrorheological fluids based on chestnut-like cobalt hydroxide coupled with surface-functionalized carbon dots17
Swelling induced debonding of thin hydrogel films grafted on silicon substrates17
Kinetics of geopolymerization followed by rheology: a general model17
The role of disorder in the motion of chiral active particles in the presence of obstacles17
Collecting differently sized particles on water surface by maneuvering pedal waves on the foot of the water snail Pomacea canaliculata16
Correction: Fabricating multi-scale controllable PEDOT:PSS arrays via templated freezing assembly16
Microfluidic dual picoinjection based encapsulation of hemoglobin in alginate microcapsules reinforced by a poly(l-lysine)-g-poly(ethylene glycol)16
Dynamics and rheology of vesicles under confined Poiseuille flow16
Shear recovery and temperature stability of Ca2+ and Ag+ glycolipid fibrillar metallogels with unusual β-sheet-like domains16
Phospholipase-catalyzed degradation drives domain morphology and rheology transitions in model lung surfactant monolayers16
Thermal- and pH-responsive triple-shape memory hydrogel based on a single reversible switch16
Differential membrane curvature induced by distinct protein conformers16
The relationship between structure and rheology in a three-dimensional sheared lamellar mesophase16
Granular aqueous suspensions with controlled interparticular friction and adhesion16
Investigating glass transition in a PA6T/66 copolymer through molecular dynamics simulations16
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, 16
Tuning evaporation driven deposition in sessile drops via electrostatic hetero-aggregation16
Chiral photonic crystals from sphere packing16
Stiffening of under-constrained spring networks under isotropic strain16
Making microgels photo-responsive by complexation with a spiropyran surfactant16
The alternate ligand Jagged enhances the robustness of Notch signaling patterns16
Sorting of proteins with shape and curvature anisotropy on a lipid bilayer tube16
Mediating the slow dynamics of polyacrylates by small molecule-bridged hydrogen bonds16
l-Cysteine as a reducing/capping/gel-forming agent for the preparation of silver nanoparticle composites with anticancer properties16
A hydro-thermophoretic trap for microparticles near a gold-coated substrate16
Influence of adhesion-promoting glycolipids on the structure and stability of solid-supported lipid double-bilayers16
Training precise stress patterns16
Nanodroplets wetting an elastic half-space16
Molecular dynamics study of shear-induced lamellar alignment of ABA triblock copolymer thin films16
Shear-induced criticality in glasses shares qualitative similarities with the Gardner phase16
Peeling from a liquid16
Phases of surface-confined trivalent colloidal particles15
Bacterial surface swimming states revealed by TIRF microscopy15
Ion specific effects on the rheology of cellulose nanofibrils in the presence of salts15
Microstructural changes of concentrated Newtonian suspensions in the first oscillation cycles probed with linear and non-linear rheology15
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Orientational transitions of discotic columnar liquid crystals in cylindrical pores15
Exploiting breath figure reversibility for in situ pattern modulation and hierarchical design15
Correction: Effect of network topology and crosslinker reactivity on microgel structure and ordering at liquid–liquid interface15
Ferrofluid drop impacts and Rosensweig peak formation in a non-uniform magnetic field15
Investigation of the synergistic effect of melt-extension and nanofiller on the crystal–crystal phase transition from form II to I of isotactic polybutene-115
Development of tough and stiff elastomers by leveraging hydrophilic–hydrophobic supramolecular segment interaction15
Coarsening in bent-core liquid crystals: a molecular dynamics study15
Predicting the outcomes of interpolyelectrolyte neutralization at surfaces on the basis of complexation experiments and vice versa15
Necking of thin-walled cylinders via bifurcation of incompressible nonlinear elastic solids15
Correction: Aggregation or phase separation can be induced in highly charged proteins by small charged biomolecules15
Computer vision for high-throughput analysis of pickering emulsions15
Solvent-dependent supramolecular assembly behavior of a coumarin-headed amphiphile15
Synthesis and characterisation of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based hydrogels15
Observations on phenomenological changes in Klebsiella Pneumoniae under fluidic stresses15
Vibrational spectroscopic profiling of biomolecular interactions between oak powdery mildew and oak leaves15
How reciprocity impacts ordering and phase separation in active nematics?15
A self-oscillating gel system with complex dynamic behavior based on a time delay between the oscillations15
Breaking action–reaction with active apolar colloids: emergent transport and velocity inversion15
Preparation and characterization of emulsion gels stabilized by adequately preprocessed insoluble soybean fiber from okara14
High-χ, low-N micelles from partially perfluorinated block polymers14
Chiral ground states in a nematic liquid crystal confined to a cylinder with homeotropic anchoring14
Effect of the content and strength of hard segment on the viscoelasticity of the polyurethane elastomer: insights from molecular dynamics simulation14
Recent advances in the design and use of Pickering emulsions for wastewater treatment applications14
Chiral active matter in external potentials14
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Solute dispersion in pre-turbulent confined active nematics14
A simple approach to produce hydrophobic biobased coatings using methylcellulose and organosolv lignin14
Magnetic Field-Directed Self-Assembly of CNT-Fe₃O₄ Hybrids for Tunable Soft Piezoresistive Sensors14
Cellulose nanocrystals as nucleating agents for the strain induced crystallization in natural rubber14
Antibacterial, wearable, transparent tannic acid–thioctic acid–phytic acid hydrogel for adhesive bandages14
Efficient fabrication of bioinspired soft, ridged-slippery surfaces with large-range anisotropic wettability for droplet manipulation14
Moving cracks in drying colloidal films14
Phase behavior of symmetric diblock copolymers under 3D soft confinement14
Self-organization of metallo-supramolecular polymer networks by free formation of pyridine–phenanthroline heteroleptic complexes14
Modeling high strain-rate microcavitation in soft materials: the role of material behavior in bubble dynamics14
Effect of microstructure evolution on the mechanical behavior of magneto-active elastomers with different matrix stiffness14
Can self-propelled objects escape from compression stimulation?14
Coarse-grained molecular models of the surface of hair14
A polymer chain with dipolar active forces in connection to spatial organization of chromatin14
Droplet spreading in a wedge: a route to fluid rheology for power-law liquids14
The random walker's toolbox for analyzing single-particle tracking data14
A double-well potential model for glass transition in a glassy hydrogel undergoing bi-stable interactions with water14
Probing the binding mode and interactions of proteinase K and glutathione: molecular simulation and experiments14
Self-healing polyacrylates based on dynamic disulfide and quadruple hydrogen bonds14
Janus-type ionic conductive gels based on poly(N,N-dimethyl)acrylamide for strain/pressure sensors14
The cellular Potts model on disordered lattices14
Probing the elastic response of lipid bilayers and nanovesicles to leaflet tensions via volume per lipid14
Understanding the role of crosslink density and linear viscoelasticity on the shear failure of pressure-sensitive-adhesives14
Transparent and iridescent photonic films with intelligent responsive ability based on electrospun core–shell nanofibrous membranes14
Determination of the swimming mechanism of Au@TiO2 active matter and implications on active–passive interactions14
Mechanochromic polymer blends made with an excimer-forming telechelic sensor molecule14
Fabrication of a MXene-based shape-memory hydrogel and its application in the wound repair of skin14
Role of MXenes in advancing soft robotics14
Interplay between yielding, ‘recovery’, and strength of yield stress fluids for direct ink writing: new insights from oscillatory rheology14
E. coli bacterium tumbling in bulk and close to surfaces: a simulation study14
Pressurized interfacial failure of soft adhesives14
Lipid doping of the sponge (L3) mesophase13
Force induced DNA melting in the presence of an attractive surface13
Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) for purifying colloidal clusters13
MoS2 nanosheets effectively bind to the receptor binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and destabilize the spike–human ACE2 receptor interactions13
Synchronized rotations of active particles on chemical substrates13
Assessing the compressive elasticity and multi-responsive property of gelatin-containing weakly anionic copolymer gelsviasemi-IPN strategy13
Splay and polar order in a system of hard pear-like molecules: confrontation of Monte Carlo numerical simulations with density functional theory calculations13
Chain stretching in brushes favors sequence recognition for nucleobase-functionalized flexible precise oligomers13
A multiscale approach to uncover the self-assembly of ligand-covered palladium nanocubes13
A bioinspired, electroactive colorable and additive manufactured photonic artificial muscle13
Individual closed-loop control of micromotors by selective light actuation13
Strength of fluid-filled soft composites across the elastofracture length13
Active interaction switching controls the dynamic heterogeneity of soft colloidal dispersions13
Mechanism analysis of the carrier viscosity effect on shear stress of magnetorheological fluids13
Re-entrant percolation in active Brownian hard disks13
Angular structure factor of the hexatic-B liquid crystals: bridging theory and experiment13
The design of highly conductive and stretchable polymer conductors with low-load nanoparticles13
Analysis of the adhesive secreting cells of Arion subfuscus: insights into the role of microgels in a tough, fast-setting hydrogel glue13
Reversible pH-responsive supramolecular aggregates from viologen based amphiphiles – a molecular design perspective13
Feedback-controlled topological reconfiguration of molecular assemblies for programming supramolecular structures13
Soft hydrogel-embedded ceramic skeleton mimicking bone structure via sacrificial bond concept13
Exploring how cation entropy influences electric double layer formation and electrochemical reactivity13
Deformation of soap bubbles in uniform magnetic fields13
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