RSC – Soft Matter latest articles- Self-consistent field description of polyelectrolyte-grafted colloidal actuators July 24, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00474H, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Eleonora Foschino, Irene E. Hulsen, Alessandro Ianiro, Remco Tuinier, Mark VisWe present a theoretical model of polyelectrolyte-grafted colloidal actuators, which can expand and contract in response to pH variations.To cite this article before page […]Eleonora Foschino
- Osmocapillary phase separation at the contact lines July 24, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00325C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Qihan Liu, Luochang WangSwollen soft materials have various uncommon wetting properties, such as anomaly contact angle, extremely low adhesion, stimuli-responsive adhesion, and time-dependent wetting. These properties are related to the solvent exudation near...The content […]Qihan Liu
- Brownian diffusion in non-harmonic potentials July 23, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00475F, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Stefano Villa, Maurizio NobiliBrownian motion in confined systems is widespread in soft matter physics, biophysics, statistical physics and related fields. In most of these systems a Brownian particle cannot freely diffuse in the...The content […]Stefano Villa
- Crystallization and Melting of Polyethylene Strongly Cross-linked in the Molten State July 23, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00504C, PaperJingqing Li, Weihua Wang, Yunxiang Shi, Barbara Heck, Chuanfu Luo, Jesper deClaville Christiansen, Donghong Yu, Günter Reiter, Shichun JiangWe examined the crystallization and melting behavior of highly cross-linked polyethylene (xPE) samples, including a structural characterization of the resulting crystalline domains. Using γ−ray irradiation, cross-linking was performed in the...The content […]Jingqing Li
- Dielectrophoretic response and electro-deformation of soft bioparticles interacting with a metallo-dielectric Janus active particle July 23, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00462D, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Donggang Cao, Gilad YossifonActive (self-propelling) particles have emerged as innovative microscale tools in the field of single cell analysis with the advantages of being untethered, remotely controlled, hybrid powered, with sub-cellular precision. This...The content […]Donggang Cao
- Determination of intrinsic cellular electrical and mechanical properties by micro/nano manipulation techniques July 22, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00529A, Review ArticleWenfeng Liang, Dan Dang, Xieliu Yang, Hemin ZhangSingle-mode biophysical fingerprints have specific overlap when cell heterogeneity is analyzed. The cross-sensitivity between these parameters results in significant fuzzy intervals in cell phenotype classification based on one-dimensional features, making...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryWenfeng Liang
- The size ratio effect on the microstructure and magnetization of a bidisperse magnetic colloidal suspension July 22, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00180C, PaperLuis R. Pérez-Marcos, Ronal A. DeLaCruz-Araujo, Heberth Diestra-Cruz, Obidio Rubio, Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa, Glenn C. Vidal-UrquizaThis research examines how the size ratio influences the microstructure and time-dependent magnetization in a bidisperse magnetic colloidal suspension under a uniform magnetic field.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the […]Luis R. Pérez-Marcos
- How can dropwise condensation be achieved on superhydrophobic nanocones July 21, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00456J, PaperChenlei Chu, Xiaohuan Zhou, Yinggang Zhao, Ze Liu, Zhen Sun, Pengfei Hao, Cunjing LvThe condensation of jumping droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces has garnered significant interest for its potential to enhance heat transfer efficiency. Among various nano- and microstructures, nanocone arrays have emerged as...The content of this RSS Feed (c) […]Chenlei Chu
- Precision engineering of cholesteryl azobenzene dimers: investigating the impact of spacer lengths and terminal groups on photo-responsiveness July 20, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00338E, PaperYu Li, Jialin He, Yancong Feng, Guofu Zhou, Yang Zhang, Wei Zhao, Laurens Theobald de HaanThe rational molecular engineering of cholesteryl azobenzene dimers provides an effective strategy for designing precisely tunable photo-switchable materials with controllable chiral optical responses. This study systematically explores how spacer length...The content of this RSS […]Yu Li
- Correction: Free energy modelling of a spherical nanoparticle at an oil/water interface July 20, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM90126J, Correction Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Zhiwei Huang, Joseph L. KeddieTo 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 ChemistryZhiwei Huang
- Self-consistent field description of polyelectrolyte-grafted colloidal actuators July 24, 2025
