Soft Matter

Papers
(The TQCC of Soft Matter is 4. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Emergence of synchronization-induced patterns in two-dimensional magnetic rod systems under rotating magnetic fields55
Tunable mechanical properties of PDMS–TMPTMA microcapsules for controlled release in coatings53
Continuum elasticity and molecular dynamics of a pore in archaeal bolalipid membranes51
Influence of the neck length of urease-powered flask-like colloidal motors on their kinematic behavior46
Correction: Hystereses in flow-induced compression of a poroelastic hydrogel44
Nematic liquid crystal flow driven by time-varying active surface anchoring39
A refined mechanistic model for swelling kinetics of starch granules38
Activity waves in condensed excitable phases of Quincke rollers38
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Enhancing surface/interface activity and wettability via trimeric surfactant-containing mixtures37
Chemical and physical properties of orthoconic liquid crystals: 2H NMR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations37
Correction: Engineering poly(dehydroalanine)-based gels via droplet-based microfluidics: from bulk to microspheres33
Transport of partially active polymers in chemical gradients33
Taming the diffusiophoretic convective instability in colloidal suspensions32
Polymer dynamics at low molecular weight of poly(butylene oxide) star polymers32
Effect of interfacial rheology on drop coalescence in water–oil emulsion32
Strong and tough polysaccharide organohydrogels for strain, humidity and temperature sensors31
Supercapacitor and highkproperties of CNT–PbS reinforced quinoxaline amine based polybenzoxazine composites31
An experimental study of the merging flow of polymer solutions in a T-shaped microchannel30
Discontinuous rigidity transition associated with shear jamming in granular simulations29
Surface tension measurement and calculation of model biomolecular condensates28
Effect of polymerization on free water in polyacrylamide hydrogels observed with Brillouin spectroscopy28
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Emergence of preferential flow paths and intermittent dynamics in emulsion transport in porous media28
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Electrically conducting porous hydrogels by a self-assembled percolating pristine graphene network27
Mechanical feedback links cell division and dynamics in growing cell collectives27
Adsorption kinetics and solubilisation of ciprofloxacin in quaternary ammonium-based surface-active compounds: experimental and computational study26
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Electrokinetic flow instabilities in shear thinning fluids with conductivity gradients26
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Outstanding Reviewers for Soft Matter in 202320
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Viscous coalescence of unequally sized spherical and cylindrical doublets19
Drawing liquid bridges from a thin viscous film19
Using small angle scattering to understand low molecular weight gels19
Hierarchical self-assembly of metal–organic supramolecular fibers with lanthanide-derived functionalities19
Synergy of Hofmeister effect and ligand crosslinking enabled the facile fabrication of super-strong, pre-stretching-enhanced gelatin-based hydrogels19
Emulsions in microfluidic channels with asymmetric boundary conditions and directional surface roughness: stress and rheology19
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Trapping and manipulation of bubbles with holographic optical tweezers19
Differentiating aliphatic and aromatic alcohols using triazine-based supramolecular organogelators: end group-specific selective gelation with chain length of alcohols19
Diffusive evaporation dynamics in polymer solutions is ubiquitous18
Instabilities, thermal fluctuations, defects and dislocations in the crystal–RI–RII rotator phase transitions of n-alkanes18
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A study of alpha-synuclein and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) complex formation through detailed atomistic simulations18
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Influence of matrix stiffness on microstructure evolution and magnetization of magneto-active elastomers18
Microrheological model for Kelvin–Voigt materials with micro-heterogeneities18
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The role of excess attractive particles in the elasticity of high internal phase Pickering emulsions15
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Water-resistance chitosan film through enzymatic treatment and layer-by-layer assembly with bacterial cellulose for food packaging materials15
The effect of cholesterol on the bending modulus of DOPC bilayers: re-analysis of NSE data15
Phenylboronate-salicylate ester cross-linked self-healing hydrogel composed of modified hyaluronan at physiological pH15
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Cluster-Directed Ionic Framework Supramolecular Hydrogel with High Temperature Tolerability and Enhanced Water Evaporation15
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Passive viscoelastic response of striated muscles15
Influence of shape on heteroaggregation of model microplastics: a simulation study14
Electric field-mediated adhesive dynamics of cells inside bio-functionalised microchannels offers important cues for active control of cell–substrate adhesion14
Optimal shapes of disk assembly in saturated random packings14
Stability, biofunctional, and antimicrobial characteristics of cannabidiol isolate for the design of topical formulations14
Nonequilibrium interactions between multi-scale colloids regulate the suspension microstructure and rheology14
Collective motion of cells modeled as ring polymers14
Water–alcohol–TiO2 dispersions as sustainable ink14
Assembling anisotropic colloids using curvature-mediated lipid sorting14
Finite amplitude waves in jammed matter14
Lowest gelation concentration in a complex-coacervate-driven self-assembly system, achieved by redox-RAFT synthesis of high molecular weight block polyelectrolytes14
Understanding enhanced rotational dynamics of active probes in rod suspensions14
On the role of membrane embedding, protein rigidity and transmembrane length in lipid membrane fusion14
Synthesis of zwitterionic polyelectrolyte nanogels via electrostatic-templated polymerization14
Association of two polyelectrolytes in salt solutions14
Covalently integrated silica nanoparticles in poly(ethylene glycol)-based acrylate resins: thermomechanical, swelling, and morphological behavior14
Effect of surfactant concentration on diffusion and microstructure in water-in-oil emulsions studied by low-field benchtop NMR and optical microscopy14
Hydroelastomers: soft, tough, highly swelling composites14
Lateral indentation of a thin elastic film14
Modulation of wetting of stimulus responsive polymer brushes by lipid vesicles: experiments and simulations14
Transition of elastomers from a rubber to glassy state under laser shock conditions14
Reinforcement learning reveals fundamental limits on the mixing of active particles14
Temperature-dependent reentrant phase transition of RNA–polycation mixtures14
The rheology and foamability of crystal-melt suspensions composed of triacylglycerols14
Turbulent-like velocity fluctuations in two-dimensional granular materials subject to cyclic shear14
Construction of a nano-phase-separated structure on a hydrogel surface14
Swelling-induced patterning in soft microchannels14
Shear wave generation from non-spherical bubble collapse in a tissue phantom13
Enhanced vapor sorption in block and random copolymer brushes13
Rupture of thin liquid trilayer films with soluble surfactants: fundamentals and applications to droplet coalescence13
Role of confinement in the shear banding and shear jamming in noncolloidal fiber suspensions13
Confinement controls the creep rate in soft granular packings13
Light scattering from mixtures of interacting, nonionic micelles with hydrophobic solutes13
The role of the nucleus for cell mechanics: an elastic phase field approach13
The role of poroelastic diffusion in the transient wetting behavior of hydrogels13
Faraday cup measurements of triboelectrically charged granular material: a modular interpretation methodology13
Short-term memory effects in the phototactic behavior of microalgae13
Positive, negative and controlled durotaxis13
Multi-stimuli responsive photonic hydrogel based on a novel photonic crystal template containing gold nanorods13
Modeling the viscoelastic relaxation dynamics of soft particles via molecular dynamics simulation-informed multi-dimensional transition-state theory13
Structured liquids stabilized by polyethyleneimine surfactants13
Dynamics of a self-interacting sheet in shear flow13
A surface-grafted hydrogel demonstrating thermoresponsive adhesive strength change13
Modelling viscoelastic relaxation mechanisms in thermorheologically complex Fe(iii)–poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels13
How emulsified droplets induce the bursting of suspended films of liquid mixtures13
Imprinting reversible deformations on a compressed soft rod network13
A versatile route for the fabrication of micro-patterned polylactic-acid (PLA)-based membranes with tailored morphology via breath figure imprinting13
Flexible hydrogels connecting adhesion and wetting13
Quantifying DNA-mediated liposome fusion kinetics with a fluidic trap13
Effect of local active fluctuations on structure and dynamics of flexible biopolymers13
Combining fracture mechanics and rheology to investigate the impact of micro-aeration on chocolate oral processing13
Effect of equilibration time on the structural gradient in the vertical direction for bicontinuous microemulsions in Winsor-III and -IV systems13
Mean-field models for the chemical fueling of transient soft matter states12
Understanding the different cross-membrane transport kinetics of two charged molecules on the DOPG lipid surface with second harmonic generation and MD simulation12
Direct numerical simulations of a microswimmer in a viscoelastic fluid12
Instability and rupture of surfactant-laden bilayer thin liquid films12
Surfactant-induced disaggregation of a quinoxaline AIEgen scaffold: aggregation aptitude in the solid and solution states12
Twist and measure: characterizing the effective radius of strings and bundles under twisting contraction12
Avalanche dynamics in sheared athermal particle packings occurs via localized bursts predicted by unstable linear response12
Pyridine-functional diblock copolymer nanoparticles synthesized via RAFT-mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly: effect of solution pH12
Layering and packing in confined colloidal suspensions12
Reply to the ‘Comment on “Dynamics and rheology of vesicles under confined Poiseuille flow”’ by G. Coupier and T. Podgorski, Soft Matter, 2024, 20, DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01679J12
Highly conductive thermoresponsive silver nanowire PNIPAM nanocomposite for reversible electrical switch12
Multi-energy dissipation mechanisms in supramolecular hydrogels with fast and slow relaxation modes12
Droplet transportation on photosensitive lubricant-impregnated slippery surfaces in response to the light induced Marangoni effect and asymmetrical wetting ridges12
Strain stiffening elastomers with swelling inclusions12
Development and challenges of smart actuators based on water-responsive materials12
Spontaneous localized fluid release on swelling fibres12
Extracting microscopic insight from transient dielectric measurements during large amplitude oscillatory shear12
Controlled release of microcargo from water-in-liquid crystal emulsionsviainterfacial shear induced by synthetic microstirrers12
Rheology of a 2D granular film12
Collective behavior of chiral active particles with anisotropic interactions in a confined space12
Well-shaped poly(dimethylsiloxane)-based copolymer nanowires from spherical micelles via kinetic shape evolution12
Controllable formation of bulk perfluorohexane nanodroplets by solvent exchange12
A co-assembly process for high strength and injectable dual network gels with sustained doxorubicin release performance12
Mesoscale simulation approach for assembly of small deformable objects12
Self-assembly of carbon nanodots induced by liquid–liquid phase separation in a surface microdroplet12
A mechanistic understanding of microcolony morphogenesis: coexistence of mobile and sessile aggregates12
Dually-dynamic covalent tetraPEG hydrogels end-linked with boronate ester and acylhydrazone groups12
Repulsive torques alone trigger crystallization of constant speed active particles12
Entangled nematic disclinations using multi-particle collision dynamics12
Biopolymer-supramolecular polymer hybrids for photocatalytic hydrogen production12
Dynamics of active particles with space-dependent swim velocity12
Influence of surfactant on glass transition temperature of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles12
Nanostars planarity modulates the rheology of DNA hydrogels12
Searching for structural predictors of plasticity in dense active packings12
Phase transitions of fluorotelomer alcohols at the water|alkane interface studied via molecular dynamics simulation12
Thermo-rheological properties of xanthan solutions: from shear thinning to elasto-viscoplastic behavior12
Recent progress on crack pattern formation in thin films12
New quasiperiodic structures in nematic liquid crystals12
Demulsification of Pickering emulsions: advances in understanding mechanisms to applications12
A simple one step synthesis of magnetic-optical dual functional ZIF-8 in a sodalite phase for magnetically guided targeting bioimaging and drug delivery11
Critical behavior of quorum-sensing active particles11
A lateral electric field inhibits gel-to-fluid transition in lipid bilayers11
Stereochemistry-dependent thermotropic liquid crystalline phases of monosaccharide-based amphiphiles11
Understanding the stimuli responsive behavior of polyion grafted nanoparticles in the presence of salt and polyelectrolytes11
Defect dynamics in active polar fluidsvs.active nematics11
Stochastic migrations of Marangoni surfers between two lobes of a dumbbell-shaped confinement11
Mechanical response of networks formed by end-functionalised spherical polymer grafted nanoparticles11
The growth and the decay of a visco-elastocapillary ridge by localized forces11
Effect of confinement and topology: 2-TIPS vs. MIPS11
Stimuli responsive gelation of tert-butylacetic acid based LMOGs – applications in remediation of marine oil spills, dye removal and heavy metal sensing11
The interplay between chemo-phoretic interactions and crowding in active colloids11
Controlling toughness of polymer-grafted nanoparticle composites for impact mitigation11
Unsynchronous conformational transitions induced by the asymmetric adsorption-response of an active diblock copolymer in an inert brush11
From nematic shells to nematic droplets: energetics and defect transitions11
Dense packings of geodesic hard ellipses on a sphere11
A mechanism of strain hardening and Bauschinger effect: shear-history-dependent microstructure of elasto-plastic suspensions11
Unmasking the structure of a chiral cubic thermotropic liquid crystal phase by a combination of soft and tender resonant X-ray scattering11
Swelling kinetics of constrained hydrogel spheres11
Coiling of semiflexible paramagnetic colloidal chains11
Electrowetting hysteresis on a deformable dielectric film11
Pickering emulsions for stimuli-responsive transdermal drug delivery: effect of rheology and microstructure on performance11
Bending of polymer films: a method for obtaining a compressive modulus of thin films11
Drag force of polyethyleneglycol in flows of polymer solutions measured using a scanning probe microscope11
Temperature-responsive membrane permeability of recombinant fusion protein vesicles11
Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation of cation distribution profiles on negatively charged lipid membranes during phase separation11
Structure–property relationships of epoxy functionalized enoate ester-based tailored hybrid gels doped with different polysaccharides11
Network model of active elastic shells swollen by hydrostatic pressure11
Plasmonic lipogels: driving co-assembly of composites with peptide-based gels for controlled drug release11
Rolling and ordering of micro rods in shear flow induced by rod wall interactions11
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