RSC – Soft Matter latest articles- Artificial neurons made of active matter memristors June 26, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00402K, PaperJianli Liu, Marco G. Mazza, Yunyun Li, Fabio Marchesoni, Sergey Savel'evIn this study we propose a new type of artificial neurons and memristors made of active chiral particles. We formulate a single-particle model to simulate active chiral particle behavior in...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society […]Jianli Liu
- Precise detection of local relaxation of amorphous polymers at low temperatures via O2 diffusion probed by a dual-luminescent imide compound June 25, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00394F, CommunicationRika Watanabe, Marina Doi, Haonan Liu, Masatoshi Tokita, Shinji AndoLocal relaxation of six types of amorphous polymers was precisely monitored at low temperatures (Rika Watanabe
- Defect dynamics in dry active nematics by residue calculus for holomorphic functions of nematic director field June 25, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00201J, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Hiroki Miyazako, Hiroyuki Miyoshi, Takaaki NaraThis paper proposes a theory for modeling the dynamics of topological defects in dry active nematics. We introduce a holomorphic function for integral curves of the director field and […]Hiroki Miyazako
- E. coli bacterium tumbling in bulk and close to surfaces: A simulation study June 25, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00371G, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Pierre Martin, Tapan Chandra Adhyapak, Holger StarkMotility is fundamental to the survival and proliferation of microorganisms. The E. coli bacterium propels itself using a bundle of rotating helical flagella. If one flagellum reverses its […]Pierre Martin
- Materials Science Underpinnings of Micro- and Nanoplastics June 25, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00297D, Perspective Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Maninderjeet Singh, Nicholas F. Mendez, Michele Valsecchi, Guruswamy Kumaraswamy, Sanat KumarThere is considerable interest in microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPL) due to their ubiquity and their potential for serious health consequences. A framework that allows […]Maninderjeet Singh
- Splay and bend deformations in cells near corners June 25, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00093A, PaperAniruddh Murali, Prasoon Awasthi, Kirsten Endresen, Arkadiusz Goszczak, Francesca SerraFibroblasts with nematic alignment grown near corners arrange in splay or bend configuration, with a probability that depends on the amplitude of the wedge angle. We use this platform to assess the relative energy of splay and bend deformations.To cite […]Aniruddh Murali
- Winding up Dynamics for Matched and Unmatched Elastic Constants in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals June 24, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00373C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Eric Omori, Renato Ferreira de Souza, Rodolfo Teixeira de Souza, Rafael S ZolaRecently discovered materials have opened up the possibility of altering the ratio among the elastic constants representing the main distortions in nematic […]Eric Omori
- Elastic, viscoelastic, dynamic, topological and structural properties of crosslinked SBR through atomistic molecular dynamics simulations June 24, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00126A, PaperSpyros V. Kallivokas, Anthony Chazirakis, Rohit Ghanta, Anastassia Rissanou, Patrycja Polińska, Craig Burkhart, Manolis Doxastakis, Vagelis HarmandarisIn this research work, we provide a detailed investigation of the structural and viscoelastic properties of crosslinked styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) networks that are studied using atomistic molecular dynamics simulations.To cite this article […]Spyros V. Kallivokas
- Low-Data Machine Learning Models for Predicting Thermodynamic Properties of Solid-Solid Phase Transformations in Plastic Crystals June 24, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00353A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Tzu-Hsuan Chao, Alexander Foncerrada, Patrick Shamberger, Daniel P. TaborPlastic crystals, many of which are globular small molecules that exhibit transitions between rotationally ordered and rotationally disordered states, represent an important subclass of colossal barocaloric […]Tzu-Hsuan Chao
- Topological transformations of isotropic droplets with breakup and formation of topological defects in a confined nematic geometry June 24, 2025Soft Matter, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SM00345H, PaperP. V. Dolganov, N. A. Spiridenko, V. K. DolganovSimple and multiple handled toroids with zero and negative Euler characteristics can be formed from sessile isotropic droplets.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 […]P. V. Dolganov
- Artificial neurons made of active matter memristors June 26, 2025
