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    • Collision of surfactant-laden droplets: Insights from molecular dynamics simulation July 11, 2025
      Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00589B, PaperSoheil Arbabi, Piotr Deuar, Rachid Bennacer, Zhizhao Che, Panagiotis TheodorakisWe study the collision dynamics of surfactant-laden droplets and compare it with that of pure water droplets, with a focus on bridge growth rate, energy balance, and disk dynamics, distinguishing...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]
      Soheil Arbabi
    • Phase field model for viscous inclusions in anisotropic networks July 10, 2025
      Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00478K, PaperAakanksha Gubbala, Anika Jena, Daniel Arnold, Sho TakatoriThe growth of viscous two-dimensional lipid domains in contact with a viscoelastic actin network was recently shown to exhibit unusual lipid domain ripening due to the geometry and anisotropy of...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
      Aakanksha Gubbala
    • Dispersions of Weakly Charged Thermoresponsive Microgels at High Densities July 10, 2025
      Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00464K, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Marco Hildebrandt, Duong Pham Thuy, Anna Domgans, Andrea Scotti, Sylvain Prevost, Monoj Adhikari, Juergen Horbach, Matthias KargPoly-N-isopropylacrylamide-based microgels in aqueous dispersion exhibit a pronounced thermoresponse that allows to control their size and thus the […]
      Marco Hildebrandt
    • Molecular Mobility of Thin Films and the Adsorbed Layer of Poly(2-vinylpyridine) July 10, 2025
      Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00539F, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Marcel Gawek, Paulina Szymoniak, Deniz Huelague, Andreas Hertwig, Andreas SchoenhalsThe molecular dynamics of thin films and the adsorbed layer of poly(2-vinylpyridine) (P2VP) were investigated using broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS) and spectroscopic ellipsometry. Thin films […]
      Marcel Gawek
    • Establishing physiologically relevant conditions for measuring the interfacial rheology of lung surfactants July 10, 2025
      Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00323G, PaperYun-Han Huang, John M FrostadLung surfactants are essential in the human respiratory system due to their role in lowering surface tension and preventing alveoli from collapsing. The main component that serves this purpose is...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
      Yun-Han Huang
    • Synergistic Influence of Substrate Wettability and Topography on Surface Phase Separation in PS/PMMA Blend Thin Films July 10, 2025
      Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00377F, PaperSaikiran Pichkari, D. Purnima, Rabibrata Mukherjee, Nandini BhandaruPolymer blend thin films undergo lateral and vertical phase separation, enabling the formation of domains with controlled composition and sizes ranging from sub-micron to nanoscale. To tune this phase-separated morphology...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
      Saikiran Pichkari
    • Thermodynamical Investigation in Renewable Block Copolymers based on Poly(lactic acid) and Poly(ethylene azetate) July 9, 2025
      Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00646E, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Rafail O. Ioannidis, Panagiotis A. Klonos, Zoi Terzopoulou, Nikolaos Nikolaidis, Apostolos Kyritsis, Dimitrios N. BikiarisWe study a recently synthesized series of diblock copolymers based on poly(ethylene azetate) (PEAz) and poly(lactic acid) (PLA), prepared via […]
      Rafail O. Ioannidis
    • Janssen effect in submerged granular columns July 9, 2025
      Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00523J, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Martin Aguilar, Diego Maza, F. Pacheco-VazquezWe experimentally study the effect of an interstitial liquid on pressure saturation in a confined granular column, specifically regarding the Janssen effect. First, we analyze the case of dry […]
      Martin Aguilar
    • Multi-layered laminate architectures enhance the electromechanical response of PVDF-TrFE films July 9, 2025
      Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00631G, PaperAnna Šutka, Artis Linarts, Maksims Jurinovs, Krisjanis Smits, Sergejs Gaidukovs, Peter C Sherrell, Andris ŠutkaThe digitisation of society and the rise of autonomous sensing networks has led to the need for independent and autonomous low-grade power supplies. Electromechanical harvesters, which convert motion or vibrations...The content of this RSS Feed […]
      Anna Šutka
    • Preparation of Liquid Metal Microrobots with Asymmetric Core–Shell Structure for Thermal Gradient Navigation July 9, 2025
      Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00439J, CommunicationQingteng Liu, Yuan Ji, Fangzhi Mou, Jianguo Guan, Long RenSoft microrobots capable of sensing and responding to localized physical stimuli offer a fuel-free route to autonomous propulsion, opening new opportunities for targeted therapeutic applications in biomedicine. Herein, we propose...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]
      Qingteng Liu