Colloidal aggregation in anisotropic liquid crystal solvent

Soft Matter, 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1SM00542A, PaperDevika Gireesan Sudha, Jocelyn Ochoa, Linda S HirstThe mutual attraction between colloidal particles in an anisotropic fluid, such as the nematic liquid crystal phase, leads to the formation of hierarchical aggregate morphologies distinct from those that tend...The content of this RSS...

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Polymer ligand binding to surface-immobilized gold nanoparticles: A fluorescence-based study on the adsorption kinetics

Soft Matter, 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1SM00892G, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Julian Sindram, Matthias KargWe report on a simple, fluorescence-based method for the investigation of the binding kinetics of polystyrene ligands, dispersed in an organic...

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Contact Angle of an Evaporating Droplet of Binary Solution on a Super Wetting Surface

Soft Matter, 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1SM00414J, PaperMengmeng Wu, Masao Doi, Xingkun ManWe study the dynamics of contact angle of a droplet of binary solution evaporating on a super wetting surface. Recent experiments show that although equilibrium contact angle of such droplet...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

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Mechanism and Equilibrium Thermodynamics of H- and J-aggregate formation from Pseudo Isocyanine Chloride in Water

Soft Matter, 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1SM00979F, PaperBenjamin Hämisch, Klaus HuberPseudo isocyanine chloride (PIC) has a strong tendency to self-assemble with a concentration dependent temperature threshold separating a regime with small H-oligomers in equilibrium with monomeric PIC from a regime...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The...

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Simulated filament shapes in embedded 3D printing

Soft Matter, 2021, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D1SM00731A, PaperLeanne M. Friedrich, Jonathan E. SeppalaIn embedded 3D printing, wherein a submerged nozzle extrudes fluid inks into a support bath, the viscosity ratio and interfacial energy between the ink and support control the shape of extruded filaments and droplets.To cite this article before page...

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Evaporative self-assembly of soft colloidal monolayers: The role of particle softness on microstructure

Soft Matter, 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1SM00841B, PaperMerin Jose, Madivala G Basavaraj, Dillip Kumar SatapathyWe investigate the sessile drop evaporation aided self-assembly of microgel particles by varying their softness. Evaporation of sessile drops containing amphiphilic microgel particles at suitable concentrations results in uniform...

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Migration of nanoparticles across a polymer-polymer interface: theory and simulation

Soft Matter, 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1SM00671A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Nigel Gibbions, Didier René Long, Nigel ClarkeWe proposed recently a theoretical description for hydrodynamic flows in inhomogeneous liquids in the vicinity of solid interfaces, consistent...

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How Particle–Particle and Liquid–Particle Interactions Govern the Fate of Evaporating Liquid Marbles

Soft Matter, 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1SM00750E, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Adair Gallo, Fernanda Tavares, Ratul Das, Himanshu MishraLiquid marbles refer to droplets that are covered with a layer of non-wetting particles. They are observed in nature...

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Role of complementary shape in protein dimerization

Soft Matter, 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1SM00468A, PaperFengyi Gao, Jens Glaser, Sharon C GlotzerShape guides colloidal nanoparticles to form complex assemblies, but its role in defining interfaces in biomolecular complexes is less clear. In this work, we isolate the role of shape in...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of...

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Triggered Interactions between Nanoparticles and Lipid Membranes: Design Principles for Gel Formation or Disruption-and-Release

Soft Matter, 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1SM00864A, CommunicationRui Cao, Jingjing Gao, Sankaran Thayumanavan, Anthony D. DinsmoreLipid bilayer vesicles offer exciting possibilities for stimulated response, taking advantage of the membrane’s flexibility and impermeability. We show how synergistic interactions between vesicles and polymer-based...

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