Soft Matter

March 7, 2022; Issue 9

No articles of interest

February 28, 2022; Issue 8

No articles of interest

February 21, 2022; Issue 7

No articles of interest

February 14, 2022; Issue 6

Bottlebrush polymer gels: architectural control over swelling and osmotic bulk modulus

Ekaterina B. Zhulina and Oleg V. Borisov

February 7, 2022; Issue 5

Defect-controlled softness, diffusive permeability, and mesh-topology of metallo-supramolecular hydrogels

Paola Nicolella, Martha Franziska Koziol, Lucas Löser, Kay Saalwächter, Mostafa Ahmadi and Sebastian Seiffert

January 28, 2022; Issue 4

No articles of interest

January 21, 2022; Issue 3

Mussel-inspired adhesive gelatin–polyacrylamide hydrogel wound dressing loaded with tetracycline hydrochloride to enhance complete skin regeneration

Yamei Wang, Dongdong Xiao, Lin Quan, Hongbin Chai, Xiaofeng Sui, Bijia Wang, Hong Xu and Zhiping Mao

January 14, 2022; Issue 2

Impact of dynamic covalent chemistry and precise linker length on crystallization kinetics and morphology in ethylene vitrimers

Bhaskar Soman, Yoo Kyung Go, Chengtian Shen, Cecilia Leal and Christopher M. Evans

Rigidity and fracture of biopolymer double networks

Pancy Lwin, Andrew Sindermann, Leo Sutter, Thomas Wyse Jackson, Lawrence Bonassar, Itai Cohen and Moumita Das

A simple, efficient route to modify the properties of epoxy dynamic polymer networks

Shizhen Zhao, Hongkun Yang, Dong Wang and Thomas P. Russell

January 7, 2022; Issue 49

Mechanical stress affects dynamics and rheology of the human genome

Christina M. Caragine, Nikitas Kanellakopoulos and Alexandra Zidovska

December 28, 2021; Issue 48

Hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels loaded with chemoattractant and anticancer drug – new formulation for attracting and tackling glioma cells

Paraskevi M. Kasapidou, Emmanuel Laillet de Montullé, Kleouforo-Paul Dembélé, Alexandre Mutel, Laurence Desrues, Vladimir Gubala and Hélène Castel

December 21, 2021; Issue 47

Shape-programmable magneto-active elastomer composites for curve and biomimetic behavior imitation

Di Gong, Fan Yang, Dezhao Lin, Wenbo Qian, Ruihong Li, Chenghong Li, Hongwei Chen and Sheng Jia

Whole tissue and single cell mechanics are correlated in human brain tumors

Frank Sauer, Anatol Fritsch, Steffen Grosser, Steve Pawlizak, Tobias Kießling, Martin Reiss-Zimmermann, Mehrgan Shahryari, Wolf C. Müller, Karl-Titus Hoffmann, Josef A. Käs and Ingolf Sack

December 14, 2021; Issue 46

The structure of polymer brushes: the transition from dilute to dense systems: a computer simulation study

Piotr Polanowski and Andrzej Sikorski

December 7, 2021; Issue 45

No articles of note

November 28, 2021; Issue 44

No articles of note

November 21, 2021; Issue 43

No articles of note

November 14, 2021; Issue 42

Temperature- and pH-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) microgels as a carrier for controlled protein adsorption and release

Priyanshi Agnihotri, Sangeeta, Shikha Aery and Abhijit Dan

Glutathione sensitive vesicles prepared from supramolecular amphiphiles

Emily B. Mobley, Natalie Byrd, Matthew G. Yim, Rachel Gariepy, Maya Rieder and Sandra Ward

November 7, 2021; Issue 41

Dynamic bonds enable high toughness and multifunctionality in gelatin/tannic acid-based hydrogels with tunable mechanical properties

Hui Jie Zhang, Xinyi Wang, Lini Wang, Tao Lin Sun, Xugang Dang, Daniel R. King and Xiangyu You

October 28, 2021; Issue 40

No articles of note

October 21, 2021; Issue 39

No articles of note

October 14, 2021; Issue 38

Photo-responsive polymeric nanocarriers for target-specific and controlled drug delivery

Virna M. Martín Giménez, Geeta Arya, Ileana A. Zucchi, María J. Galante and Walter Manucha

October 7, 2021; Issue 37

No articles of note

September 28, 2021; Issue 36

No articles of note

September 21, 2021; Issue 35

Unravelling the antimicrobial activity of peptide hydrogel systems: current and future perspectives

Emily R. Cross, Sophie M. Coulter, Sreekanth Pentlavalli and Garry Laverty

Depletion forces drive reversible capture of live bacteria on non-adhesive surfaces

Wuqi Amy Niu, Sylvia L. Rivera, M. Sloan Siegrist and Maria M. Santore

September 14, 2021; Issue 34

No articles of note

September 7, 2021; Issue 33

Boundary layer description of directional polymer crystallisation

Sabin Adhikari, Alejandro A. Krauskopf, Sanat K. Kumar, Sumesh P. Thampi and Christopher J. Durning

August 28, 2021; Issue 32

No articles of note

August 21, 2021; Issue 31

A surface flattening method for characterizing the surface stress, drained Poisson's ratio and diffusivity of poroelastic gels

Zezhou Liu, Chung-Yuen Hui, Anand Jagota, Jian Ping Gong and Ryuji Kiyama

August 14, 2021; Issue 30

Understanding gel-to-crystal transitions in supramolecular gels

Demetra Giuri, Libby J. Marshall, Claire Wilson, Annela Seddon, and Dave J. Adams

August 7, 2021; Issue 29

The dynamic face of lipid membranes

Sudipta Gupta and Rana Ashkar

Interaction of a bovine serum albumin (BSA) protein with mixed anionic–cationic surfactants and the resultant structure

Debasish Saha, Debes Ray, Sugam Kumar, Joachim Kohlbrecher and Vinod K. Aswal

July 28, 2021; Issue 28

High-strength, thermosensitive double network hydrogels with antibacterial functionality

Xuefeng Li, Yonglin Wang, Dapeng Li, Mengmeng Shu, Lingli Shang, Min Xia , Yiwan Huang

Decorated networks of native proteins: nanomaterials with tunable mesoscopic domain size

Ioatzin Ríos de Anda, Angélique Coutable-Pennarun, Christopher Brasnett, Stephen Whitelam, Annela Seddon, John Russo, J. L. Ross Anderson and C. Patrick Royall

July 21, 2021; Issue 27

Role of functionalized self-assembled peptide hydrogels in in vitro vasculogenesis

Günnur Onak Pulat, Oğuzhan Gökmen, Ziyşan Buse Yaralı Çevik and Ozan Karaman

The effects of protein charge patterning on complex coacervation

Nicholas A. Zervoudis and Allie C. Obermeyer

July 14, 2021; Issue 26

Soft synthetic microgels as mimics of mycoplasma

Dominic Büning, Jens Schumacher, Alexander Helling, Ramzi Chakroun, Franka Ennen-Roth, Andre H. Gröschel, Volkmar Thom and Mathias Ulbricht

Self-assembly of stimuli-responsive coiled-coil fibrous hydrogels

Michael Meleties, Priya Katyal, Bonnie Lin, Dustin Britton and Jin Kim Montclare

July 7, 2021; Issue 25

Thermoresponsive properties of polymer hydrogels induced by copolymerization of hydrophilic and hydrophobic monomers: comprehensive study of monomer sequence and water affinity

Shohei Ida, Daiki Nishisako, Ayaka Fujiseki and Shokyoku Kanaoka

Chain ordering of phospholipids in membranes containing cholesterol: what matters?

Fabian Keller and Andreas Heuer

June 28, 2021; Issue 24

No articles of note

June 21, 2021; Issue 23

No articles of note

June 14, 2021; Issue 22

No articles of note

June 7, 2021; Issue 21

SANS quantification of bound water in water-soluble polymers across multiple concentration regimes

Helen Yao and Bradley D. Olsen

Biodegradable zwitterionic poly(carboxybetaine) microgel for sustained delivery of antibodies with extended stability and preserved function

Amir Erfani, Abanoub Hanna, Payam Zarrintaj, Saeed Manouchehri, Katie Weigandt, Clint P. Aichele and Joshua D. Ramsey

May 28, 2021; Issue 20

Enzymes hosted in redox-active ionically cross-linked polyelectrolyte networks enable more efficient biofuel cells

Lucy L. Coria-Oriundo, M. Lorena Cortez, Omar Azzaroni and Fernando Battaglini

May 21, 2021; Issue 17

Hybrid gels via bulk interfacial complexation of supramolecular polymers and polyelectrolytes

Thomas J. Cotey, Hiroaki Sai, Cynthia Perez, Liam C. Palmer and Samuel I. Stupp

A sulfamethoxazole molecularly imprinted two-dimensional photonic crystal hydrogel sensor

Yunlei Cao, Genqi Liu, Bingqing Zheng, Xinlong Wang, Huanhuan Li, Gang Wang, Lingli Zhao and Yue Wang

Implicit rule on the elastic function of a swollen polyacrylamide hydrogel

Ryota Kawai, Hiro Tanaka, Seishiro Matsubara, Shohei Ida, Makoto Uchida and Dai Okumura

Design of vesicle prototissues as a model for cellular tissues

Laura Casas-Ferrer, Amaury Brisson, Gladys Massiera and Laura Casanellas

May 14, 2021; Issue 17

Grafting density induced reentrant disorder–order–disorder transition in planar di-block copolymer brushes

Barbara Capone, Christos N. Likos and Ivan Coluzza

A comparative study of blood rheology across species

Jeffrey S. Horner, Norman J. Wagner and Antony N. Beris

May 7, 2021; Issue 17

Boron nitride-based nanocomposite hydrogels: preparation, properties and applications

Diego Moreira Lima, Anne Cristine Chinellato and Mathilde Champeau

Hetero-network hydrogels crosslinked with silica nanoparticles for strategic control of thermal responsive property

M. Maria Rahman, Md. Ashraful Alam, Hirotaka Ihara and Makoto Takafuji

Issue 37

•Bridging experiments and theory: isolating the effects of metal–ligand interactions on viscoelasticity of reversible polymer networks

Xinyue Zhang, Yuval Vidavsky, Sinai Aharonovich, Steven J. Yang, Michael R. Buche, Charles E. Diesendruck and Meredith N. Silberstein

•Effect of the constituent networks of double-network gels on their mechanical properties and energy dissipation process

Tasuku Nakajima, Takayuki Kurokawa, Hidemitsu Furukawa and Jian Ping Gong

Issue 38

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

William R. Archer and Michael D. Schulz

•Cutting to measure the elasticity and fracture of soft gels

Teresa T. Duncan, Joel M. Sarapas, Adrian P. Defante, Kathryn L. Beers and Edwin P. Chan

Issue 39

•Seeded laser-induced cavitation for studying high-strain-rate irreversible deformation of soft materials

Sacchita Tiwari, Amir Kazemi-Moridani, Yue Zheng, Christopher W. Barney, Kelly R. McLeod, Carey E. Dougan, Alfred J. Crosby, Gregory N. Tew, Shelly R. Peyton, Shengqiang Cai and Jae-Hwang Lee

Issue 40

•Synthesis and characterization of photocrosslinkable albumin-based hydrogels for biomedical applications

Darlin Lantigua, Michelle A. Nguyen, Xinchen Wu, Sanika Suvarnapathaki, Seongjin Kwon, Wendy Gavin and Gulden Camci-Unal