November 2016 – Soft Matter Blog

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Royal Society of Chemistry and ACS Publications commit to ORCID integration

30 Nov 2016

Yesterday, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Chemical Society Publications Division, ACS Publications, both signed the ORCID Open Letter committing to unambiguous identification of all authors that publish in our journals.

The official press release can be found here: http://rsc.li/orcid

In brief, this partnership with ORCID will resolve ambiguity in researcher identification caused by name changes, cultural differences in name presentation, and the inconsistent use of name abbreviations, thereby ensuring their contributions are appropriately recognized and credited.

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Crystal expansion makes light work of moving microbeads

28 Nov 2016

Moving microbeads in liquid crystals
Light-induced displacement of a microbead through the thermal expansion of liquid crystals

By exploiting local thermal expansion and mesophase changes, scientists from Japan are able to move microbeads dispersed in a liquid crystal using UV light, despite neither material being light-responsive.

Takenaka and Yamamoto from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan have used UV light to move a microbead through a 4-cyano-4′-pentylbiphenyl liquid crystal, without the need for a complicated experimental setup or addition of photo responsive materials.

Read the full story by Amy Middleton-Gear in Chemistry World.

This article is free to access until 16 January 2016

Y Takenaka and T Yamamoto, Soft Matter, 2016. DOI: 10.1039/C6SM02324J

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Secrets of Formulation IV

16 Nov 2016

Secrets of Formulation IV

10 January 2017, London, UK

Organised jointly by RSC’s Formulation Science and Technology Group and Colloid & Interface Group, and by SCI’s Colloid & Surface Chemistry Group, this one-day meeting will bring together leading researchers from industry and academia, looking at cutting-edge science underpinning products in the context of the challenges that their industry faces, which can range from product performance to regulation.

Each industry has different constraints (cost / purity / safety / shelf life etc.). Application environments can range from ambient (agrochemical) to inside the body (pharmaceutical) or to extremes of temperature and pressure (oil). These differences mean successful formulations require innovative and excellent use of colloid, polymer, surfactant and interfacial science. The speakers hope to inspire, educate and entertain scientists both from academia and other industries.

Speakers include:

Malcolm Faers Bayer Crop Science
Simon Emmett Akzo Nobel
Jayne Lawrence Kings College
Peter Dettmar Technostics
Mauro Vaccaro Procter & Gamble
Nick Ainger Unilever
Cuross Bakhtiar Harley Street Consultants
Peter Dowding Infineum
Geoff Maitland Imperial College

Early Bird registration deadline is 02 December 2016 – don’t delay!

For further information and to register, please visit: http://www.rsc.org/events/detail/24574/secrets-of-formulation-iv

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Soft Matter Young Investigators Meet 2016

10 Nov 2016

We are delighted to announce that the Soft Matter Young Investigators Meet 2016 (SMYIM2016) will be held in Goa, India, on 16 – 18 December 2016.

16 – 18 December 2016, Goa, India

The soft matter young investigator meet (SMYIM), started 4 years back, and the previous three meetings, in Jan-2014, Dec-2014 and Dec-2015, in Pondicherry were a wide success.

SMYIM aims to bring together serious soft matter scientists and engineers to present their research ideas and to encourage new and fruitful collaborations. The meeting is an attempt to connect a rapidly growing interdisciplinary group working on colloidal/polymer/granular matter-dynamics, self assembly of mesoscopic structures and the interface of soft matter, chemistry and biology, to enhance the quality of soft matter science through profitable discussions by bringing scientist together.
The past meetings appealed to broad and high-level variety of scientists, theorists, experimentalists and modeling folks, from various academic and geographical backgrounds, and have led to long-lasting collaborations between researchers with complementary skill sets.

Scientific Sessions:

Bulk soft matter assemblies (colloids, gels, proteins, surfactants and liquid crystals)
Nanoparticle and Nanomaterials
Polymers, networks and composites
Surfaces, interfaces, and interactions
Biological aspects of soft matter

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Handy gel grips chemists

09 Nov 2016

Source: Royal Society of Chemistry

A team of scientists has computationally modelled a responsive material that shows finger-like motion while another research group has theoretically studied materials that can move like a snail.

The human body is a remarkable system, and scientists have tried hard to reproduce its combination of motion and stability for many years. One promising approach is to use systems composed of several different materials that can mimic bone and muscle structure and can respond to stimuli such as light.

To read the full article visit Chemistry World.

Embedding flexible fibers into responsive gels to create composites with controllable dexterity

Awaneesh Singh, Olga Kuksenok and Anna C. Balazs

Soft Matter, 2016, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C6SM02006B, Paper

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RSC Materials Chemistry Division Poster Symposium – final registration deadline

03 Nov 2016

RSC Materials Chemistry Division Poster Symposium

This is your last chance to attend RSC Materials Chemistry Division Poster Symposium as the final registration deadline is just a few days away. Be sure to register by 15 November 2016 to secure your place.

For full details of speakers and conference themes, please visit the event web page.

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Annual European Rheology Conference (AERC2017)

03 Nov 2016

3 – 6 April 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark

Abstract Submission & Registration are now open!

The AERC meetings have seen an ever-growing number of delegates in the past years, and this year’s conference is expected to reach new heights.

With a cross-disciplinary organizing committee, the meeting caters for rheologists from every field of the science, from a variety of industrial applications to the topics of more academic interest. This year, AERC2017 will be jointly organized with the 26^th Nordic Rheology Conference. The Nordic conferences are organized annually, and offer an excellent platform for networking with old and new colleagues, and to newcomers to the field, thanks to its welcoming, informal and laid back atmosphere.

Scientific Sessions:

Rheology of powders and granular material
Food and biorheology
Interfacial rheology
Micro and nanorheology, microfluidics
Gels and self-assembled systems
Suspensions and colloids
Solids, glasses, and composites
Polymer solutions and melts
Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and fluid instabilities

A rheology course will be organized before the conference, on 3^rd April 2017, at the Technical University of Denmark. The venue can be easily reached using public transportation within approximately 40 minutes from the centre of Copenhagen.

Professor Dimitris Vlassopoulos

Soft Matter proudly sponsors this event: our Associate Editor Professor Dimitris Vlassopoulos will be delivering a poster prize.

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2017 Soft Matter Lectureship is now open!

01 Nov 2016

Do you know an early-career researcher who deserves recognition for their contribution to the soft matter field?

Now is your chance to put them forward for the accolade they deserve.

Soft Matter is pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for its 2017 Lectureship award. This annual award was established in 2009 to honour an early-stage career scientist who has made a significant contribution to the soft matter field.

Previous winners

2016 – Damien Baigl, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

2015 – Lucio Isa, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

2014 – Eric Dufresne, Yale Univeristy, USA

2013 – Eric Furst, University of Delaware, USA

2012 – Patrick Doyle, MIT, USA

2011 – Michael J. Solomon, University of Michigan, USA

2010 – Bartosz Grzybowski, UNIST, Republic of Korea

2009 – Emanuela Zaccarelli, University of Rome, Italy

Qualification

To be eligible for the Soft Matter Lectureship, the candidate should be in the earlier stages of their scientific career, typically within 12 years of attaining their doctorate or equivalent degree, and will have made a significant contribution to the field.

Description

The recipient of the award will be asked to present a lecture three times, one of which will be located in the home country of the recipient. The Soft Matter Editorial Office will provide the sum of £1000 to the recipient for travel and accommodation costs.

The recipient will be presented with the award at one of the three award lectures. They will also be asked to contribute a lead article to the journal and will have their work showcased on the back cover of the issue in which their article is published.

Selection

The recipient of the award will be selected and endorsed by the Soft Matter Editorial Board.

Nominations

Those wishing to make a nomination should send details of the nominee, including a brief C.V. (no longer than 2 pages A4) together with a letter (no longer than 2 pages A4) supporting the nomination, to the Soft Matter Editorial Office by 27^th January 2017. Self-nomination is not permitted.

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Archive for November, 2016

Royal Society of Chemistry and ACS Publications commit to ORCID integration

Crystal expansion makes light work of moving microbeads

Secrets of Formulation IV

Secrets of Formulation IV

10 January 2017, London, UK

Speakers include:

Soft Matter Young Investigators Meet 2016

16 – 18 December 2016, Goa, India

Scientific Sessions:

Handy gel grips chemists

RSC Materials Chemistry Division Poster Symposium – final registration deadline

RSC Materials Chemistry Division Poster Symposium

Annual European Rheology Conference (AERC2017)

3 – 6 April 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark

Scientific Sessions:

2017 Soft Matter Lectureship is now open!

Do you know an early-career researcher who deserves recognition for their contribution to the soft matter field?

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