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- Chain dynamics in polyisoprene stars with arms linked by dynamic covalent bonds to the central core Tháng 3 30, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00091B, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Beatriz Robles-Hernández, Nikolaos Patelis, Arantxa Arbe Mendez, Konstantinos Ntetsikas, Saibal Bhaumik, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Ángel Alegría, Juan ColmeneroAlthough the use of dynamic covalent bonding (DCB) is a promising method to obtain easily recyclable polymer networks, […]Beatriz Robles-Hernández
- Statistical mechanics of cell aggregates: explaining the phase transition and paradoxical piezoelectric behavior of soft biological tissues Tháng 3 28, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00035A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Pratik Khandagale, Hao Lin, Liping Liu, Pradeep SharmaPiezoelectricity in biological soft tissues is a controversial issue with differing opinions. While there is compelling experimental evidence to suggest a piezoelectric-like response in tissues such as […]Pratik Khandagale
- Quantifying and Understanding the Tilt of a Pt Janus Active Colloid Near Solid Walls Tháng 3 28, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00073D, PaperJiayu Liu, Yankai Xu, Zihan Qiao, Shanshan Li, Xing Ma, Ting Kuang, Hepeng Zhang, Wei WangActive colloids powered by self-generated gradients are influenced by nearby solid boundaries, leading to their reorientation. In this study, the tilt angles (the angle between where an active colloid moves...The content of this RSS […]Jiayu Liu
- Kovacs-like memory effect in a sheared colloidal glass: role of non-affine flows Tháng 3 28, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SM01514B, PaperMaitri Mandal, Abhishek Ghadai, Rituparno Mandal, Sayantan MajumdarKovacs-like memory effect in a sheared colloidal glass.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 ChemistryMaitri Mandal
- How does a polymer glass resist fatigue crack growth? Tháng 3 28, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SM01521E, PaperChristine Heera Ahn, Zheqi Chen, Xianyang Bao, Zhigang SuoA polymer glass resists fatigue crack growth by deconcentrating stress. The fatigue threshold increases as the yield strength decreases.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The […]Christine Heera Ahn
- The role of substrate mechanics in osmotic biofilm spreading Tháng 3 27, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SM01463D, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Anthony Pietz, Karin John, Uwe ThieleSubstrate mechanics is a key factor in biofilm spreading.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed […]Anthony Pietz
- Mesoscopic study of smart dendritic-polymeric micelles for the removal of hormonal contraceptives from polluted aqueous environments Tháng 3 27, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00272A, PaperCésar Soto-Figueroa, Tomas Galicia-Garcia, Armando Sebastián Pérez-Rodríguez, María del Rosario Rodríguez-Hidalgo, Luis VicenteNew smart dendritic-polymeric micelles to extract hormonal contraceptives from polluted aqueous environments was investigated using dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations and coarse-grained models.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation […]César Soto-Figueroa
- Channel Instability in binary mixtures with Differential Diffusivity Tháng 3 27, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00058K, CommunicationMichael Torres, Marciel Carvalho Gomes, José Soares de Andrade Junior, André Auto MoreiraRupture dynamics and pinch-off phenomena are fundamental for understanding instabilities in fluid dynamics and biological systems. In this study, we investigate the rupture of two-dimensional, channel-like configurations in a binary...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The […]Michael Torres
- Rigidity transitions in anisotropic networks: a crossover scaling analysis Tháng 3 26, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SM01191K, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.William Yikai Wang, Stephen Thornton, Bulbul Chakraborty, Anna Barth, Navneet Singh, Japheth Omonira, Jonathan Michel, Moumita Das, James Sethna, Itai CohenWe study how the rigidity transition in a triangular lattice changes as a function […]William Yikai Wang
- Hybridization of colloidal handlebodies with singular defects and topological solitons in chiral liquid crystals Tháng 3 26, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00014A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jun-Yong Lee, Asha Kumari, Ye Yuan, Mykola Tasinkevych, Ivan I. SmalyukhHybridization of a genus-1 handlebody and a solitonic structure in chiral nematic liquid crystals, induced by an electric field.To cite this article before page […]Jun-Yong Lee
- Chain dynamics in polyisoprene stars with arms linked by dynamic covalent bonds to the central core Tháng 3 30, 2025