RSC – Soft Matter latest articles- Chain dynamics in polyisoprene stars with arms linked by dynamic covalent bonds to the central core March 30, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00091B, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Beatriz Robles-Hernández, Nikolaos Patelis, Arantxa Arbe Mendez, Konstantinos Ntetsikas, Saibal Bhaumik, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Ángel Alegría, Juan ColmeneroAlthough the use of dynamic covalent bonding (DCB) is a promising method to obtain easily recyclable polymer networks, […]Beatriz Robles-Hernández
- Stiffening of a Fibrous Matrix after Recovery of Contracted Inclusions March 30, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00087D, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Mainak Sarkar, Mohammad Tanver Hossain, Randy H. Ewoldt, Christina Laukaitis, Amy J Wagoner JohnsonDisordered fibrous matrices in living tissues are subjected to forces exerted by cells that contract to pull on matrix fibers. To […]Mainak Sarkar
- How does a polymer glass resist fatigue crack growth? March 28, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SM01521E, PaperChristine Heera Ahn, Zheqi Chen, Xianyang Bao, Zhigang SuoA polymer glass resists fatigue crack growth by deconcentrating stress. The fatigue threshold increases as the yield strength decreases.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The […]Christine Heera Ahn
- Statistical mechanics of cell aggregates: explaining the phase transition and paradoxical piezoelectric behavior of soft biological tissues March 28, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00035A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Pratik Khandagale, Hao Lin, Liping Liu, Pradeep SharmaPiezoelectricity in biological soft tissues is a controversial issue with differing opinions. While there is compelling experimental evidence to suggest a piezoelectric-like response in tissues such as […]Pratik Khandagale
- Quantifying and Understanding the Tilt of a Pt Janus Active Colloid Near Solid Walls March 28, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00073D, PaperJiayu Liu, Yankai Xu, Zihan Qiao, Shanshan Li, Xing Ma, Ting Kuang, Hepeng Zhang, Wei WangActive colloids powered by self-generated gradients are influenced by nearby solid boundaries, leading to their reorientation. In this study, the tilt angles (the angle between where an active colloid moves...The content of this RSS […]Jiayu Liu
- Kovacs-like memory effect in a sheared colloidal glass: role of non-affine flows March 28, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SM01514B, PaperMaitri Mandal, Abhishek Ghadai, Rituparno Mandal, Sayantan MajumdarKovacs-like memory effect in a sheared colloidal glass.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 ChemistryMaitri Mandal
- Mesoscopic study of smart dendritic-polymeric micelles for the removal of hormonal contraceptives from polluted aqueous environments March 27, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00272A, PaperCésar Soto-Figueroa, Tomas Galicia-Garcia, Armando Sebastián Pérez-Rodríguez, María del Rosario Rodríguez-Hidalgo, Luis VicenteNew smart dendritic-polymeric micelles to extract hormonal contraceptives from polluted aqueous environments was investigated using dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations and coarse-grained models.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation […]César Soto-Figueroa
- The role of substrate mechanics in osmotic biofilm spreading March 27, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SM01463D, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Anthony Pietz, Karin John, Uwe ThieleSubstrate mechanics is a key factor in biofilm spreading.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed […]Anthony Pietz
- Channel Instability in binary mixtures with Differential Diffusivity March 27, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00058K, CommunicationMichael Torres, Marciel Carvalho Gomes, José Soares de Andrade Junior, André Auto MoreiraRupture dynamics and pinch-off phenomena are fundamental for understanding instabilities in fluid dynamics and biological systems. In this study, we investigate the rupture of two-dimensional, channel-like configurations in a binary...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The […]Michael Torres
- Increased water presence in phospholipid fluid bilayers upon addition of lysolipids March 26, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM01211A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Fernanda Alvarado Galindo, Joachim Venzmer, Najet Mahmoudi, Michael Gradzielski, Ingo HoffmannIn spite of the numerous studies dealing with the interaction between lipid membranes and surfactants at subsolubilizing membrane concentrations, quantifying detailled bilayer structure, as […]Fernanda Alvarado Galindo
- Chain dynamics in polyisoprene stars with arms linked by dynamic covalent bonds to the central core March 30, 2025
