RSC – Soft Matter latest articles- The role of charge regulation on casein-chitosan complexation at low pH December 29, 2025Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM01042J, PaperRafael Leonardo Cruz Gomes da Silva, Nina Suenaga Wang, Fernando Luis Barroso da Silva, Denise Freitas PetriThe complexation between proteins and polyelectrolytes is fundamental to materials science and biology, yet the driving forces under non-ideal electrostatic conditions remain debated. Here, we systematically investigated the interaction between...The content of this […]Rafael Leonardo Cruz Gomes da Silva
- Sequence-Defined Phase Behavior of Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide-co-Acrylamide) in Water December 29, 2025Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00810G, PaperSandeep Parma, R Nagaranajan, Tarak K. PatraThe precise arrangement of different chemical moieties in a polymer determines its thermophysical properties. How the sequence of moieties impacts the properties of a polymer is an outstanding problem in...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistrySandeep Parma
- Viscoelastic Stress Relaxation, Fast and Slow December 29, 2025Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM01008J, PaperH. Henning WinterSoft materials such as colloids, pastes, and polymer liquids are defined rheologically by how they build and relax stress during flow and deformation. Their internal connectivity manifests in a broad...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryH. Henning Winter
- Collective filament wrapping and nested spiral formation in active polydisperse systems December 29, 2025Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00783F, PaperCaterina Landi, Giulia Janzen, Francesco Sciortino, John Russo, Chantal Valeriani, Daniel Alejandro Matoz-FernandezWe investigate a two-dimensional polydisperse suspension of self-propelled semiflexible filaments and reveal a collective wrapping mechanism that is absent in monodisperse systems. At intermediate activity levels, long filaments coil around...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The […]Caterina Landi
- Modes of Mechanical Guidance of Adhesion-Independent Cell Migration December 27, 2025Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00960J, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Hanna Luise Luise Gertack, Peter Augustine Edmund Hampshire, Claudia Wohlgemuth, Ricard Alert, Sebastian AlandAdhesion-independent migration is a prominent mode of cell motility in confined environments, yet the physical principles that guide such movement remain […]Hanna Luise Luise Gertack
- Moisture sorption of cellulose-based porous media containing co-solvents and its impact on pore-fiber transport rates of co-solvent solutions December 23, 2025Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00847F, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Sajjad Karimnejad, Anton A DarhuberWater-based inkjet inks typically contain non-volatile, polar compounds - referred to as co-solvents - such as glycerol and ethylene glycol oligomers, which constitute approximately 5-50 wt% of the total ink....The […]Sajjad Karimnejad
- Small Particle Dynamics in Glassy Polymers: Diffusion, Relaxation, and Machine-Learned Softness December 23, 2025Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00837A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Sam Layding, Robert RigglemanIn this work, we explore the simulated transport dynamics of small particles through a polymer melt at temperatures spanning from liquid-like behavior down to near and below the simulated glass...The content […]Sam Layding
- Tuning the Velocity of Thermophoretic Microswimmers with Thermo-Sensitive Polymers December 23, 2025Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM01119A, PaperFranziska Braun, Aritra K. Mukhopadhyay, Samad Mahmoudi, Kevin Gräff, Atieh Razavi, Carina Schneider, Sierk Lessnau, Benno Liebchen, Regine von KlitzingUnderstanding and controlling the motion of self-propelled particles in complex fluids is crucial for applications in targeted drug delivery, microfluidic transport, and the broader field of active matter. Here, we...The […]Franziska Braun
- Celebrating 20 years of Soft Matter December 22, 2025Soft Matter, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM90214B, EditorialAlfred J. Crosby, Maria E. SouthallAn editorial from Alfred Crosby and Maria Southall on the celebration of Soft Matter's 20th anniversary.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryAlfred J. Crosby
- Physical effects of hydrogel coatings on seed germination December 22, 2025Soft Matter, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00932D, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Tori Melise Phillips, Joshua Green, Alvaro Sanz-Saez, Jean-François LoufHydrogel coatings inhibit seed germination through oxygen restriction and stiffness effects, not water limitation.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form […]Tori Melise Phillips
- The role of charge regulation on casein-chitosan complexation at low pH December 29, 2025
