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• Designing hydrogel dimensionality to investigate mechanobiology May 28, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SM01458H, Review ArticleMarine Luciano, Sylvain GabrieleThis review highlights innovative hydrogel platforms—from 2D to 3D, including 2.5D and sandwich systems—that reveal how mechanical cues regulate cell behavior, with translational potential in tissue engineering and disease modeling.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The […]
  Marine Luciano
• Response of a Polyelectrolyte under Oscillatory Shear of Low Frequency May 28, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00254K, PaperHao Peng, Chao Zhou, Wu Zhou, Jingfa Yang, Jiang ZhaoIt is still a challenging task to gain a comprehensive understanding of the physical mechanism of rheological properties of polyelectrolyte solutions. For the purpose of investigating the molecular picture, a...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]
  Hao Peng
• Multifunctional fluorescent ionic liquid crystals based on L-Tryptophan and gemini surfactants for Cu (II) and ascorbic acid detection in real samples May 28, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00404G, PaperMuhammad Bilal Ahmad, Rabia Arif, Arifa ShaheenIonic liquid crystals (ILCs) represent a promising and innovative subclass of ionic liquids, recognized for their exceptional performance. This study investigates the potential of newly synthesized ILCs, featuring two imidazole...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  Muhammad Bilal Ahmad
• Target Search of a Polymer with an Active Head May 27, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00281H, PaperRajiblochan Sahoo, Arvind Saini, Rajarshi ChakrabartiWe employ computer simulations to study the dynamics and target search of a spherically confined polymer, where one terminal monomer, referred to as the ``head'' is modeled as an active...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  Rajiblochan Sahoo
• Stress-induced and anchoring-programmed smectic layer architectures May 27, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00393H, PaperJin-Bing Wu, Geng Chen, Daoxing Luo, Jingge Wang, Zhenghao Guo, Qiguang Wang, Hefeng Chang, Wei HuThe direct FCD–ZFCD transformation is achieved in the SmA phase under mechanical stress, the free manipulation of ZFCD arrangements is presented by patterned alignment, and the polarization-dependent diffraction and imaging functions are demonstrated based […]
  Jin-Bing Wu
• Trapping, coalescence, and splitting of drops in an ultrasound-actuated microcavity May 25, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00217F, PaperLokesh Malik, Subhas Nandy, Niladri S Satpathi, Debasish Ghosh, Thomas Laurell, Ashis SenDroplets are sophisticated micro-compartments crucial for lab-on-a-chip and bio-medical applications. There have been significant efforts towards generating monodisperse droplets as the uniformity of droplets affects performance. Recently, we introduced a...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The […]
  Lokesh Malik
• Curvature-dependent propulsion of elastic flagella May 25, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM01548G, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Taylor Greenwood, Felipe Cordoba, Jian Teng, Saebom Lee, Genevieve Dare, Ebru Demir, On Shun Pak, Yong Lin KongSoft robotic swimmers that can mimic the flagella-powered locomotion of micro-organisms are of significant interest in a […]
  Taylor Greenwood
• Active-like Dynamics of Worm-Like Chains Driven by an External Traveling-Wave Force. May 25, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00153F, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Fabio Cecconi, Andrea Puglisi, Massimiliano Viale, Dario LucenteWe present a simplified theory for semiflexible flagella under the action of a traveling-wave perturbation that emulates the organized active forces generated by molecular motors, capable of […]
  Fabio Cecconi
• Preparation of Polydopamine Nanoparticles/Polyurethane Composite for Self-targeted Transferring of Hydration Lubrication Films Underwater May 25, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00130G, PaperChaobao Wang, Yangyu Xi, Xinqi Zou, Xiuqin Bai, Jiale Chen, Binlu ZhangWater lubrication, a green lubrication solution for underwater equipment, has attracted growing research attention. However, the creation of stable lubricating films in open-water environments remains a stubborn challenge. To address...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]
  Chaobao Wang
• Numerical Study of Circulating Tumor Cell Behavior in Constricted Microvessels Based on Immersed Boundary-Lattice Boltzmann Method May 25, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00363F, PaperMingzhe Zhang, Jun Shen, Runkeng Liu, Peilin Cui, Huiying Wu, Zhenyu LiuIn this study, the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) and the immersed boundary (IB) method are employed to quantitatively investigate the dynamics of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) at the cellular scale,...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]
  Mingzhe Zhang