RSC – Soft Matter latest articles- Evaluating the impact of simulated microgravity of a random positioning machine on the stability of emulsions applying scaling analysis via dimensionless numbers October 20, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00436E, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Svenja Schmidt, Modupe N. Adebowale, Evgeny Rebrov, Ian Fisk, Ni Yang, Maria Saarela, Volker HesselRelative comparison of the findings obtained applying scaling analysis via dimensionless numbers for the different motion modes of the RPM […]Svenja Schmidt
- Hydrogel Formation by Liquid–Solid Phase Transition of Hagfish Intermediate Filament Protein Condensates October 20, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00939A, PaperRyuki Kobayashi, Shunsuke Kondo, Koh Yoshida, Yasunori Watanabe, Jin Gong, Hideki NabikaHagfish intermediate filament (IF) proteins, which is released from their cells in response to external stimuli, exhibit excellent mechanical properties and biodegradability, with broad material development applications. This study aimed...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]Ryuki Kobayashi
- Predicting structure and swelling of microgels with different crosslinker concentrations combining machine-learning with numerical simulations October 20, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00852B, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Susana Marín Aguilar, Emanuela ZaccarelliMicrogels made of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) are the prototype of soft, thermoresponsive particles widely used to study fundamental problems in condensed matter physics. However, their internal structure is far from homogeneous, and...The […]Susana Marín Aguilar
- Coconut Pollen Paper Soft Actuator: Tunable Shape Morphism Driven by Vapor October 19, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00612K, PaperSarah Ahmad Siraj, Vipin Kumar, Akash Patil, Ratna Kumar Annabattula, Dillip Kumar SatapathyDevelopment of innovative devices capable of producing substantial mechanical responses from minimal environmental stimuli is crucial for energy conversion strategies. Owing to pressing environmental concerns, pollen grains, renowned for their...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The […]Sarah Ahmad Siraj
- Marangoni swimmer pushing particle raft under 1D confinement October 19, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00836K, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Abhradeep Maitra, Anupam Pandey, Sébastien Michelin, Sunghwan JungActive matter systems, due to their spontaneous self-propulsion ability, hold potential for future applications in healthcare and environmental sustainability. Marangoni swimmers, a type of synthetic active matter, […]Abhradeep Maitra
- Line Tension Controls the Spontaneous Formation of Vesicles October 16, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00600G, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Anja Franziska Hörmann, Miriam Simon, Christoph Brückner, Sarah E. Rogers, Lionel Porcar, Ingo Hoffmann, Michael GradzielskiMixtures of the zwitterionic surfactant TDMAO and the anionic surfactant LiPFOS spontaneously self-assemble into well defined vesicles. The size […]Anja Franziska Hörmann
- Simultaneous Modulation of Chirality and Mechanical Properties in Supramolecular Hydrogels by Varying Alkyl Spacer Length October 15, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00907C, CommunicationYanyan Zhang, Yingying Chen, Jiahao Li, Jian Zhang, Chuanliang Feng, Jinying LiuMimicking the extracellular matrix’s (ECM) integration of chiral and mechanical cues remains challenging in synthetic hydrogels. Here, we demonstrate alkyl spacer engineering in C2-symmetric benzene-para-dicarboxamide phenylalanine derivatives enables simultaneous control...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]Yanyan Zhang
- Controlling topological textures of umbilics using spatiotemporal magnetic fields October 15, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00671F, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Nina Kravets, Gregorio González-Cortés, Etienne BrasseletThe generation, evolution and manipulation of topological defects in thin films of liquid crystals is a long-standing subject of study in the soft matter sciences, but one that is […]Nina Kravets
- Dynamics of the antiferroelectric smectic-ZA phase in a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal October 15, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00796H, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Arjun Ghimire, Bijaya Basnet, Hao Wang, Parikshit Guragain, A. R. Baldwin, Robert Twieg, Oleg D. Lavrentovich, James T. Gleeson, Antal Jakli, Samuel SpruntA dynamic light scattering study of director fluctuations in the antiferroelectric (AF) […]Arjun Ghimire
- Magnetocolloidal Impulses as Stealth Mixers to Curb Scalar Taylor Dispersion in Microfluidics October 15, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00861A, PaperZakaria Larbi, Faïçal Larachi, Seyed Mohammad Taghavi, Abdelwahid AzziScalar mixing in microfluidics is often limited by the dominance of laminar flow and weak transverse transport, which restrict effective mixing despite the enhanced axial spreading provided by Taylor–Aris dispersion....The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryZakaria Larbi
- Evaluating the impact of simulated microgravity of a random positioning machine on the stability of emulsions applying scaling analysis via dimensionless numbers October 20, 2025
