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- Resource limitation and population fluctuation drive spatiotemporal orders in microbial communities April 14, 2024Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00066H, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Rohit Khandoori, Kaustav Mondal, Pushpita GhoshMicrobial communities display complex spatiotemporal behaviors leading to spatially-structured and ordered organization driven by species interactions and environmental factors. Resource availability plays a pivotal role in shaping the dynamics […]Rohit Khandoori
- The Sweetest Polymer Nanoparticles: Opportunities Ahead for Glycogen in Nanomedicine April 11, 2024Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00261J, Perspective Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Quinn A. BesfordMost cells take simple sugar (α-D-glucose) and assemble it into highly dense polysaccharide nanoparticles called glycogen. This is achieved through the action of multiple coupled-enzymatic reactions, yielding the cellular store...The content of […]Quinn A. Besford
- Collective behavior of squirmers in thin films April 11, 2024Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00075G, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Bohan Wu-Zhang, Dmitry A. Fedosov, Gerhard GompperBacteria in biofilms form complex structures and can collectively migrate within mobile aggregates, which is referred to as swarming. This behavior is influenced by a combination of various […]Bohan Wu-Zhang
- Structural Interactions in Polymer-Stabilized Magnetic Nanocomposites April 11, 2024Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00008K, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Gauri M Nabar, Abhilasha V Dehankar, Elizabeth Jergens, Benworth B Hansen, Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, Matthew Sheffield, Joshua R. Sangoro, Barbara E Wyslouzil, Jessica O WinterSuperparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) have attracted significant attention because of […]Gauri M Nabar
- Ligand-dependent Folding and Unfolding Dynamics and Free Energy Landscape of Acylphosphatase April 10, 2024Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00131A, PaperLi Yuan, Hao Sun, Xuening Ma, Yang Wang, Zilong Guo, Xingyu Qi, Shimin Le, Hu ChenAcylphosphatase (AcP) is an enzyme which catalyses the hydrolysis of acylphosphate. The binding with the phosphate ion (Pi) assumes significance in preserving both the stability and enzymatic activity of AcP....The content of this RSS […]Li Yuan
- Deformation-dependent gel surface topography due to the elastocapillary and osmocapillary effects April 10, 2024Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00139G, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Luochang Wang, Qihan LiuActively tuning surface topography is crucial for the design of smart surfaces with stimuli-responsive friction, wetting, and adhesion properties. This paper studies how elastocapillary deformation and osmocapillary phase separation can...The content […]Luochang Wang
- Energy dissipation of a contact line moving on a nanotopographical defect April 9, 2024Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00161C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Sylvain Franiatte, Germercy Paredes Guerrero, Thierry Ondarçuhu, Philippe TordjemanUnderstanding the origin of the dissipative mechanisms that control the dynamics of a contact line is a real challenge. In order to study the energy dissipation […]Sylvain Franiatte
- Improved ionic current rectification utilizing cylindrical nanochannels coated with polyelectrolyte layers of non-uniform thickness April 9, 2024Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00123K, PaperNader Nekoubin, Steffen Hardt, Arman SadeghiConical nanochannels employed to create ionic current rectification (ICR) in nanofluidic devices are prone to clogging due to the contraction at one end. As an alternative approach for creating ICR,...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryNader Nekoubin
- Spatiotemporal Mapping of Nanotopography and Thickness Transitions of Ultrathin Foam Films April 9, 2024Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00048J, Tutorial ReviewChenxian Xu, Yiran Zhang, Vivek SharmaFreshly formed soap films, soap bubbles, or foam films display iridescent colors due to thin film interference that changes as squeeze flow drives drainage and a steady decrease in film...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryChenxian Xu
- Surface Charge Density and Induced Currents by Self-Charging Drops April 9, 2024Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00205A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Pravash Bista, Aaron D. Ratschow, Amy Z. Stetten, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Stefan A.L. WeberSpontaneous charge separation in drops sliding over a hydrophobized insulator surface is a well-known phenomenon and lots of efforts have been made […]Pravash Bista
- Resource limitation and population fluctuation drive spatiotemporal orders in microbial communities April 14, 2024