An extensible density-biasing approach for molecularsimulations of multicomponent block copolymers

Soft Matter, 2023, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D2SM01516A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Aravinthen Rajkumar, Peter Brommer, Lukasz FigielA node-density biased Monte Carlo methodology is proposed for the molecular structure generation of complex block copolymers. Within this...

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Thermoresponsive behavior of cyclodextrin inclusion complexes with weakly anionic alkyl ethoxy carboxylates

Soft Matter, 2023, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D2SM01621D, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Larissa Dos Santos Silva Araujo, Giuseppe Lazzara, Leonardo ChiappisiThis study investigates the temperature responsive behavior of inclusion complexes formed by weakly anionic...

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How to capture active Marangoni surfers

Soft Matter, 2023, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D2SM01472F, PaperIshant Tiwari, Punit ParmanandaSurfers at the air-water interface form a large subset of the domain of active matter systems. They range from the water strider in the biological world to the soluto-capillary effect...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

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Impact of granular inclusions on the phase behavior of colloidal gels

Soft Matter, 2023, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D2SM01648F, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Yankai Li, John R. Royer, Jin Sun, Christopher NessThis particle-based simulation studies the impact of large granular inclusions on colloidal gel phase behaviour. The inclusion size relative...

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Recent Advances in the Development of Europium (III) and Terbium (III)-based Luminescent Supramolecular Metallogels

Soft Matter, 2023, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D2SM00999D, Review ArticleBilash Chandra Roy, Tufan Singha MahapatraIn the recent past, special focus has been paid to the development of metallogels as novel luminescent materials from rationally designed gelators with lanthanide ions, especially europium (Eu(III)) and terbium...The content of this...

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Two-photon Microscopy as visual tool for polymer compatibilization monitoring: The PE-EVOH case

Soft Matter, 2023, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D2SM01577C, PaperEnrico Dalcanale, Silvia D'Auria, Alessandro Pedrini, Ilaria Ferraboschi, Jerome Vachon, Cristina Sissa, Roberta PinalliIn this study, we present two-photon microscopy (2PM) as an original technique to investigate the compatibilization between PE-HEMA and EVOH at the sub-micrometer...

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Evaluating Methods to Create Protein Functionalized Catanionic Vesicles

Soft Matter, 2023, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D2SM01205G, PaperPaul Zayka, Brendan Parr, Hannah Robichaud, Skyler Hickey, Amber Topping, Elizabeth Holt, David Watts, Nicholas Soto, Daniel Stein, P. R. DeShong, Matthew T. HurleyCatanionic surfactant vesicles (SVs) composed of sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS) and cetyltrimethylammonium tosylate...

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Preparation of highly stable and ultrasmooth chemically grafted thin films of chitosan

Soft Matter, 2023, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D3SM00003F, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Cyrielle Garreau, Leonardo Chiappisi, Samantha Micciulla, Isabelle Morfin, Stéphane Trombotto, Thierry Delair, Guillaume SudreChitosan-coated surfaces are of great interest...

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Microfluidic synthesis of multilayered lipid\polymer hybrid nanoparticles for the formulation of low solubility drugs

Soft Matter, 2023, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D2SM01443B, PaperNurila Kambar, Cecilia LealHybrid phospholipid/block copolymer membranes where polymers and lipids are molecularly mixed or phase-separated into polymer-rich and lipid-rich domains are promising drug delivery materials. Harnessing the chemical diversity of polymers and...The content...

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Membrane-Mediated Dimerization of Spherocylindrical Nanoparticles

Soft Matter, 2023, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D2SM01574A, PaperAbash Sharma, Yu Zhu, Eric J Spangler, Jan Michael Y Carrillo, Mohamed LaradjiWe present a numerical investigation of the modes of adhesion and endocytosis of two spherocylindrical nanoparticles (SCNPs) on planar and tensionless lipid membranes, using systematic molecular dynamics simulations...

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