Defect interactions in a two-dimensional sheared lamellar mesophase
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01516E, PaperArkaprava Pal, Someshwar Jaju, Viswanathan Kumaran The interaction between two edge dislocations in a sheared lyotropic lamellar liquid crystalline medium is examined. The model is a mesoscale hydrodynamic model based on a free energy functional that... 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 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Arkaprava Pal Source Type: research
Understanding the glassy dynamics from melting temperatures in binary glass-forming liquids
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Yunhuan Nie, Lijin Wang, Pengfei Guan, Ning Xu It is natural to expect that small particles in binary mixtures move faster than large ones. However, in binary glass-forming liquids with soft-core particle interactions, we observe the counter-intuitive dynamic... 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 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Yunhuan Nie Source Type: research
Water state, thermal transition behavior and structure of hydrated gelatin films
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01462B, PaperRunpeng Liu, Congde Qiao, Qinze Liu, Jin-Shui Yao, Jing Xu The state of water, thermal transition behaviors, molecular interactions, crystalline structure, and mechanical performances of hydrated gelatin films were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction,... 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 16, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Runpeng Liu Source Type: research
Rational design of a polypropylene composite foam with open-cell structure via graphite conductive network for sound absorption
Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01432K, PaperZhiyao Li, Chenguang Yang, Kun Yan, Ming Xia, Zhong Yan, Dong Wang, Wenwen Wang A polypropylene (PP) foam with a high open-cell content was achieved for the first time by constructing a thermally conductive network. The obtained PP-G foam with micro-nano multistage pore structure exhibits optimal sound absorption performance. 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 15, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Zhiyao Li Source Type: research
Numerical modeling of the effects of shape and aspect ratio of 3D curved fiber on the percolation threshold and electrical conductivity of conductive polymer composites
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01708G, PaperHui Yuan, Huisu Chen, Shaobo Sun, Mingqi Li, Zhiyong Liu, Lin Liu For designing conductive polymer composites (CPCs), understanding how fiber curvature affects the percolation behavior of curved conductive fibers is essential in determining the effective electrical conductivity σeff of CPCs. In... 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 15, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Hui Yuan Source Type: research
Evolution dynamics of thin liquid structures investigated by phase-field model
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Yanchen Wu, Fei Wang, Sai Zheng, Britta Nestler Liquid structures of thin-films and torus droplets are omnipresent in daily lives. The morphological evolution of liquid structures suspending in another immiscible fluid and sitting on a solid substrate is... 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 15, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Yanchen Wu Source Type: research
Correction: Development of tissue-engineered vascular grafts from decellularized parsley stems
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Merve Cevik, Serkan Dikici 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 15, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Merve Cevik Source Type: research
Separation of the heme protein Cytochrome C using a 3D structured graphene oxide bionanocomposite as adsorbent
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01053H, PaperCaroline Maria Bezerra de Araujo, Albertina Gon çalves Rios, Marcos Gomes Ghislandi, Alexandre Filipe Porfírio Ferreira, Mauricio Alves da Motta Sobrinho, Alirio E. Rodrigues Proteins have great importance for medicine and the pharmaceutical and food industries. However, proteins need to be purified prior to their application. This work investigated the application of a hydrogel... 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 15, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Caroline Maria Bezerra de Araujo Source Type: research
Conformational and static properties of tagged chains in solvents: effect of chain connectivity in solvent molecules
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01473H, PaperHong-Yao Li, Bokai Zhang, Zhi-Yong Wang Polymer chains immersed in different solvent molecules exhibit diverse properties due to multiple spatiotemporal scales and complex interactions. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we study the conformational and static properties 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 15, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Hong-Yao Li Source Type: research
Understanding the application of covalent adaptable networks in self-repair materials based on molecular simulation
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Xiang Cui, Lu Zhang, Yuliang Yang, Ping Tang Covalent adaptable networks (CANs) are widely used in the field of self-repair materials. They are a type of covalently cross-linked associative polymers that undergo reversible chemical reactions, and can be... 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 12, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Xiang Cui Source Type: research
Sliding Friction of a Pillar Array Interface: Part I
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01323E, PaperJasreen Kaur, Xuemei Xiao, Constantine Yuri Khripin, Chung-Yuen Hui, Anand Jagota Biology is replete with examples, at length scales ranging from the molecular (ligand-receptor binding) to the mesoscopic scale (wing arresting structures on dragonflies) where shape-complementary surfaces are used to control... 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 12, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Jasreen Kaur Source Type: research
Experimental Characterization and Fractional Modelling of Anisotropic Magnetorheological Elastomers under the Influence of Temperature and Magnetic Fields
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01456H, PaperMohammad Hossein Izadifard, Mahmood Norouzi, Mojtaba Ghtaee, Mohammad Bagher Nazari, Amirmasoud Alimardan The multifaceted influence of combined variables on the mechanical-magnetorheological properties of isotropic and anisotropic MREs in a shear state is probed in this research. Specifically, the effects of preparation magnetic... 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 12, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Mohammad Hossein Izadifard Source Type: research
Sliding Friction of a Pillar Array Interface: Part II, Contact Mechanics of Single Pillar Pairs
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01324C, PaperXuemei Xiao, Jasreen Kaur, Anand Jagota, Chung-Yuen Hui Insects and small animals often utilize structured surfaces to create friction during their movements. These surfaces typically consist of pillar-like fibrils that interact with a counter surface. Understanding the mechanical... 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 12, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Xuemei Xiao Source Type: research
Low solid content mouldable chitin physical hydrogel prepared by atypical rupture-free swelling
In this study, the atypical swelling gelation of chitin physical hydrogels was investigated. Only by tuning the amount of the N-acetylation reagent, the degree of acetylation varied and mouldable chitin... 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 12, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Yuto Kaku Source Type: research
Coalescence of biphasic droplets embedded in free standing smectic A films
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Christoph Klopp, Torsten Trittel, Kirsten Harth, Ralf Stannarius Coalescence of biphasic droplets in free-standing smectic films is controlled in part by the rupture of a thin nematic membrane separating the isotropic droplet cores. 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 11, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Christoph Klopp Source Type: research
