Conformation and dynamics of partially active linear polymers
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01162C, PaperMarin Vatin, Sumanta Kundu, Emanuele Locatelli We perform numerical simulations of isolated, partially active polymers, driven out-of-equilibrium by a fraction of their monomers. We show that, if the active beads are all gathered in a contiguous... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - January 31, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Marin Vatin Source Type: research
Trapping and manipulation of bubbles with holographic optical tweezers
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01457F, PaperJuan Manuel Molina-Jimenez, Beatriz Morales-Cruzado, Zenaida Brice ño-Ahumada, Virginia Carrasco-Fadanelli, Erick Sarmiento-Gomez A methodology to manipulate bubbles and measure adhesion forces is presented and validated. Holographic Optical Tweezers are employed to establish a circular array of high intensity points to effectively trap... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - January 31, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Juan Manuel Molina-Jimenez Source Type: research
Sublimation of Isolated Toric Focal Conic Domain on Micro-Patterned Surfaces
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01678A, PaperWantae Kim, Eduardo Vitral, Perry H. Leo, Jorge Vi ñals, Dae Seok Kim, Dong Ki Yoon Toric Focal Conic Domains (TFCDs) in smectic liquid crystals exhibit distinct topological characteristics, featuring torus-shaped molecular alignment patterns with rotational symmetry around a central core. TFCDs have attracted much interest... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - January 30, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Wantae Kim Source Type: research
Towards Predictive Control of Reversible Nanoparticle Assembly with Solid-Binding Proteins
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00094C, PaperYifeng Cai, Xin Qi, Julia Boese, Yundi Zhao, Brittney Hellner, Jaehun Chun, Christopher Jay Mundy, Fran çois Baneyx Although a broad range of ligand-functionalized nanoparticles and physico-chemical triggers have been exploited to create stimuli-responsive colloidal systems, little attention has been paid to the reversible assembly of unmodified nanoparticles... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - January 30, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Yifeng Cai Source Type: research
Numerical modeling of the effects of the shape and aspect ratio of 3D curved fiber on the percolation threshold and electrical conductivity of conductive polymer composites
Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01708G, PaperHui Yuan, Huisu Chen, Shaobo Sun, Mingqi Li, Zhiyong Liu, Lin Liu For designing conductive polymer composites (CPCs), understanding how the fiber curvature affects the percolation behavior of curved conductive fibers is essential for determining the effective electrical conductivityσeff of the CPCs. 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 - January 30, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Hui Yuan Source Type: research
Foam Film Stratification, Viscosity, and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering of Micellar SDS Solutions over an Extended Concentration Range (1 < c/CMC < 75)
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01069D, PaperChrystian Ochoa, Shang Gao, Chenxian Xu, Samanvaya Srivastava, Vivek Sharma Ultrathin foam films (thickness, h< 100 nm) containing micelles undergo drainage via stratification manifested as coexisting thick-thin flat regions, nanoscopic non-flat topography, and the stepwise decrease in film thickness... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - January 30, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Chrystian Ochoa Source Type: research
Structural and therapeutic properties of salicylic acid solubilized Pluronic solutions & hydrogels
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00079J, PaperRajib Ganguly, Sugam Kumar, Soumya Mukundan, Apeksha Khare, K. C. Bhainsa, Vinod Kumar Aswal, Joachim Kohlbrecher Salicylic acid (SA) finds extensive applications in the treatments of rheumatic and skin diseases because of its analgesic, anti-inflammatory and exfoliating properties. Being lipophilic in nature, it needs appropriate delivery... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - January 30, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rajib Ganguly Source Type: research
Poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide)-Endowed Spontaneous Emulsification during the Breath Figure Process and the Formation of Membranes with Hierarchical Pores
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Di Zhou, Ping Fu, Wan-Ting Lin, Wan-Long Li, Zhi-Kang Xu, Ling-Shu Wan The spontaneous emulsification for the formation of water-in-oil (W/O) or oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions needs the help of at least one kind of the third component (surfactant or cosolvent) to stabilize... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - January 30, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Di Zhou Source Type: research
Adhesion performance of magnetically responsive surfaces in wet condition
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01601C, PaperHao Qin, Xianyu Peng, Tonghang Sui, Peng Yi, Jing Li Adhesion is the key functionality to pick-and-place objects in wet environments. Recently, various micropillars and external stimulus have been proposed to achieve reversible wet adhesion. However, their underline mechanisms of... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - January 30, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Hao Qin Source Type: research
Viscoelastic dynamics of a soft strip subject to a large deformation
Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01485A, PaperAlexandre Delory, Daniel A. Kiefer, Maxime Lanoy, Antonin Eddi, Claire Prada, Fabrice Lemoult We follow the propagation of guided elastic waves in a soft strip and study the effect of frequency and prestress on their velocities. The two fundamental in-plane modes are displayed: compression and flexion. 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 - January 29, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Alexandre Delory Source Type: research
Modeling photo-generated charge extraction in bulk heterojunction nanoparticles
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Nigel Clarke, Gavin A. Buxton We present a drift-diffusion model for predicting currents generated through the absorption of solar energy inside bulk heterojunction organic nanoparticles, which are promising nanomaterials for photo-catalytic water splitting. 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 - January 29, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Nigel Clarke Source Type: research
A soft departure from jamming: the compaction of deformable granular matter under high pressures
Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01373A, PaperJoel T. Clemmer, Joseph M. Monti, Jeremy B. Lechman The high-pressure compaction of three dimensional granular packings is simulated using a bonded particle model (BPM) to capture linear elastic deformation. 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 - January 29, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Joel T. Clemmer Source Type: research
Cross-streamline migration and near-wall depletion of elastic fibers in micro-channel flows
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01499A, PaperThomas Nguyen, Harishankar Manikantan The complex dynamics of elastic fibers in viscous fluids are central to many biological and industrial systems. Fluid-structure interactions underlying these dynamics govern the shape and transport of flexible fibers,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - January 27, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Thomas Nguyen Source Type: research
Instantaneous normal modes of glass-forming liquids during the athermal relaxation process of the steepest descent algorithm
Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01104F, PaperMasanari Shimada, Kumpei Shiraishi, Hideyuki Mizuno, Atsushi Ikeda Understanding glass formation by quenching remains a challenge in soft condensed matter physics. 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 - January 26, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Masanari Shimada Source Type: research
Activity affects the stability, deformations and breakage dynamics of colloidal architectures
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Hannah Jonas, P. Schall, Peter G Bolhuis Living network architectures, such as the cytoskeleton, are characterized by continuous energy injection, leading to rich but poorly understood non-equilibrium physics. There is a need for a well-controlled (experimental) model... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - January 26, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Hannah Jonas Source Type: research
