The Effect of Structural Changes on the Self-assembly of Novel Green Pyridinium-Carboxylate Gemini Surfactants in Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett Films
In this study, we investigated the fundamental interfacial behavior 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 - April 8, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Alaa F. Eftaiha Source Type: research
A Passive Star Polymer in a Dense Active Bath: Insights from Computer Simulations
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00144C, PaperRamanand Singh Yadav, Sanaa Sharma, Ralf Metzler, Rajarshi Chakrabarti Using computer simulations in two dimensions (2D), we explore the structure and dynamics of a star polymer with three arms made of passive monomers immersed in a bath of active... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - April 8, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Ramanand Singh Yadav Source Type: research
Softness Matters: Effects of Compression on the Behavior of Adsorbed Microgels at Interfaces
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Yuri Gerelli, Fabrizio Camerin, Steffen Bochenek, Maximilian Schmidt, Armando Maestro, Walter Richtering, Emanuela Zaccarelli, Andrea Scotti Deformable colloids and macromolecules adsorb at interfaces, as they decrease the interfacial energy between the two media. The deformability, or softness, of these particles plays a pivotal role in the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - April 8, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Yuri Gerelli Source Type: research
Experimental Observation of Near-Wall Effects During the Puncture of Soft Solids
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01216F, PaperChristopher Wade Barney, Szabolcs Berezvai, Allison L Chau, Younghoon Kwon, Angela Pitenis, Robert M. McMeeking, Megan Valentine, Matthew E Helgeson Performing conventional mechanical characterization techniques on soft materials can be challenging due to issues such as limited sample volumes and clamping difficulties. Deep indentation and puncture is a promising alternative... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - April 8, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Christopher Wade Barney Source Type: research
Novel turbulence and coarsening arrest in active-scalar fluids
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00163J, PaperNadia Bihari Padhan, Kiran Venkata Kolluru, Rahul Pandit We uncover a new type of turbulence -- activity-induced homogeneous and isotropic turbulence in a model that has been employed to investigate motility-induced phase separation (MIPS) in a system 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 - April 6, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Nadia Bihari Padhan Source Type: research
Faceted wrinkling by contracting a curved boundary
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Anshuman S. Pal, Luka Pocivavsek, Thomas A. Witten A novel mode of wrinkling avoids stretching by forming tilted, triangular facets. 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 - April 5, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Anshuman S. Pal Source Type: research
Topology of ferroelectric nematic droplets: the case driven by flexoelectricity or depolarization field
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01042B, CommunicationYu Zou, Jidan Yang, Xinxin Zhang, Mingjun Huang, Satoshi Aya The recent discovery of ferroelectric nematics provides new opportunities for exploring polar topology in liquid matter. Here, we report numerous potential polarization topological states (e.g., polar vortex-like and line disclination... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - April 5, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Yu Zou Source Type: research
Critical Casimir forces in soft matter
Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01408H, Review ArticleA. Gambassi, S. Dietrich We review recent advances in the theoretical, numerical, and experimental studies of critical Casimir forces in soft matter, with particular emphasis on their relevance for the structures of colloidal suspensions and on their dynamics. 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 - April 4, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: A. Gambassi Source Type: research
Hydrogen Bonding Enhanced Drug-Polymer Interaction for Efficient Drug Loading and Delivery
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00003J, CommunicationXiaotian Qu, Junran Li, Yishu Yu, Jie Yang A carrier design strategy of hydrogen bonding enhanced drug-carrier interaction is developed to prepare polymeric nanomedicine with high drug loading content and superb loading efficiency. Moreover, a morphology transition from... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - April 4, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Xiaotian Qu Source Type: research
Self-healing polyacrylate based on dynamic disulfide and quadruple hydrogen bonds
Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00257A, PaperLongjin Du, Yu-Ting Zhong, Linying Zhao, Chengzhen Hu, Liang Shen, Yuping Yang, Jiang Zhong Herein, self-healing polyacrylate system was successfully prepared by introducing crosslinking agents containing disulfide bonds and monomers capable of forming quadruple hydrogen bonds through free radical copolymerization. This polymer material exhibits... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - April 4, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Longjin Du Source Type: research
Effects of salinity on the flow of dense colloidal suspensions
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Marc Lagoin, Agn ès Piednoir, Rémy Fulcrand, Antoine Bérut We studied how the flowing dynamics of dense suspensions of silica micro-particles in microfluidic rotating drums experiments is modified when the inter-particles repulsion is progressively screened by increasing the ionic force of the suspension. 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 - April 3, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Marc Lagoin Source Type: research
A bio-inspired co-simulation crawling robot enabled by a carbon dot-doped dielectric elastomer
Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00029C, PaperYubing Han, Bori Shi, En Xie, Peng Huang, Yaozhong Zhou, Chang Xue, Weijia Wen, Huayan Pu, Mengying Zhang, Jinbo Wu The introduction of NCDs@SiO2 cluster particles not only improves the mechanical and dielectric properties of an elastomer but also exhibits fluorescence and actuation response under the co-stimulation of UV and electricity, respectively. 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 - April 3, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Yubing Han Source Type: research
Agent-based modeling of stress anisotropy driven nematic ordering in growing biofilms
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Changhao Li, Japinder Nijjer, Luyi Feng, Qiuting Zhang, Jing Yan, Sulin Zhang Our agent-based model reveals complex spatiotemperal evolution of the morphology and internal cell ordering ofVibrio cholerae biofilms. 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 - April 3, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Changhao Li Source Type: research
Bacteria-surface interactions: Role of impacting bacteria-laden droplets
In this study, using E. coli as the model microbe, we investigate the impact of a bacterial-laden... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - April 3, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Sudip Shyam Source Type: research
Avalanche properties at the yielding transition: from externally deformed glasses to active systems.
This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Carlos Villarroel, Gustavo Alberto D üring We investigated the yielding phenomenon in the quasistatic limit using numerical simulations of soft particles. Two different deformation scenarios, simple shear (passive) and self-random force (active), and two interaction potentials... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles)
Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - April 3, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Carlos Villarroel Source Type: research
