RSC – Soft Matter latest articles- Aggregation numbers and fluorescence quenching kinetics of simple single-tailed amphiphilic vesicles of alkyltrimethylammonium bromides in water September 17, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00694E, PaperFeixue Gong, Na Du, Wan Guo HouSimple single-tailed amphiphiles (STAs) can form vesicles in their single-component aqueous solutions, under the mediation of solid surfaces, particularly through a dehydration-rehydration (DHRH) process. However, knowledge about the characteristics of...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryFeixue Gong
- Diffusive Probe Penetration for Characterization of Diffusion-Governing Length Scales in Amphiphilic PEG-PCL Co-Networks September 17, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00629E, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Sebastian Seitel, Nico Perez Lopez, Stephanie Ihmann, Frank Böhme, Sebastian SeiffertWe investigate the penetrative probe diffusion in a model amphiphilic polymer co-network (APCN) synthesized via a hetero-complementary coupling reaction between 2-(4-nitrophenyl)-benzoxazinone-terminated tetra-poly(ε-caprolactone) (t-PCL) and […]Sebastian Seitel
- Decay of skeins of dislocations in cholesterics, rewiring of Conway’s tangles into necklaces of bangles September 16, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00703H, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Jun-Yong Lee, Mehdi Zeghal, Patrick Judeinstein, Maria Helena Godinho, Ivan Smalyukh, Pawel PieranskiKnotted and linked skeins of vortices and disclinations generated, respectively, by symmetry-breaking normal → superfluid and isotropic → nematic phase transitions are […]Jun-Yong Lee
- Lifetime and fluctuations of specific bonds between anisotropic colloids mediated through depletion interactions. September 16, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00841G, PaperMuraleedharapai Mayarani, Justine Laurent, Martin Lenz, Olivia du Roure, Julien HeuvinghTo fabricate large-scale structures using colloidal particle self-assembly, one of the main challenges is to prevent kinetic trapping in metastable states. Therefore, interactions and colloids must be carefully chosen to...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society […]Muraleedharapai Mayarani
- Prediction of the Effect of Branching of Molecular Chain on the Structure of Interface and Interfacial Tension in Systems Containing Water, Alkane and Nonionic Surfactant September 15, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00463B, PaperPolina Olegovna Sorina, Alexey VictorovIn this work, we extend the Multilayer Quasichemical Model (MQuM) of a nonuniform fluid mixture that contains linear chainlike molecules and associating species to mixtures that may also contain branched...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryPolina Olegovna Sorina
- Local deformation and dynamics of cross-linked hyaluronic acid gels at charged interfaces September 15, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00616C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Sujata Dhakal, Samyuktha Chandrasekar, Adediwura Deborah Adedeji, Svetlana MorozovaHydrogel adhesion is a complex process that involves chain dynamics, thermodynamics, chemistry, and topology. Using fluorescent confocal microscopy in combination with fluorescent Differential Dynamic Microscopy (fDDM), […]Sujata Dhakal
- Defect interactions through periodic boundaries in two-dimensional p-atics September 15, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00773A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Cody Dylan SchimmingPeriodic boundary conditions are a common theoretical and computational tool used to emulate effectively infinite domains. However, two-dimensional periodic domains are topologically distinct from the infinite plane, eliciting the question:...The content of […]Cody Dylan Schimming
- Order metrics of amorphous solids: Structures, hyperuniformity, and implications for ultra-stable glasses September 15, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00579E, PaperDing Xu, Qinyi Liao, Ning XuDue to the lack of long-range order, it remains challenging to characterize the structure of disordered solids and understand the nature of the glass transition. Here we propose a new...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryDing Xu
- Real-space observation of salt-dependent aging in Laponite gels September 14, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00603A, PaperShunichi Saito, Sooyeon Kim, Yuichi Taniguchi, Miho YanagisawaColloidal gels gradually evolve as their structures reorganize, a process known as aging. Understanding this behavior is essential for fundamental science and practical applications such as drug delivery and tissue...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryShunichi Saito
- Directed assembly of binary suspensions of magnetizable ellipsoids September 14, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00755K, PaperDavid H Harris, Isaac Torres-DiazWe investigate the effect of particle anisotropy and magnetic properties on the directed assembly of binary suspensions of magnetizable ellipsoids in a two-dimensional confinement. A suspension of paramagnetic spheres and...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryDavid H Harris
- Aggregation numbers and fluorescence quenching kinetics of simple single-tailed amphiphilic vesicles of alkyltrimethylammonium bromides in water September 17, 2025
