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• Adhesive tape loop March 12, 2026
  Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SM00111D, PaperKrishnan Suryanarayanan, Andrew B Croll, Harmeet SinghWe present an experimental and theoretical study of the mechanics of an adhesive tape loop, formed by bending a straight rectangular strip with adhesive properties, and prescribing an overlap between...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  Krishnan Suryanarayanan
• Elastic Resistive Force Theory: Development and Applications to Flexible Intruders March 11, 2026
  Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SM00040A, PaperLale Yilmaz, Madison Douglas, J. Taylor Perron, Ken KamrinDry granular intrusion and extraction occur commonly for off-road vehicles, foundation work, and plant uprooting. Although many models exist to describe such scenarios, reduced-order models such as granular resistive force...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  Lale Yilmaz
• Finite Size Scaling of Spinodal Suppression in Confined Blends of Strongly Segregating Polymers March 11, 2026
  Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SM00074F, PaperPankaj Mahawar, Parth Pandya, Sivasurender ChandranWe report confinement-controlled scaling relations governing the phase behavior of strongly segregating polystyrene (PS)/polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) blends in thin films. Below a critical thickness hc, lateral phase separation is completely suppressed,...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  Pankaj Mahawar
• Correction: Capillary assembly of metal-coated polymer microspheres for interconnection in electronic applications March 10, 2026
  Soft Matter, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SM90038K, Correction Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Van Long Huynh, Knut E. Aasmundtveit, Hoang-Vu NguyenTo 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 Chemistry
  Van Long Huynh
• Correction: Precision engineering of cholesteryl azobenzene dimers: investigating the impact of spacer lengths and terminal groups on photo-responsiveness March 10, 2026
  Soft Matter, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SM90037B, Correction Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Yu Li, Jialin He, Yancong Feng, Guofu Zhou, Yang Zhang, Wei Zhao, Laurens T. de HaanTo cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this […]
  Yu Li
• Nudging Cell Migration from Within through Microrod-Induced Morphological Deformation March 10, 2026
  Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM01149C, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Masayuki Hayakawa, Tatsuya Tanaka, Hiroaki SuzukiCell migration plays a central role in various biological processes, including development, wound healing, and cancer metastasis, and represents a fundamental form of self-organized motion at the cellular scale. […]
  Masayuki Hayakawa
• MECHANISMS OF ELECTROLYTE (COAGULANT) DIPPING FOR THIN NITRILE GLOVES March 10, 2026
  Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM01262G, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Robert Groves, Kota Hatakeyama, Alexander RouthTwo mechanisms for film deposition during the electrolyte dipping process are examined. The conventional, widely accepted, mechanism proposes that electrolyte on a former, immersed in latex compound for a […]
  Robert Groves
• Viscosity Reduction of HPAM Solutions Induced by Silica Nanoparticle Additives March 10, 2026
  Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM01258A, PaperMingbao Zhang, Xukang Lu, Moran WangWe discuss a plausible interpretation in which electrostatic interactions govern how nanoparticles influence the conformation of polyelectrolyte chains, in contrast to the more commonly assumed mechanisms dominated by hydrogen bonding...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  Mingbao Zhang
• Decoupling the Structural Origins of Strength and Toughness in Industrially Relevant Heterogeneous Elastomers March 10, 2026
  Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SM00007J, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.yuri ishikura, Erica Uehara, Yuji HiguchiUsing coarse-grained molecular dynamics, we investigate the structure--property relationships for in industrially relevant, heterogeneous elastomer networks formed by random crosslinking. Our simulations reveal a clear decoupling of mechanical properties: […]
  yuri ishikura
• Droplet Breakup Against an Isolated Obstacle March 10, 2026
  Soft Matter, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM01266J, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.David Meer, Shivnag Sista, Mark D. Shattuck, Corey S. O'Hern, Eric R WeeksWe describe combined experiments and simulations of droplet breakup during flow-driven interactions with a circular obstacle in a quasi-two-dimensional microfluidic chamber. Due […]
  David Meer