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• Rheological response of soft Solid/Liquid Composites Tháng 10 31, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00973A, PaperElina Gilbert, Anniina Salonen, Christophe PoulardUnderstanding a material's dissipative response is important for their use in many applications, such as adhesion or fracture resistance. In dispersions, the interplay between matrix and inclusions complicates any description....The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  Elina Gilbert
• Elasticity promotes directional transport of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in native human airway mucus and complex fluids Tháng 10 31, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00659G, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Riley Dickson, Zhijian He, Liheng CaiPseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic bacterium that is readily cleared by mucus clearance in healthy individuals but becomes infectious in patients with mucus obstructive lung diseases, which are characterized […]
  Riley Dickson
• Self-organization of cellulose-producing microbial communities during biofilm spreading Tháng 10 31, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00720H, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Julie M. Laurent, Anton Kan, Mathias Steinacher, André R. StudartCellulose-producing bacteria grown pairwise on solid substrates form exquisite spatial patterns during biofilm spreading. We offer design principles to control and tune cellulose biofilm structure […]
  Julie M. Laurent
• Condensation and activator/repressor control of a transcription-regulated biomolecular liquid Tháng 10 31, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00868A, PaperSam Wilken, Gabrielle Abraham, Omar SalehCells operate in part by compartmentalizing chemical reactions. For example, recent work has shown that chromatin, the material that contains the cell's genome, can auto-regulate its structure by utilizing reaction...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  Sam Wilken
• Microwave-assisted synthesis of a citric acid–aspartic acid Maillard byproduct solvent: characterization, phytotoxicity assessment, and application in polysaccharide extraction Tháng 10 31, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00944H, PaperPei-Gee Yap, Cheng Li, Olusegun Abayomi Olalere, Chee-Yuen GanMicrowave-assisted synthesis of a citric acid–aspartic acid Maillard byproduct solvent (CAAA-MBS) is reported. The solvent is non-phytotoxic, highly viscous, and effective in polysaccharide extraction.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of […]
  Pei-Gee Yap
• Myxococcus xanthus for Active Matter Studies: A Tutorial for Its Growth and Potential Applications Tháng 10 30, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00284B, Tutorial Review Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jesus Manuel Antunez Dominguez, Laura Pérez García, Natsuko Rivera-Yoshida, Jasmin Di Franco, David Steiner, Alejandro V. Arzola, Mariana Benítez, Charlotte Hamngren Blomqvist, Roberto Cerbino, Caroline Beck Adiels, Giovanni VolpeM. xanthus is a unicellular […]
  Jesus Manuel Antunez Dominguez
• Gel polymer electrolytes: definitions, classification, rheology, and interfacial properties Tháng 10 30, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00673B, Perspective Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Fatemeh Naderi Samani, Reza FoudaziGel polymer electrolytes can exhibit enhanced ionic conductivity and interfacial stability by achieving an optimal balance between surface adhesion and bulk mechanical properties.To cite this article before page numbers are […]
  Fatemeh Naderi Samani
• Buffon's Brownian Needles: Harnessing Thermal Motion for Stochastic Sampling † Tháng 10 30, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00844A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Charlie Maslen, Luke Nicholson, Juliane SimmchenWe demonstrate a physical implementation of Monte Carlo sampling using the Brownian motion of microscopic rods, applied to the classical Buffon's needle experiment. In this way, a problem in […]
  Charlie Maslen
• Instabilities in Colloidal Crystals on Fluid Membranes Tháng 10 30, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00632E, PaperSanjay Dharmavaram, Basant Lal SharmaThe complex physics of self-assembly in colloidal crystals on deformable interfaces and surfaces poses interesting possibilities for the synthesis of new materials. The goal of this article is to address...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
  Sanjay Dharmavaram
• Preparation of self-healing flexible sensing materials based on ligand–metal coordination chemistry Tháng 10 29, 2025
  Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00855G, PaperCaiyan Wang, Yiyao Zhu, Runhua Wang, Pufan Wang, Jincheng Wang, Liya Jia, Hua ZhangThis study develops a self-healing material using carboxyl-functionalized MVQ, crosslinked by TA/ZnCl2 via dynamic ionic and coordination bonds. It also incorporates KH550-modified CNTs and ZnO, promise for flexible electronics.To cite this article before page numbers are […]
  Caiyan Wang