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    • Spontaneous oscillation of an active filament under viscosity gradients April 22, 2024
      Soft Matter, 2024, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00095A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Zhaorong Liu, Youchuang Chao, Zhijun Zheng, Lailai ZhuWe investigate the effects of uniform viscosity gradients on the spontaneous oscillations of an elastic, active filament in viscous fluids.To cite this article before page numbers are […]
      Zhaorong Liu
    • Effects of Monovalent and Divalent Cations on the Rheology of Entangled DNA April 22, 2024
      Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D3SM00957B, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Jennifer Harnett, Simon Weir, Davide MichielettoIn this paper we investigate the effects of varying cation valency and concentration on the rheology of entangled Lambda DNA solutions. We show that monovalent cations moderately increase the […]
      Jennifer Harnett
    • Dynamics in polymers with phase separated dynamic bonds: the case of a peculiar temperature dependence April 22, 2024
      Soft Matter, 2024, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00115J, PaperPeyton Carden, Sirui Ge, Bingrui Li, Subarna Samanta, Alexei P. SokolovRelaxation processes in polymers with phase separated dynamic bonds include segmental (α) process, individual bond dissociation (α*) and rearrangement (intermediate), structural relaxation in clusters (α2) and terminal relaxation (c).To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the […]
      Peyton Carden
    • Short-term memory effects in the phototactic behavior of microalgae April 21, 2024
      Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D3SM01628E, PaperTaha Laroussi, Mojtaba Jarrahi, Gabriel AmselemPhototaxis, the directed motion in response to a light stimulus, is crucial for motile microorganisms that rely on photosynthesis, such as the unicellular microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. It is well known...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
      Taha Laroussi
    • Effect of surface viscoelasticity on top jet drops produced by bursting bubbles April 21, 2024
      Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00243A, PaperZhengyu Yang, Sainath Barbhai, Bingqiang Ji, Jie FengJet drops resulting from bubble bursting at a liquid surface play a key role in various mass transfer processes across the interface, including sea spray aerosol generation and pathogen transmission....The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
      Zhengyu Yang
    • A versatile route for the fabrication of micro-patterned polylactic-acid (PLA)-based membranes with tailored morphology via breath figure imprinting April 18, 2024
      Soft Matter, 2024, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00107A, PaperRayane Akoumeh, Manale Noun, Deepalekshmi Ponnamma, Maryam Al-Ejji, Khadija M. Zadeh, Alaa H. Hawari, Kenan Song, Mohammad K. HassanBreath figure imprinting, based on surface instabilities combined with fast polymer evaporation in a humid environment, enables the creation of micro-patterned membranes with tailored pore sizes.To cite this article before page […]
      Rayane Akoumeh
    • Ullrich Steiner: portrait of the scientist as a young student April 17, 2024
      Soft Matter, 2024, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SM90046D, ProfileJacob KleinA brief memoir in honour of Professor Ullrich Steiner’s 60th birthday.To 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
      Jacob Klein
    • Interfacial energy as an approach to designing amphipathic surfaces during photopolymerization curing April 17, 2024
      Soft Matter, 2024, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D3SM01528A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Sabrina J. Curley, Caroline R. SzczepanskiPhotopolymerization induced phase separation (PIPS) is utilized to develop materials in a single step that are hydrophobic on one face and hydrophilic on the other.To cite this article before […]
      Sabrina J. Curley
    • A viscosity measurement technique for ultra-low sample volumes April 17, 2024
      Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00050A, PaperMahrukh A Mir, Mahesh S. TirumkuduluWe describe a unique method to measure the viscosity of liquids based on the fluid mechanics of thin films. A drop of sample is spread over a substrate by contacting...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
      Mahrukh A Mir
    • Lipidation Alters the Phase-separation of Resilin-like Polypeptides April 17, 2024
      Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM00358F, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Zhe Zhang, Jingjing Ji, Md Shahadat Hossain, Briah Bailey, Shikha Nangia, Davoud MozhdehiBiology exploits biomacromolecular phase separation to form condensates, known as membraneless organelles. Despite significant advancements in deciphering sequence determinants for phase separation, […]
      Zhe Zhang