Pearl-necklace assembly of Human serum albumin with poly (acrylic acid) polyelectrolyte explored by small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS)

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D0SM01221A, PaperCharaf Eddine Merzougui, Pierre Roblin, Pierre Aimar, Antoine Venault, Yung Chang, Christel Causserand, Patrice BacchinIn this comprehensive study, interaction of human serum albumin (HSA) with poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) was explored using Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) combined...

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Fluid-Fluid coexistence in phospholipid membranes induced by decanol

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D0SM01417F, CommunicationButi Suryabrahmam, Ayush Agrawal, Velayudhan RaghunathanWe have observed fluid-fluid coexistence in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) membranes containing 1-decanol, using different experimental techniques and membrane morphologies. This phase behavior is reversible and...

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Isothermal titration calorimetry: practical approaches and current applications in soft matter

Soft Matter, 2020, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D0SM01345E, Tutorial ReviewWilliam R. Archer, Michael D. SchulzIsothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC) elucidates the thermodynamic profile (ΔH, ΔS, ΔG, Ka, and stoichiometry) of binding and dissociation reactions in solution.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation...

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Fluctuation spectroscopy of giant unilamellar vesicles using confocal and phase contrast microscopy

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D0SM00943A, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Hammad A Faizi, Cody J. Reeves, Vasil N. Georgiev, Petia M Vlahovska, Rumiana DimovaA widely used method to measure the bending rigidity of bilayer membranes is fluctuation spectroscopy,...

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Contact network changes in ordered and disordered disk packings

Soft Matter, 2020, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D0SM01137A, PaperPhilip J. Tuckman, Kyle VanderWerf, Ye Yuan, Shiyun Zhang, Jerry Zhang, Mark D. Shattuck, Corey S. O’HernThere are two ways to transition between different contact networks, point and jump changes, as shown in a packing fraction-strain landscape.To cite this article before page numbers...

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Rheology of non-colloidal suspensions with viscoelastic matrices.

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D0SM01419B, PaperShaocong Dai, Roger I. TannerThe rheology of non-colloidal suspensions of spheres in a viscoelastic matrix, including the viscometric, G’ G’ and uniaxial extensional responses, is explored. Volume fractions (ϕ) of 50% and less were...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society...

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Formation and manipulation of ferrofluid droplets with magnetic fields in a microdevice: A numerical parametric study

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D0SM01426E, PaperVenoos Amiri Roodan, Jenifer Gomez-Pastora, Ioannis H. Karampelas, Cristina González-Fernández, Eugenio Bringas, Inmaculada Ortiz, Jeffrey J. Chalmers, Edward P. Furlani, Mark T. SwihartWe present a numerical model that describes the microfluidic generation and manipulation of ferrofluid...

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Using Osmotic Pressure Simulations to Test Potentials for Ions

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D0SM00957A, PaperColin H Gillespie, Scott MilnerThis paper presents a new method to simulate the osmotic pressure of an ionic solution. Previous simulation methods confine ions between walls, and the osmotic pressure is inferred from the...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

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Mechanical basis for fibrillar bundle morphology

Soft Matter, 2020, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D0SM01145B, PaperThomas C. T. Michaels, Edvin Memet, L. MahadevanUnderstanding the morphology of self-assembled fibrillar bundles and aggregates is relevant to a range of problems in molecular biology, supramolecular chemistry and materials science.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned,...

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Optimised hyperbolic microchannels for the mechanical characterisation of bio-particles

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D0SM01293A, PaperYanan Liu, Konstantinos Zografos, Joana Fidalgo, Charles Duchêne, Clement Quintard, Thierry Darnige, Filipe Vasco, Sylvain Huille, Olivia du Roure, Mónica S.N. Oliveira, Anke LindnerThe transport of bio-particles in viscous flows exhibits a rich variety of dynamical behaviour, such...

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