Anoplophora graafi Longhorn Beetle Coloration is due to Disordered Diamond-like Packed Spheres
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Kenza Djeghdi, Cedric Schumacher, Viola Bauernfeind, Ilja Gunkel, Bodo Wilts, Ullrich Steiner While artificially photonic materials are typically highly ordered, photonic structures in many species of birds and insects do not possess a long-range order. Studying their order-disorder interplay sheds light on... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - February 19, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Kenza Djeghdi Source Type: research
A Minimal Colloid Model of Solution Crystallization Nucleates Crystals Classically
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01609A, PaperGary Chen, Mariah J. Gallegos, Diego D. Soetrisno, Peter G Vekilov, Jacinta C. Conrad A fundamental assumption of the classical theories of crystal nucleation is that the individual molecules from the “old” phase associate to an emerging nucleus individually and sequentially. Numerous recent studies... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - February 19, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Gary Chen Source Type: research
Liquid –liquid phase separation induced auto-confinement
Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01617J, CommunicationAoon Rizvi, Joseph P. Patterson Liquid-liquid phase separation induced auto-confinement allows macromolecules to attain arrangements typically unachievable through conventional self-assembly processes. 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 Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - February 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Aoon Rizvi Source Type: research
In memoriam Stefan U. Egelhaaf (17 June 1963 –22 November 2023)
Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D4SM90023E, ObituaryManuel A. Escobedo-S ánchez, Marco Laurati, Hartmut Löwen, Wilson C. K. Poon, Peter N. Pusey, Peter Schurtenberger 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 Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - February 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Manuel A. Escobedo-S ánchez Source Type: research
Magnetophoresis of Paramagnetic Metal Ions in Porous Media
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Peter Rassolov, Jamel Ali, Theo Siegrist, Munir Humayun, Hadi Mohammadigoushki We report numerical investigation of the magnetophoresis of solutions containing paramagnetic metal ions. Using a simulated magnetic field of a superconducting magnet and the convection-diffusion model, we study the transport... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - February 14, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Peter Rassolov Source Type: research
Competition among physical, chemical, and hybrid gelation mechanisms in biopolymers
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01682J, PaperRicky Frank L ópez-Santiago, Jorge Delgado, Rolando Castillo Depending on how they form their linkings, biopolymer gelatin gels are commonly classified as physical, chemical, or hybrid; in gelatin hybrid gels, the physical and chemical crosslinking mechanisms run simultaneously.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - February 14, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Ricky Frank L ópez-Santiago Source Type: research
Activity affects the stability, deformation and breakage dynamics of colloidal architectures
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.H. J. Jonas, P. Schall, P. G. Bolhuis To gain insight in the non-equilibrium physics of active gels, we conduct a numerical investigation into the effect of introducing active forces into chains and rings composed of dipatch and tripatch colloidal particles. 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 Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - February 14, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: H. J. Jonas Source Type: research
Differentiating aliphatic and aromatic alcohols by Triazine-based Supramolecular Organogelators: End Group Specific Selective Gelation with Chain Length of Alcohols
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00017J, PaperPriya Paul, Subhajit Saha, Kumar Biradha Supramolecular gels have an extensive range of potential applications, out of which stimuli-responsive materials form the basis of contemporary research. Gels being kinetically entrapped materials can be tuned to different... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - February 14, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Priya Paul Source Type: research
Stationary shapes of axisymmetric vesicles beyond lowest-energy configurations
Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01463K, PaperRodrigo B. Reboucas, Hammad A. Faizi, Michael J. Miksis, Petia M. Vlahovska We conduct a systematic exploration of the energy landscape of vesicle morphologies within the framework of the Helfrich model. 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 Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - February 14, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rodrigo B. Reboucas Source Type: research
Investigation of supramolecular structures in various aqueous solutions of an amyloid forming peptide using small-angle X-ray scattering
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Ellen Brunzell, Kalle Sigfridsson, Lars Gedda, Katarina Edwards, L. Magnus Bergstr öm The peptide pramlintide forms oligomeric species in solution, which make up a supramolecular network characterised by fractal dimensions. The fractal dimension of the network depends on solvent additive. 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 Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - February 14, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Ellen Brunzell Source Type: research
Polar order, shear banding, and clustering in confined active matter
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01721D, PaperDaniel Canavello, Rubens H Damascena, Leonardo R. E. Cabral, Cl écio Clemente de Souza Silva We investigate the collective behavior of sterically interacting self-propelled particles confined in a harmonic potential. Our theoretical and numerical study unveils the emergence of distinctive collective polar organizations, revealing how... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - February 13, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Daniel Canavello Source Type: research
Particle-based model of liquid crystal skyrmion dynamics
Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01422C, PaperA. W. Teixeira, M. Tasinkevych, C. S. Dias Motivated by recent experimental results that reveal rich collective dynamics of thousands-to-millions of active liquid crystal skyrmions, we have developed a coarse –grained, particle-based model of the dynamics of skyrmions in a dilute regime. 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 Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - February 13, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: A. W. Teixeira Source Type: research
Dynamics of drying colloidal suspensions, measured by optical coherence tomography
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Kohei Abe, Patrick Saul Atkinson, sammy shing cheung, Haida Liang, Lucas Goehring, Susumu Inasawa Colloidal suspensions are the basis of a wide variety of coatings, prepared as liquids and then dried into solid films. The processes at play during film formation, however, are difficult... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - February 13, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Kohei Abe Source Type: research
Transient intermediate in the formation of an amorphous metal –organic framework
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Adam Sapnik, Michael Francis Thorne, Celia Castillo Blas, Luke Lawrence Keenan, Timothy Johnson, Thomas Douglas Bennett Amorphous metal –organic frameworks are rarely formed via direct synthesis. Our limited understanding of their atomic assembly in solution prevents full exploitation of the unique functionalities that their structural complexity can... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - February 13, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Adam Sapnik Source Type: research
A Siamese neural network framework for glass transition recognition.
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01593A, PaperNatalia Osiecka-Drewniak, Aleksandra Deptuch, Magdalena Urba ńska, Ewa Juszyńska-Gałązka A Siamese neural network, which is a deep learning technique, was applied to investigate phase transitions based on the polarising microscope textures of the liquid crystalline like: antiferroelectric smectic CA*... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - February 13, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Natalia Osiecka-Drewniak Source Type: research
