RSC – Soft Matter latest articles- Memory and recovery effects in the strain hardening regime of glassy polymers : theory and simulations January 6, 2026Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM01077B, PaperThomas C. Merlette, Jérôme Hem, Caroline Crauste-Thibierge, Sergio Ciliberto, Jérôme Bikard, Didier René LongComplex memory effects under applied strain are a defining feature of glassy polymers in the strain hardening regime. We proposed recently a theory for plastic flow and strain hardening as...The content of this RSS Feed (c) […]Thomas C. Merlette
- A spectrum of p-atic symmetries and defects in confluent epithelia January 6, 2026Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM01010A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Lea Happel, Griseldis Oberschelp, Anneli Richter, Gwenda R Rode, Valeriia Grudtsyna, Amin Doostmohammadi, Axel VoigtTopological defects provide a unifying language to describe how orientational order breaks down in active and living matter. Considering cells […]Lea Happel
- Domain Growth and Aging in a Phase Separating Binary Fluid Confined Inside a Nanopore January 6, 2026Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM01031D, PaperSaikat Basu, Suman Majumder, Raja Paul, Subir K DasHydrodynamics is known to have strong effects on the kinetics of phase separation. There exist open questions on how such effects manifest in systems under confinement. Here, we have undertaken...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistrySaikat Basu
- A thermodynamic strategy of hydrogels with pearlnecklace-like chains towards excellent hyperelasticity January 6, 2026Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM01066G, PaperZiyu Xing, Yifan Liu, Xiaodong Wang, Rongguo Zhao, Xiaoling HuPolyelectrolyte hydrogels, characterized by their charged networks, exhibit exceptional deformability and biocompatibility, making them ideal platforms for realizing multifunctional and intelligent material systems, yet the molecular origin of their pearl-necklace-like...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]Ziyu Xing
- Influence of Block Microstructure on the Interaction of Styrene-Maleic Acid Copolymer Aggregates and Lipid Nanodiscs January 6, 2026Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM01014D, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.George M Neville, Gareth J. Price, Aya Ayman Nasser, James Doutch, Stephen M King, Pedro Estrela, Paul Whitley, Karen J EdlerInvestigation of the properties of membrane proteins (MPs) is essential to the successful development […]George M Neville
- Microbubble-based measurement of shear and loss moduli in polyacrylamide hydrogels at MHz frequencies January 5, 2026Soft Matter, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00552C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Ali Rezaei, Kay Dijs, David Fernandez Rivas, Jacco H. Snoeijer, Michel Versluis, Guillaume LajoinieUltrasound contrast agent dynamics are governed by their nonlinear resonance and by the shell and medium viscoelasticity. Here, we use nonlinear […]Ali Rezaei
- On the lifetime of a coffee drop January 5, 2026Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM01084E, PaperPaul Bienvenu, Haruka Hitomi, David QuéréAs we know, a coffee drop leaves after evaporation a circular stain whose diameter is generally that of the drop. This effect has been studied in depth for about 25...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryPaul Bienvenu
- Swimming Velocity Modulates Enhanced Diffusion in Bacterial Suspensions January 5, 2026Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00824G, PaperShirui Ruan, Rui He, Rongjing Zhang, Junhua YuanThe activity of swimming bacteria fundamentally alters the transport properties of passive particles through active agitation. While particle diffusion enhancement is known to scale linearly with the active bacterial flux...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryShirui Ruan
- Spatiotemporal Organization in an Active Viscoelastic Suspension: A Dissipative Particle Dynamics Study † January 3, 2026Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00879D, PaperSimran Kapoor, Harinadha Gidituri, V. Sathish AkellaMicroorganisms such as bacteria and spermatozoa often inhabit confined viscoelastic environments. These organisms exhibit self-organization/collective dynamics in such complex surroundings. Here, we report a simulation study of active particle suspensions...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistrySimran Kapoor
- Effect of inorganic electrolytes on the interfacial behavior and foam properties of mixed surfactant systems containing silicone surfactants January 2, 2026Soft Matter, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM01057H, PaperGuolan Dou, Peng Chen, Yuxin Wu, Xiaoxing Zhong, Botao QinThis study investigated the effects of electrolytes (NaCl, NaBr, Na2SO4) on the interfacial, rheological, and foam properties of a ternary surfactant system (SDS/BS-12/RH-288) at a mass ratio of 10 : 1 : 1.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI […]Guolan Dou
- Memory and recovery effects in the strain hardening regime of glassy polymers : theory and simulations January 6, 2026
