RSC – Soft Matter latest articles- Crystallization of non-convex colloids: the roles of particle shape and entropy April 20, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00158G, PaperJohnathon P Gales, Min Jae Kim, Glen Hocky, David J. PineParticle shape and entropy play critical roles in order-disorder transitions; examples include liquid crystals and crystals formed from hard polyhedra. With few exceptions, colloidal crystals reported in the literature form...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society […]Johnathon P Gales
- Active and passive crosslinking of cytoskeleton scaffolds tune the effects of cell inclusions on composite structure April 16, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM01527D, PaperKatarina Matic, Nimisha Krishnan, Eric Frank, Michael Arellano, Aditya Sriram, Moumita Das, Megan Valentine, Michael Rust, Rae Marie Robertson-Anderson, Jennifer RossIncorporating cells within active biomaterial scaffolds is a promising strategy to develop forefront materials that can autonomously sense, respond, and alter the scaffold in response to environmental cues or […]Katarina Matic
- What makes oil-in-water emulsions with pea protein stable? The role of excess protein in network formation and yield stress development April 16, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00082C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Eleonora Olsmats, Adrian R. Rennie, Daniel BonnEmulsions stabilized with pea protein exhibit enhanced stability only if excess protein is present in the continuous aqueous phase.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use […]Eleonora Olsmats
- Temperature switchable self-propulsion activity of liquid crystalline microdroplets April 16, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SM01382D, PaperManoj Kumar, Siddharth Sane, Aniruddh Murali, Shashi ThutupalliWe report on a switchable emulsion droplet microswimmer by utilizing a temperature-dependent transition of the droplet phase.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 […]Manoj Kumar
- Shock-induced dispersion patterns of powder with diverse physical properties April 16, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SM01541J, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jaehun Yoo, Ji Hoon Kim, Daegyoum KimUnder the strong pressure pulse induced by a shock wave, powders with diverse physical properties exhibit distinct instability and dispersion patterns that develop into jets over time.To cite […]Jaehun Yoo
- Modification of membrane properties using ionic liquids investigated with Langmuir monolayers and bilayers in vesicles April 15, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00008D, PaperManas Kumar Mandal, Shujiao Chen, Shuai Zhang, Qunhui Yuan, Wei GanBiocompatible and bioavailable ionic liquids (ILs) are generally used to modify the physicochemical properties of lipid monolayers and bilayers.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed […]Manas Kumar Mandal
- Designing yield stress fluids for advanced materials processing using derivatives of pH-responsive branched copolymer surfactants. April 15, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM01473A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Emma Louise Jones, Zhidong Luo, Rishav Agrawal, Sean Flynn, Megan Carr, William N. Sharratt, Esther Garcia-TunonThrough careful formulation design from a structure-properties perspective, this work demonstrates the potential of pH-responsive branched copolymer surfactants (BCSs) […]Emma Louise Jones
- Electronic interactions of a quatertiophene-based surfactant at liquid/gas interface April 15, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00122F, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Changwoo Bae, Kamatham Narayanaswamy, Hisham Idriss, Ludivine Poyac, Indraneel Sen, Sébastien Richeter, Sébastien Clément, Anne-Laure Biance, Samuel Albert, Oriane BonhommeWe report the synthesis of a functional molecule, a quatertiophene-based surfactant, which can both adsorb […]Changwoo Bae
- Bubbling and Mixing of Vibrated and Non-Vibrated Gas-Fluidized Active Granular Matter April 15, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00239G, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Oscar Jack Punch, Michael Wayne Jordan, Angelina Samantha Moncrieffe, Qiang Guo, Christopher M. BoyceHere we use numerical simulations to study the effect of varying active matter force on non-vibrated and vertically vibrated gas-fluidized granular […]Oscar Jack Punch
- Advection-dominated transport dynamics of pili and flagella-mediated motile bacteria in porous media April 15, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00071H, PaperMarc Berghouse, Lazaro J. Perez, Andrew Plymale, Timothy D. Scheibe, Rishi ParasharFlow and motility type determine bacterial transport in porous media. Peritrichous bacteria outperform piliated and monotrichous types in maintaining motility (cross-streamline movement) under high-flow conditions.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of […]Marc Berghouse
- Crystallization of non-convex colloids: the roles of particle shape and entropy April 20, 2025
