Soft Matter

Papers
(The TQCC of Soft Matter is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
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Effects of shear-induced crystallization on the complex viscosity of lamellar-structured concentrated surfactant solutions75
Modulation of wetting of stimulus responsive polymer brushes by lipid vesicles: experiments and simulations68
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Rheology of a 2D granular film60
The growth and the decay of a visco-elastocapillary ridge by localized forces58
Entangled nematic disclinations using multi-particle collision dynamics58
New quasiperiodic structures in nematic liquid crystals50
Lowest gelation concentration in a complex-coacervate-driven self-assembly system, achieved by redox-RAFT synthesis of high molecular weight block polyelectrolytes44
Effect of confinement and topology: 2-TIPS vs. MIPS43
Modelling viscoelastic relaxation mechanisms in thermorheologically complex Fe(iii)–poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels41
Effect of polyacrylamide gel elasticity on collagen type II fibril assembly41
Molecular mobility of thin films of poly(bisphenol-A carbonate) capped and with one free surface: from bulk-like samples down to the adsorbed layer39
From nematic shells to nematic droplets: energetics and defect transitions38
Effect of segmental motion on hydrolytic degradation of polyglycolide in electro-spun fiber mats35
New approach for SANS measurement of micelle chain mixing during size and morphology transitions35
Mechanical deformation affects the counterion condensation in highly-swollen polyelectrolyte hydrogels34
Composition and temperature effects on the solution structure of SDS/octanol/brine by SANS, NMR and microscopy34
Cyclodextrin-catalyzed self-assembly of a coordinating fluorescent molecule into microflowers34
PEG-fibrin conjugates: the PEG impact on the polymerization dynamics34
Fabrication of submillimeter-sized spherical self-oscillating gels and control of their isotropic volumetric oscillatory behaviors33
Strain stiffening elastomers with swelling inclusions32
The rheology and foamability of crystal-melt suspensions composed of triacylglycerols32
Water–alcohol–TiO2 dispersions as sustainable ink32
Tuning alginate β-lactoglobulin complex coacervation by modulating pH and temperature32
The coagulant dipping process of nitrile latex: investigations of former motion effects and coagulant loss into the dipping compound32
Multi-population dissolution in confined active fluids31
Reply to the ‘Comment on “Effects of topological constraints on linked ring polymers in solvents of varying quality”’ by M. Tsige and H. Guo, Soft Matter, 2024, 20, DOI: 10.1039/D3SM016130
Hysteresis in phase volumes, compositions and interfacial roughness in model OPV-small-molecule/polymer thin-films30
Viscoelasticity of single folded proteins using dynamic atomic force microscopy28
Revisiting the strain-induced softening behaviour in hydrogels28
Spontaneous symmetry-breaking of the active cluster drives the directed movement and self-sustained oscillation of symmetric rod-like passive particles28
A facile strategy to in situ synthesize metal oxide/conductive polymer hybrid electrodes for supercapacitors28
Pyridine-functional diblock copolymer nanoparticles synthesized via RAFT-mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly: effect of solution pH28
Microfluidic extensional flow device to study mass transfer dynamics in the polymer microparticle formation process27
Influence of shape on heteroaggregation of model microplastics: a simulation study27
Tensile force field plays a crucial role in local invasion of tumor cells through a mechano-chemical coupling mechanism27
Complete stress release in monolayer ALD-Al2O3 films based on mechanical equilibrium homeostasis to realize a bending radius of 1 mm27
Role of confinement in the shear banding and shear jamming in noncolloidal fiber suspensions26
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Influence of matrix stiffness on microstructure evolution and magnetization of magneto-active elastomers24
Correction: A passive star polymer in a dense active bath: insights from computer simulations24
Effect of intermolecular hydrogen bonding strength on the dynamic fragility of amorphous polyamides24
Temperature dependence of micelle shape transitions in copolymer solutions: the role of inter-block incompatibility24
Surface acoustic wave manipulation of bioparticles24
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Tuning the polymer thermal conductivity through structural modification induced by MoS2 bilayers23
Correction: Hystereses in flow-induced compression of a poroelastic hydrogel22
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Passive viscoelastic response of striated muscles22
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Size-dependent bending of a rectangular polymer film22
SAXS-guided unbiased coarse-grained Monte Carlo simulation for identification of self-assembly nanostructures and dimensions22
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Probing molecular motion and microstructure into emulsion gels by PFG NMR and advanced microscopy for microstructural observations22
Statistical mechanics of cell aggregates: explaining the phase transition and paradoxical piezoelectric behavior of soft biological tissues22
Harnessing interfacial entropic effects in polymer grafted nanoparticle composites for tailoring their thermo-mechanical and separation properties21
A multifunctional structural coloured electronic skin monitoring body motion and temperature21
Instability and rupture of surfactant-laden bilayer thin liquid films21
Advection-dominated transport dynamics of pili and flagella-mediated motile bacteria in porous media21
Elastoviscoplasticity, hyperaging, and time–age-time–temperature superposition in aqueous dispersions of bentonite clay21
Controlling toughness of polymer-grafted nanoparticle composites for impact mitigation21
A theory of hydrogel mechanics that couples swelling and external flow21
Mesoscale polymer arrays: high aspect ratio surface structures and their digital reconstruction21
Spontaneous rolling of a soft sphere on a vertical soft substrate21
Dynamic compaction of cohesive granular materials: scaling behavior and bonding structures20
Directional actuation and phase transition-like behavior in anisotropic networks of responsive microfibers20
Granular flow of 3D mixtures of soft and hard spheres20
Droplets sliding on soft solids shed elastocapillary rails20
Thermotropic reentrant isotropy and induced smectic antiferroelectricity in the ferroelectric nematic realm: comparing RM734 and DIO20
One step generation of single-core double emulsions from polymer-osmose-induced aqueous phase separation in polar oil droplets20
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One-step laser etching of a bionic hierarchical structure on a silicone rubber surface with thermal and acid/alkali resistance and tunable wettability19
Binding of anisotropic curvature-inducing proteins onto membrane tubes19
Modelling the non-linear viscoelastic behaviour of brain tissue in torsion19
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Temperature-responsive membrane permeability of recombinant fusion protein vesicles19
Frame tension governs the thermal fluctuations of a fluid membrane: new evidence19
Pinching dynamics, extensional rheology, and stringiness of saliva substitutes19
Liquid crystalline collagen assemblies as substrates for directed alignment of human Schwann cells19
A simple one step synthesis of magnetic-optical dual functional ZIF-8 in a sodalite phase for magnetically guided targeting bioimaging and drug delivery19
Active Dipolar Colloids in Three Dimensions: Non–Equilibrium Structure and Re-entrant Dynamics†19
The motion of micro-swimmers over a cavity in a micro-channel19
Effect of surfactant concentration on diffusion and microstructure in water-in-oil emulsions studied by low-field benchtop NMR and optical microscopy19
Synergy of Hofmeister effect and ligand crosslinking enabled the facile fabrication of super-strong, pre-stretching-enhanced gelatin-based hydrogels18
Effect of polymerization on free water in polyacrylamide hydrogels observed with Brillouin spectroscopy18
Mechanisms of electrostatic interactions between two charged dielectric spheres inside a polarizable medium: an effective-dipole analysis18
The role of poroelastic diffusion in the transient wetting behavior of hydrogels18
Design of Ultra-stretchable Physical Hydrogels cross-linked by Cubosomes: Structural Changes Revealed by SANS during In-Situ Polymerisation and Mechanical Deformation†18
Malleable and self-healing rubbers covalently crosslinked by reversible boronic ester bonds18
Drop splitting on hydrophobic wedge-shaped tips after central impact: effect of sharpness and wetting properties18
Hydroelastomers: soft, tough, highly swelling composites18
Biopolymer-supramolecular polymer hybrids for photocatalytic hydrogen production18
Positive, negative and controlled durotaxis18
Is there a difference between surfactant-stabilised and Pickering emulsions?18
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Direct ink writing of tough, stretchable silicone composites17
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Coarse-grained molecular models of the surface of hair16
Efficient and stable electrorheological fluids based on chestnut-like cobalt hydroxide coupled with surface-functionalized carbon dots16
Cellulose nanocrystals as nucleating agents for the strain induced crystallization in natural rubber16
The role of disorder in the motion of chiral active particles in the presence of obstacles16
Swelling induced debonding of thin hydrogel films grafted on silicon substrates16
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Flow environment affects nutrient transport in soft plant roots16
High-χ, low-N micelles from partially perfluorinated block polymers16
Adsorption and aggregation properties of quaternary-ammonium-salt-based gemini surfactants with a glycinate counterion16
Crystallization of non-convex colloids: the roles of particle shape and entropy16
Jamming transition and normal modes of polydispersed soft particle packing16
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Bulking up: the impact of polymer sterics on emulsion stability16
Microfluidic dual picoinjection based encapsulation of hemoglobin in alginate microcapsules reinforced by a poly(l-lysine)-g-poly(ethylene glycol)16
Dynamics and rheology of vesicles under confined Poiseuille flow16
Insight into the structure and transport properties of pyrrolidinium-based geminal dicationic-organic ionic crystals: unravelling the role of alkyl-chain length16
Thermal- and pH-responsive triple-shape memory hydrogel based on a single reversible switch15
Probing the binding mode and interactions of proteinase K and glutathione: molecular simulation and experiments15
Phospholipase-catalyzed degradation drives domain morphology and rheology transitions in model lung surfactant monolayers15
Making microgels photo-responsive by complexation with a spiropyran surfactant15
Reply to the ‘Comment on “Simulations of ionization equilibria in weak polyelectrolyte solutions and gels”’ by J. Landsgesell, L. Nová, O. Rud, F. Uhlík, D. Sean, P. Hebbeker, C. Holm and P. Košovan, 15
Molecular dynamics study of shear-induced lamellar alignment of ABA triblock copolymer thin films15
Sorting of proteins with shape and curvature anisotropy on a lipid bilayer tube15
Peeling from a liquid15
Orientational transitions of discotic columnar liquid crystals in cylindrical pores15
Granular aqueous suspensions with controlled interparticular friction and adhesion15
Mediating the slow dynamics of polyacrylates by small molecule-bridged hydrogen bonds15
Nanodroplets wetting an elastic half-space15
An interfacial host–guest inclusion complex regulated supramolecular nanocomposite hydrogel showing tunable mechanical strength, self-healing, strain sensitivity and NIR responsiveness15
The relationship between structure and rheology in a three-dimensional sheared lamellar mesophase15
Shear-induced criticality in glasses shares qualitative similarities with the Gardner phase15
The alternate ligand Jagged enhances the robustness of Notch signaling patterns15
Microstructural changes of concentrated Newtonian suspensions in the first oscillation cycles probed with linear and non-linear rheology15
A hydro-thermophoretic trap for microparticles near a gold-coated substrate15
Collecting differently sized particles on water surface by maneuvering pedal waves on the foot of the water snail Pomacea canaliculata15
Preparation and characterization of emulsion gels stabilized by adequately preprocessed insoluble soybean fiber from okara15
Janus-type ionic conductive gels based on poly(N,N-dimethyl)acrylamide for strain/pressure sensors15
Differential membrane curvature induced by distinct protein conformers15
Modeling high strain-rate microcavitation in soft materials: the role of material behavior in bubble dynamics15
Breaking action–reaction with active apolar colloids: emergent transport and velocity inversion14
Correction: Aggregation or phase separation can be induced in highly charged proteins by small charged biomolecules14
Probing the elastic response of lipid bilayers and nanovesicles to leaflet tensions via volume per lipid14
Coarsening in bent-core liquid crystals: a molecular dynamics study14
Computer vision for high-throughput analysis of pickering emulsions14
A simple approach to produce hydrophobic biobased coatings using methylcellulose and organosolv lignin14
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A polymer chain with dipolar active forces in connection to spatial organization of chromatin14
Ferrofluid drop impacts and Rosensweig peak formation in a non-uniform magnetic field14
Bacterial surface swimming states revealed by TIRF microscopy14
Observations on phenomenological changes in Klebsiella Pneumoniae under fluidic stresses14
Correction: Fabricating multi-scale controllable PEDOT:PSS arrays via templated freezing assembly14
Shear recovery and temperature stability of Ca2+ and Ag+ glycolipid fibrillar metallogels with unusual β-sheet-like domains14
Investigation of the synergistic effect of melt-extension and nanofiller on the crystal–crystal phase transition from form II to I of isotactic polybutene-114
Role of MXenes in advancing soft robotics14
Effect of microstructure evolution on the mechanical behavior of magneto-active elastomers with different matrix stiffness14
Self-organization of metallo-supramolecular polymer networks by free formation of pyridine–phenanthroline heteroleptic complexes14
Stiffening of under-constrained spring networks under isotropic strain14
Exploiting breath figure reversibility for in situ pattern modulation and hierarchical design14
Necking of thin-walled cylinders via bifurcation of incompressible nonlinear elastic solids14
Solvent-dependent supramolecular assembly behavior of a coumarin-headed amphiphile14
Vibrational spectroscopic profiling of biomolecular interactions between oak powdery mildew and oak leaves14
A self-oscillating gel system with complex dynamic behavior based on a time delay between the oscillations14
Correction: Effect of network topology and crosslinker reactivity on microgel structure and ordering at liquid–liquid interface14
How reciprocity impacts ordering and phase separation in active nematics?14
Chiral ground states in a nematic liquid crystal confined to a cylinder with homeotropic anchoring14
Moving cracks in drying colloidal films14
Kinetics of geopolymerization followed by rheology: a general model14
Phases of surface-confined trivalent colloidal particles14
Chiral photonic crystals from sphere packing14
Efficient fabrication of bioinspired soft, ridged-slippery surfaces with large-range anisotropic wettability for droplet manipulation14
Influence of adhesion-promoting glycolipids on the structure and stability of solid-supported lipid double-bilayers14
Development of tough and stiff elastomers by leveraging hydrophilic–hydrophobic supramolecular segment interaction14
Training precise stress patterns14
Predicting the outcomes of interpolyelectrolyte neutralization at surfaces on the basis of complexation experiments and vice versa14
Nature of barriers determines first passage times in heterogeneous media13
Through-drop imaging of moving contact lines and contact areas on opaque water-repellent surfaces13
Viscosity of a solution of polyelectrolytes near the rod limit13
Pressurized interfacial failure of soft adhesives13
Motorized, untethered soft robots via 3D printed auxetics13
Self-healing polyacrylates based on dynamic disulfide and quadruple hydrogen bonds13
Modeling dynamic swelling of polymer-based artificial muscles13
Multiple droplets on a conical fiber: formation, motion, and droplet mergers13
l-Cysteine as a reducing/capping/gel-forming agent for the preparation of silver nanoparticle composites with anticancer properties13
Ion specific effects on the rheology of cellulose nanofibrils in the presence of salts13
Fluorescent azobenzene-confined coiled-coil mesofibers13
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An anti-freeze fluorescent organogel with rapid shape-forming properties for constructing artificial light harvesting systems used in extremely cold environments13
Destructive effect of fluctuations on the performance of a Brownian gyrator13
Observation of ferroelectric behaviour in non-symmetrical cholesterol-based bent-shaped dimers13
Self-assembly of globular proteins with intrinsically disordered protein polyelectrolytes and block copolymers13
Phase behavior of symmetric diblock copolymers under 3D soft confinement13
Solute dispersion in pre-turbulent confined active nematics13
The cellular Potts model on disordered lattices13
Can self-propelled objects escape from compression stimulation?13
The random walker's toolbox for analyzing single-particle tracking data13
Fabrication of a MXene-based shape-memory hydrogel and its application in the wound repair of skin13
Synthesis and characterisation of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based hydrogels13
Mechanochromic polymer blends made with an excimer-forming telechelic sensor molecule13
Understanding the role of crosslink density and linear viscoelasticity on the shear failure of pressure-sensitive-adhesives13
Defect transition of smectic liquid crystals confined in spherical cavities13
Water-resistant free-standing DNA-complexed films with antioxidant and H2O2-responsive activity13
Mesoscale modelling of fibrin clots: the interplay between rheology and microstructure at the gel point13
Preparation of a novel regenerated silk fibroin-based hydrogel for extrusion bioprinting13
Tuning Evaporation Driven Deposition in Sessile Drops via Electrostatic Hetero-aggregation13
Aggregation or phase separation can be induced in highly charged proteins by small charged biomolecules13
A double-well potential model for glass transition in a glassy hydrogel undergoing bi-stable interactions with water13
Rigidity and fracture of biopolymer double networks13
Recent advances in the design and use of Pickering emulsions for wastewater treatment applications13
Antibacterial, wearable, transparent tannic acid–thioctic acid–phytic acid hydrogel for adhesive bandages13
Effect of the content and strength of hard segment on the viscoelasticity of the polyurethane elastomer: insights from molecular dynamics simulation13
Interplay between yielding, ‘recovery’, and strength of yield stress fluids for direct ink writing: new insights from oscillatory rheology13
Determination of the swimming mechanism of Au@TiO2 active matter and implications on active–passive interactions13
Individual closed-loop control of micromotors by selective light actuation12
Nanosheet–hydrogel composites: from preparation and fundamental properties to their promising applications12
Synchronized rotations of active particles on chemical substrates12
Force induced DNA melting in the presence of an attractive surface12
High magnetization composite magnetic fluid: structure, magnetorheology and new sealing mechanism in rotating seals12
Analysis of the adhesive secreting cells of Arion subfuscus: insights into the role of microgels in a tough, fast-setting hydrogel glue12
Deformation of soap bubbles in uniform magnetic fields12
Microstructure and elasticity of dilute gels of colloidal discoids12
The Edwards volume ensemble in cyclically sheared granular experiments12
A bioinspired, electroactive colorable and additive manufactured photonic artificial muscle12
Symmetry-based classification of forces driving chromatin dynamics12
MoS2 nanosheets effectively bind to the receptor binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and destabilize the spike–human ACE2 receptor interactions12
Feedback-controlled topological reconfiguration of molecular assemblies for programming supramolecular structures12
Reversible pH-responsive supramolecular aggregates from viologen based amphiphiles – a molecular design perspective12
Active interaction switching controls the dynamic heterogeneity of soft colloidal dispersions12
Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) for purifying colloidal clusters12
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