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This month sees the following articles in Soft Matter that are in the top ten most accessed for March:

Solvent-assisted poly(vinyl alcohol) gelated crystalline colloidal array photonic crystals 
Cheng Chen, Yihua Zhu, Hua Bao, Peng Zhao, Hongliang Jiang, Liming Peng, Xiaoling Yang and Chunzhong Lia
Soft Matter, 2011,7, 915-921 
DOI: 10.1039/C0SM00923G 

Extreme wettability and tunable adhesion: biomimicking beyond nature? 
Xinjie Liu,  Yongmin Liang,   Feng Zhou and   Weimin Liu 
Soft Matter, 2012,8, 2070-2086 
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM07003G 

A review of fundamental properties and applications of polymer–graphene hybrid materials 
Alison Y. W. Sham and   Shannon M. Notley 
Soft Matter, 2013, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C3SM00092C 

Modified gellan gum hydrogels for tissue engineering applications 
Cameron J. Ferris, Kerry J. Gilmore, Gordon G. Wallace and Marc in het Panhuis 
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 3705-3711 
DOI: 10.1039/C3SM27389J 

Bacteria–surface interactions 
Hannah H. Tuson and   Douglas B. Weibel 
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 4368-4380 
DOI: 10.1039/C3SM27705D 

Stimuli-responsive hydrogels cross-linked by magnetic nanoparticles 
Patrick Ilg 
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 3465-3468 
DOI: 10.1039/C3SM27809C 

Emergent colloidal dynamics in electromagnetic fields 
Jure Dobnikar, Alexey Snezhko and Anand Yethiraj 
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 3693-3704 
DOI: 10.1039/C3SM27363F 

Complexes of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes and surfactants – recent developments in the field of biologically derived polyelectrolytes 
Leonardo Chiappisi, Ingo Hoffmanna and   Michael Gradzielski 
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 3896-3909 
DOI: 10.1039/C3SM27698H 

Tunable and dynamic soft materials for three-dimensional cell culture 
Matthew S. Rehmann and   April M. Kloxin 
Soft Matter, 2013, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C3SM50217A 

Single amino acid based thixotropic hydrogel formation and pH-dependent morphological change of gel nanofibers 
Jayanta Nanda, Abhijit Biswas and Arindam Banerjee 
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 4198-4208
DOI: 10.1039/C3SM27050E 

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This month sees the following articles in Soft Matter that are in the top ten most accessed for February:

Directed self-assembly of block copolymers for universal nanopatterning 
Bong Hoon Kim ,  Ju Young Kim and Sang Ouk Kim  
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 2780-2786 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM27535J 

Protein–polyelectrolyte interactions
A. Basak Kayitmazer ,  Daniel Seeman ,  Burcu Baykal Minsky ,  Paul L. Dubin and Yisheng Xu  
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 2553-2583 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM27002A 

Extreme wettability and tunable adhesion: biomimicking beyond nature?
Xinjie Liu ,  Yongmin Liang ,  Feng Zhou and Weimin Liu  
Soft Matter, 2012,8, 2070-2086 
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM07003G 

Nanoemulsions versus microemulsions: terminology, differences, and similarities 
David Julian McClements  
Soft Matter, 2012,8, 1719-1729 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM06903B 

Hybrid raspberry microgels with tunable thermoresponsive behavior
Jean-François Dechézelles ,  Vikash Malik ,  Jérôme J. Crassous and Peter Schurtenberger  
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 2798-2802 
DOI: 10.1039/C3SM27433K 

Design and properties of supramolecular polymer gels 
Atsushi Noro ,  Mikihiro Hayashi and Yushu Matsushita
Soft Matter, 2012,8, 6416-6429 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM25144B 

Stimuli-responsive surfactants 
Paul Brown ,  Craig P. Butts and Julian Eastoe  
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 2365-2374 
DOI: 10.1039/C3SM27716J 

Gel-nanocomposites: materials with promising applications
Dibyendu Das ,  Tanmoy Kar and Prasanta Kumar Das  
Soft Matter, 2012,8, 2348-2365 
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06639K 

Stimuli-responsive hydrogels cross-linked by magnetic nanoparticles
Patrick Ilg  
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 3465-3468 
DOI: 10.1039/C3SM27809C 

Mechanics of morphological instabilities and surface wrinkling in soft materials: a review 
Bo Li ,  Yan-Ping Cao ,  Xi-Qiao Feng and Huajian Gao  
Soft Matter, 2012,8, 5728-5745 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM00011C 

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Below are the ten most-read Soft Matter articles of 2012 that were published in 2012:

Extreme wettability and tunable adhesion: biomimicking beyond nature?
Xinjie Liu, Yongmin Liang, Feng Zhou and Weimin Liu
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2070-2086,
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM07003G

Mechanics of morphological instabilities and surface wrinkling in soft materials: a review
Bo Li, Yan-Ping Cao,  Xi-Qiao Feng and Huajian Gao
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 5728-5745,
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM00011C

Design and properties of supramolecular polymer gels
Atsushi Noro,  Mikihiro Hayashi and Yushu Matsushita
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 6416-6429,
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM25144B

Gel-nanocomposites: materials with promising applications
Dibyendu Das, Tanmoy Kar and Prasanta Kumar Das
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2348-2365,
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06639K

Nanoemulsions versus microemulsions: terminology, differences, and similarities
David Julian McClements
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1719-1729,
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM06903B

Self-assembly of biodegradable polyurethanes for controlled delivery applications
Mingming Ding, Jiehua Li, Hong Tan and Qiang Fu
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 5414-5428, DOI: 10.1039/C2SM07402H

Hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels: from a natural polysaccharide to complex networks
Xian Xu, Amit K. Jha, Daniel A. Harrington, Mary C. Farach-Carson and Xinqiao Jia
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 3280-3294,

DOI: 10.1039/C2SM06463D

Tunable plasmonic nanostructures from noble metal nanoparticles and stimuli-responsive polymers
Ihor Tokarev and Sergiy Minko
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 5980-5987,
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM25069A

Nanostructure-templated control of drug release from peptide amphiphile nanofiber gels
John B. Matson, Christina J. Newcomb, Ronit Bitton and Samuel I. Stupp
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 3586-3595,
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM07420F

Self-assembled architectures with multiple aqueous compartments
Hans-Peter M. de Hoog,  Madhavan Nallani and Nikodem Tomczak
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 4552-4561,
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM06934B

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This month sees the following articles in Soft Matter that are in the top ten most accessed for January:

Solvent-assisted poly(vinyl alcohol) gelated crystalline colloidal array photonic crystals 
Cheng Chen ,  Yihua Zhu ,  Hua Bao ,  Peng Zhao ,  Hongliang Jiang ,  Liming Peng ,  Xiaoling Yang and Chunzhong Li  
Soft Matter, 2011,7, 915-921 
DOI: 10.1039/C0SM00923G 

Self-healing hydrogels formed in catanionic surfactant solutions 
Gizem Akay ,  Azadeh Hassan-Raeisi ,  Deniz C. Tuncaboylu ,  Nermin Orakdogen ,  Suzan Abdurrahmanoglu ,  Wilhelm Oppermann and Oguz Okay 
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 2254-2261 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM27515E 

Droplet mobility on lubricant-impregnated surfaces 
J. David Smith ,  Rajeev Dhiman ,  Sushant Anand ,  Ernesto Reza-Garduno ,  Robert E. Cohen ,  Gareth H. McKinley and Kripa K. Varanasi  
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 1772-1780 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM27032C 

Self-assembly of diblock copolymers under confinement 
An-Chang Shi and Baohui Li 
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 1398-1413 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM27031E 

Supramolecular hydrogels for creating gold and silver nanoparticles in situ 
Jiang-Shan Shen ,  Yi-Lin Chen ,  Jia-Le Huang ,  Jin-Dun Chen ,  Cong Zhao ,  Yang-Qing Zheng ,  Tao Yu ,  Yi Yang and Hong-Wu Zhang  
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 2017-2023 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM26878G 

Stimuli-responsive surfactants 
Paul Brown ,  Craig P. Butts and Julian Eastoe  
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 2365-2374 
DOI: 10.1039/C3SM27716J 

Fluid–solid transitions in soft-repulsive colloids 
Divya Paloli ,  Priti S. Mohanty ,  Jérôme J. Crassous ,  Emanuela Zaccarelli and Peter Schurtenberger  
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 3000-3004 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM27654B 

Rolling particle lithography by soft polymer microparticles 
Francesca Di Benedetto ,  Vito Fasano ,  Luana Persano ,  Claudio Maruccio ,  Elisa Mele ,  Giovanni Potente ,  David A. Weitz ,  Laura De Lorenzis and Dario Pisignano  
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 2206-2211 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM27327F 

Comment on “Innovation through imitation: biomimetic, bioinspired and biokleptic research”  
Manfred Drack and Ille C. Gebeshuber  
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 2338-2340 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM26722E 

Disulfide crosslinked PEGylated starch micelles as efficient intracellular drug delivery platforms 
Aiping Zhang ,  Zhe Zhang ,  Fenghua Shi ,  Jianxun Ding ,  Chunsheng Xiao ,  Xiuli Zhuang ,  Chaoliang He ,  Li Chen and Xuesi Chen  
Soft Matter, 2013,9, 2224-2233 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM27189C 

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This month sees the following articles in Soft Matter that are in the top ten most accessed for September:

Printed photonic arrays from self-organized chiral nematic liquid crystals 
D. J. Gardiner ,  W.-K. Hsiao ,  S. M. Morris ,  P. J. W. Hands ,  T. D. Wilkinson ,  I. M. Hutchings and H. J. Coles  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 9977-9980 
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm26479j 

Recovery from applied strain in interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels with ionic and covalent cross-links 
Shannon E. Bakarich ,  Geoffrey C. Pidcock ,  Paul Balding ,  Leo Stevens ,  Paul Calvert and Marc in het Panhuis
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 9985-9988 
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm26745d 

Absence of an evaporation-driven wetting transition on omniphobic surfaces 
A. Susarrey-Arce ,  Á. G. Marín ,  H. Nair ,  L. Lefferts ,  J. G. E. Gardeniers ,  D. Lohse and A. van Houselt  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 9765-9770 
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm25746g 

The special behaviours of responsive core–shell nanogels 
Walter Richtering and Andrij Pich  
Soft Matter, 2012, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm26424b 

Extreme wettability and tunable adhesion: biomimicking beyond nature? 
Xinjie Liu ,  Yongmin Liang ,  Feng Zhou and Weimin Liu  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2070-2086 
DOI: 10.1039/c1sm07003g 

Bioinspired rice leaf and butterfly wing surface structures combining shark skin and lotus effects 
Gregory D. Bixler and Bharat Bhushan  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 11271-11284 
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm26655e 

Mechano-responsive hydrogels crosslinked by block copolymer micelles 
Longxi Xiao ,  Jiahua Zhu ,  J. David Londono ,  Darrin J. Pochan and Xinqiao Jia  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 10233-10237 
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm26566d 

Polymer nanocomposites: polymer and particle dynamics 
Daniel Kim ,  Samanvaya Srivastava ,  Suresh Narayanan and Lynden A. Archer  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 10813-10818 
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm26325d 

Doubly crosslinked microgel–polyelectrolyte complexes: three simple methods to tune and improve gel mechanical properties 
Ruixue Liu ,  Jennifer M. Saunders ,  Tony J. Freemont and Brian R. Saunders  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 10932-10940 
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm26522b 

Electrospun smart fabrics that display pH-responsive tunable wettability
Chang Hwan Lee ,  Sung Kyung Kang ,  Jung Ah Lim ,  Ho Sun Lim and Jeong Ho Cho
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 10238-10240 
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm26625c 

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This month sees the following articles in Soft Matter that are in the top ten most accessed for April:

Beyond the lipid-bilayer: interaction of polymers and nanoparticles with membranes 
Matthias Schulz, Adekunle Olubummo and Wolfgang H. Binder  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 4849-4864 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM06999G  

Multilayer vesicles, tubes, various porous structures and organo gels through the solvent-assisted self-assembly of two modified tripeptides and their different applications 
Pradyot Koley and Animesh Pramanik  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 5364-5374 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM25205H  

Design and properties of supramolecular polymer gels 
Atsushi Noro, Mikihiro Hayashi and Yushu Matsushita 
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2416-2429 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM25144B  

Can Janus particles give thermodynamically stable Pickering emulsions? 
Robert Aveyard  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 5233-5240 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM07230K  

Sonication induced peptide-appended bolaamphiphile hydrogels for in situ generation and catalytic activity of Pt nanoparticles 
Indrajit Maity, Dnyaneshwar B. Rasale and Apurba K. Das  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 5301-5308 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM25126D 

Acid-responsive organogel mediated by arene–perfluoroarene and hydrogen bonding interactions 
Huixian Wu, Ben-Bo Ni, Chong Wang, Feng Zhai and Yuguo Ma 
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 5486-5492 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM07281E  

Tunable plasmonic nanostructures from noble metal nanoparticles and stimuli-responsive polymers 
Ihor Tokarev and Sergiy Minko  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 5980-5987 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM25069A 

Extreme wettability and tunable adhesion: biomimicking beyond nature? 
Xinjie Liu, Yongmin Liang, Feng Zhou and Weimin Liu  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2070-2086 
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM07003G  
 
Alignment of perpendicular lamellae in block copolymer thin films by shearing 
Saswati Pujari, Michael A. Keaton, Paul M. Chaikin and Richard A. Register  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 5358-5363 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM25270H  

Facile preparation of coating fluorescent hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles with pH-sensitive amphiphilic diblock copolymer for controlled drug release and cell imaging 
Xiao Mei, Dongyun Chen, Najun Li, Qingfeng Xu, Jianfeng Ge, Hua Li, Baixia Yang, Yujie Xu and Jianmei Lu  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 5309-5316 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM07320J  

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This month sees the following articles in Soft Matter that are in the top ten most accessed for March:

Extreme wettability and tunable adhesion: biomimicking beyond nature?
Xinjie Liu, Yongmin Liang, Feng Zhou and Weimin Liu
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2070-2086 
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM07003G 

Mechanics of morphological instabilities and surface wrinkling in soft materials: a review 
Bo Li, Yan-Ping Cao, Xi-Qiao Feng and Huajian Gao
Soft Matter, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM00011C 

Bridging the gap between hard and soft colloids  
Dimitris Vlassopoulos and Michel Cloitre
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 4010-4013 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM90031A 

Self-assembly of biodegradable polyurethanes for controlled delivery applications 
Mingming Ding, Jiehua Li, Hong Tan and Qiang Fu 
Soft Matter, 2012, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM07402H 

Beyond the lipid-bilayer: interaction of polymers and nanoparticles with membranes 
Matthias Schulz, Adekunle Olubummo and Wolfgang H. Binder  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 4849-4864 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM06999G 

3D-characterization of three-phase systems using X-ray tomography: tracking the microstructural evolution in ice cream 
B. R. Pinzer, A. Medebach, H. J. Limbach, C. Dubois, M. Stampanoni and M. Schneebeli  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 4584-4594 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM00034B 

pH-responsive colloidosomes and their use for controlling release 
Olivier J. Cayre, James Hitchcock, Mohamed S. Manga, Sam Fincham, Amandine Simoes, Richard A. Williams and Simon Biggs  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 4717-4724 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM00002D 

Hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels: from a natural polysaccharide to complex networks 
Xian Xu, Amit K. Jha, Daniel A. Harrington, Mary C. Farach-Carson and Xinqiao Jia 
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 3280-3294 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM06463D 

Morphological transformation between three-dimensional gel network and spherical vesicles via sonication 
Mingming Zhang, Luyan Meng, Xinhua Cao, Meijuan Jiang and Tao Yi  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 4494-4498 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM25164G 

Light-controlled quick switch of adhesion on a micro-arrayed liquid crystal polymer superhydrophobic film 
Chao Li, Futao Cheng, Jiu-an Lv, Yong Zhao, Mingjie Liu, Lei Jiang and Yanlei Yu  
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 3730-3733 
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM07471K

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