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Top Ten most-read Soft Matter articles in December

27 Jan 2012

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

The transparent crab: preparation and nanostructural implications for bioinspired optically transparent nanocomposites
Md. Iftekhar Shams, Masaya Nogi, Lars A. Berglund and Hiroyuki Yano
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1369-1373
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06785K

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

Chemistry at the polymer–particle interface for the design of innovative materials
Melanie Bradley
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1268-1274
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM06882F

Side-chain selenium-containing amphiphilic block copolymers: redox-controlled self-assembly and disassembly
Huifeng Ren, Yaoting Wu, Ning Ma, Huaping Xu and Xi Zhang
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1460-1466
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06673K

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

Core–shell microgels as “smart” carriers for enzymes
Nicole Welsch, Alisa L. Becker, Joachim Dzubiella and Matthias Ballauff
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1428-1436
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06894F

Dynamic self-assembly of photo-switchable nanoparticles
Prateek K. Jha, Vladimir Kuzovkov, Bartosz A. Grzybowski and Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 227-234
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06662E

On measuring colloidal volume fractions
Wilson C. K. Poon, Eric R. Weeks and C. Patrick Royall
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 21-30
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06083J

Hydrophilic and superhydrophilic surfaces and materials
Jaroslaw Drelich, Emil Chibowski, Dennis Desheng Meng and Konrad Terpilowski
Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 9804-9828
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM05849E

Self-assembly of p-shaped copolymers
Houyang Chen and Eli Ruckenstein
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 1327-1333
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM06968G

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Hot Article: Mimicking Mother Nature’s solar panels

25 Jan 2012

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Scientists from China have conducted studies to model the antireflective behaviours of butterfly scales in an attempt to understand the blackness of butterfly wings.

By examining effective solar collection systems found in nature, the team hopes to find inspiration for designing solar cells, sunlight splitting water reactors, anti-reflection films in lenses, micro-optical sensors, stealth technology, photocatalysis, as well as other artificial systems that require efficient light harvesting.

The team found that the blackness of the scales is a result of the coupling effect of physical and chemical factors. The nanostructure of the scales acts as the physical element and enhances light harvesting by reducing reflection when light enters the structured scales. Then, the melanin distributed in the bottom part of the scales chemically absorbs incident light and energy is transferred to the electrons of the pigment melanin. The physics and chemistry mutually assist each other to give maximum light absorption of the butterfly scales, generating the ultra-black effect.

Art of blackness in butterfly wings as natural solar collector
Qibin Zhao, Xingmei Guo, Tongxiang Fan, Jian Ding, Di Zhang and Qixin Guo
Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 11433-11439
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06167D

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Hot Article: Soft particle glasses at solid surfaces

19 Jan 2012

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Researchers used fluorescence microscopy and particle tracking velocimetry to image the motion of concentrated emulsions and microgel suspensions near solid surfaces. Two non-thixotropic yield stress materials were used as models to study how soft particle glasses yield and flow at solid surfaces. The flow of the soft particle glasses was shown to be influenced over macroscopic distances by the nature of the surface (rough, smooth, etc).

Graphical abstract: How do soft particle glasses yield and flow near solid surfaces?

How do soft particle glasses yield and flow near solid surfaces?
Jyoti R. Seth, Clémentine Locatelli-Champagne, Fabrice Monti, Roger T. Bonnecaze and Michel Cloitre
Soft Matter, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06074K

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Soft Matter Issue 6 out now!

18 Jan 2012

The latest issue of Soft Matter is now online. You can read the full issue here.

The outside front cover features an article on Self-folding of polymer sheets using local light absorption by Ying Liu, Julie K. Boyles, Jan Genzer and Michael D. Dickey.

Issue 6 contains the following Opinion, Highlight and Review articles:

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Soft Matter Issue 5 out now!

12 Jan 2012

The latest issue of Soft Matter is now online. You can read the full issue here.

The outside front cover features an article on Temperature dependent stiffness and visco-elastic behaviour of lipid coated microbubbles using atomic force microscopy by Colin A. Grant, Jonathan E. McKendry and Stephen D. Evans.

Issue 5 contains the following Highlight and Review articles:

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Soft Matter Issue 4 out now!

08 Jan 2012

The latest issue of Soft Matter is now online. You can read the full issue here.

The outside front cover features an article on Counterion-induced formation of regular actin bundle networks by Florian Huber, Dan Strehle and Josef Käs.

Issue 4 contains the following Emerging Area, Review and and Tutorial Review articles:

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Soft Matter Issue 3 out now!

20 Dec 2011

The latest issue of Soft Matter is now online. You can read the full issue here.

The outside front cover features an article on Buckling of multicomponent elastic shells with line tension by Rastko Sknepnek, Graziano Vernizzi and Monica Olvera de la Cruz.

Issue 3 contains the following Review articles:

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Top Ten most-read Soft Matter articles in November

19 Dec 2011

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

Self-Folding of Polymer Sheets Using Local Light Absorption
Ying Liu, Julie K. Boyles, Jan Genzer and Michael D. Dickey
Soft Matter, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06564E

Dynamic self-assembly of photo-switchable nanoparticles
Prateek K. Jha, Vladimir Kuzovkov, Bartosz A. Grzybowski and Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 227-234
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06662E

Hydrophilic and superhydrophilic surfaces and materials
Jaroslaw Drelich, Emil Chibowski, Dennis Desheng Meng and Konrad Terpilowski
Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 9804-9828
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM05849E

Synthesis of single chain thermoresponsive polymer nanoparticles
Nerea Ormategui, Ignacio García, Daniel Padro, Germán Cabañero, Hans J. Grande and Iraida Loinaz
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 734-740
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06310C

Thermoresponsive nanocomposite double network hydrogels
Ruochong Fei, Jason Thomas George, Jeehyun Park and Melissa Ann Grunlan
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 481-487
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06105D

Photo-driven pulsating vesicles from self-assembled lipid-like azopolymers
Jinhua Hu, Hui Yu, Leong Huat Gan and Xiao Hu
Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 11345-11350
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06495A

From soft to hard: the generation of functional and complex colloidal monolayers for nanolithography
Nicolas Vogel, Clemens K. Weiss and Katharina Landfester
Soft Matter, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06650A

Amphiphilic copolymer brush with random pH-sensitive/hydrophobic structure: synthesis and self-assembled micelles for sustained drug delivery
You Qiang Yang, Xin Dong Guo, Wen Jing Lin, Li Juan Zhang, Can Yang Zhang and Yu Qian
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 454-464
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06314F

Computer simulations of fusion, fission and shape deformation in lipid membranes
Kai Yang and Yu-qiang Ma
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 606-618
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM05903C

Non-equilibrium cluster states in colloids with competing interactions
Tian Hui Zhang, Jan Klok, R. Hans Tromp, Jan Groenewold and Willem K. Kegel
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 667-672
DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06570J

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Soft Matter Issue 2 out now!

15 Dec 2011

The latest issue of Soft Matter is now online. You can read the full issue here:

The outside front cover features a Communication on Harnessing snap-through instability in soft dielectrics to achieve giant voltage-triggered deformation by Christoph Keplinger, Tiefeng Li, Richard Baumgartner, Zhigang Suo and Siegfried Bauer.

Issue 2 contains the following Highlight and Review articles:

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Soft Matter Issue 1 of 2012 out now!

12 Dec 2011

The first issue of Soft Matter for 2012 is now online. You can read the full issue here:

Dr Liz Davies and Professor Martien Cohen-Stuart look over the highlights of the last year and look forward to 2012 in their Editorial.

Soft Matter Issue 1 OFC The outside front cover features an article on Edible supramolecular chiral nanostructures by self-assembly of an amphiphilic phytosterol conjugate by Antoni Sánchez-Ferrer, Jozef Adamcik and Raffaele Mezzenga.

Issue 1 contains the following Highlight and Review articles:

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