RSC – Soft Matter latest articles- Shear-induced mechanical anisotropy in concentrated emulsions : a Pump Probe Mechanical Spectroscopy study November 5, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00685F, PaperNicolas Beyer, Lorry Engel, Pascal HébraudConcentrated suspensions develop an anisotropic microstructure when subjected to deformation, and this anisotropy persists after flow cessation, leading to direction-dependent mechanical properties. We investigate the mechanical response of a concentrated...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryNicolas Beyer
- Dual Stimuli-responsive Biocompatible Fluorescent Hyperbranched Poly(β-aminoester) for Physiological Temperature & pH Detection, and Controlled Delivery November 5, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00635J, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Soumen Ghosh, Aayush Anand, Subrata ChattopadhyaySustainable synthesis of biocompatible multi-stimuli responsive fluorescent hyperbranched polymers are important and challenging research topic. Herein we report the synthesis of temperature and pH responsive fluorescent hyperbranched poly(β-aminoester). The […]Soumen Ghosh
- Metastable structures in electrospun microfibers with a long-pitch chiral nematic liquid crystal core November 5, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00591D, PaperMatthew D. Thum, Daniel C. Ratchford, Jeffrey G. Lundin, Jakub KołaczThe chiral nematic core of coaxially electrospun microfibers exhibits discrete twisted structures when the pitch is comparable to the fiber diameter. These structures depend on the chiral pitch, fiber diameter and temperature.To cite this article before page numbers are […]Matthew D. Thum
- Mechanical response of particle packings at jamming onset November 4, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00762C, PaperZhaohui Huang, Xincheng Zhou, Shuixiang LiThe jamming onset of particle packings provides an ideal physical state for the comparison of mechanical properties. In this paper, we investigate the effects of size distribution and particle shape...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryZhaohui Huang
- Assessing the dynamics of symmetric and asymmetric hyaluronic acid–chitosan complex coacervates November 4, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00910C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Roshan Akdar Mohamed Yunus, Roos A.B. Poelman, Abinaya Arunachalam, Marleen Kamperman, Daniele ParisiThe mechanics of complex coacervates are governed not only by electrostatic interactions but also by polymer molecular weight (Mw) and chain stiffness, […]Roshan Akdar Mohamed Yunus
- Effects of Cross-linking on Spatial Organization and Dynamics of Confined Associating Polymers November 4, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00480B, PaperArie Pyasik, Yuval Garini, Yitzhak RabinWe performed Langevin dynamics simulations of two confined polymers containing strongly associating stickers. We investigated the reorganization time scales of polymers cross-linked by sticker aggregates (clusters) and found that strong...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryArie Pyasik
- Thermocapillary instability in self-rewetting liquid films flowing down a heated soft vertical fibre November 4, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00661A, PaperMohammed Zubair, Rajagopal VellingiriA thin film model is developed for a self-rewetting liquid film embedded on a soft substrate. Soft-layer deformation may lead to localized bulging in the gas–liquid interface due to conventional thermocapillarity and elasticity of the soft fibre.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use […]Mohammed Zubair
- Orientational order induced mode switching at coupled interfaces of a nematic–isotropic free bilayer November 3, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00634A, PaperVinod Babasaheb Vanarse, Neeru Yadav, Srijita De, Abir Ghosh, Tapas Kumar Mandal, Dipankar BandyopadhyayCoupled deformable interfaces in a nematic-isotropic bilayer engender morphological instabilities resulting from the interplay of nematic elasticity, surface energies, gravity, and intermolecular forces.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of […]Vinod Babasaheb Vanarse
- Minimal mechanism for flocking in phoretically interacting active particles November 3, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM01005E, PaperArvin Gopal Subramaniam, Sagarika Adhikary, Rajesh SinghCoherent collective motion is a widely observed phenomenon in active matter systems. Here, we report a flocking transition mechanism in a system of chemically interacting active colloidal particles sustained purely...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryArvin Gopal Subramaniam
- Modeling active nematics via the nematic locking principle November 3, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00607D, PaperKevin A. Mitchell, Md Mainul Hasan Sabbir, Sean Ricarte, Brandon Klein, Daniel A. BellerActive nematic systems consist of rod-like internally driven subunits that interact with one another to form large-scale coherent flows. They are important examples of far-from-equilibrium fluids, which exhibit a wealth...The content of this RSS Feed (c) […]Kevin A. Mitchell
- Shear-induced mechanical anisotropy in concentrated emulsions : a Pump Probe Mechanical Spectroscopy study November 5, 2025
