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An interdisciplinary journal focusing on innovative soft matter topics through original research and reviews. Published by @rsc.org 🌐 Website: rsc.li/softmatter-journal

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Great to have our paper highlighted by @softmatter.rsc.org! Here’s a 🧡 explaining what its all about…

15.12.2025 23:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you working in the area of soft material mechanics?

Submissions are now open for our new collection celebrating the pioneering contributions of Professor Chung-Yuen Hui to the field

Submission deadline: 31st August 2026

Find out more about the collection here: rsc.li/4kBJgNo

#ChemSky

16.02.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our paper is out in this week's Soft Matter! @softmatter.rsc.org
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12.02.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A hand peeling the label off a green bottle lying on its side.

A hand peeling the label off a green bottle lying on its side.

A glue that releases on command? @newcastleuni.bsky.social has developed a pH‑responsive polymer‑clay adhesive with reversible bonding. Added clays boost viscosity & remove the need for dual formulations. Published in @softmatter.rsc.org & shortlisted in the RSC ETC. https://rsc.li/4reavjM #ChemSky

13.02.2026 10:00 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Celebrating 20 years of Soft Matter - Soft Matter (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D5SM90214B

Delighted to share the @softmatter.rsc.org 20th anniversary editorial co-written by Editor-in-Chief @aljcrosby.bsky.social bit.ly/4snb6k2! Thank you to all who have supported the journal in its first 20 years and looking forward to the next 20!

02.01.2026 09:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't miss this #OA article in Soft Matter, part of our Open Access Spotlight collection!

'Geometric frustration in twist-bend nematic droplets' by Joseph Pollard and Richard Morris @r-g-morris.bsky.social
(UNSW, Australia)

πŸ”—https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/sm/d5sm00530b

11.12.2025 13:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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✍️ The @bladoux.bsky.social / @rmmege.bsky.social Lab published a new article

πŸ“– @softmatter.rsc.org
πŸ“ƒ Radical scaling: beyond our feet and fingers
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11.12.2025 11:13 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nominations for the 2026 Soft Matter Lectureship are now open!

This annual award recognises early career researchers who have made major contributions to soft matter research.

Find out more, including how to nominate, on our webpage πŸ‘‰ www.rsc.org/standards-an...

06.10.2025 14:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Strain, substrate, and matrix selection for controlled growth of wood-fungi Fungal fermentation offers a promising approach for the development of engineered living materials (ELMs). The design of the substrate materials to support and enhance fungal growth in both 2D and 3D ...

Strain, substrate, and matrix selection for controlled growth of wood-fungi @softmatter.rsc.org #ELMs

01.12.2025 19:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Soft Matter is still accepting nominations for the 2026 Lectureship.

Be sure to find out more, including how to submit your nominations, on our webpage!

19.11.2025 14:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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...Asymmetric bilayer membranes, molecular dynamics simulations of lipid bilayers and nanovesicles, production of giant vesicles using microfluidics, & more!

Learn more about the collection, including how to submit, here πŸ‘‰ www.rsc.org/publishing/j...

07.11.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're delighted to announce a call for papers for our special collection on #Biomembranes and #Biointerfaces!

Guest edited by Reinhard Lipowsky and Motomu Tanaka, this collection covers a wide range of topics including....

07.11.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out the inside front cover article for issue 41!
'Triacylglycerols affect the water content and cohesive strength of collagen fibrils' led by Martin Dehnert & Robert Magerle et al (Technische UniversitΓ€t Chemnitz, Germany)

πŸ”—rsc.li/3WpAV4e

#SoftMatter #ChemSky #πŸ§ͺ

24.10.2025 18:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't miss the front cover article for issue 41!

'Emergence and evolution of a particulate network during gelation and coarsening of attractive #colloids' by Paniz Haghighi, Mohammad Nabizadeh & Safa Jamali (Northeastern University, USA)

πŸ”—rsc.li/3WmmJZS

#ChemSky #SoftMatter

24.10.2025 18:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nanoscale mechanisms of crack-tip evolution in glassy polymers: hybrid particle-continuum simulations Understanding nanoscale crack mechanisms in polymers is important for predicting their macroscopic properties. However, high localized stress near the crack tip introduces nonlinear and time-dependent...

πŸ’₯RSC CNN Paper of the WeekπŸ’₯

Nanoscale mechanisms of crack-tip evolution in glassy polymers: hybrid particle-continuum simulations

MΓΌller-Plathe* (Technical University of Darmstadt)

Norouzi, Soft Matter, 10.1039/D5SM00853K
@softmatter.rsc.org

#chemsky #nanosky

20.10.2025 10:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Promotional graphic with text reading: Celebrating the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Promotional graphic with text reading: Celebrating the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

In honour of the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry, we’ve curated a collection of impactful articles from across RSC journals on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) πŸ† Free to read until the end of November πŸ‘‰ pubs.rsc.org/en/jour...

08.10.2025 13:35 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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In honour of the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology/Medicine, we’ve curated a collection of impactful articles from across RSC journals on peripheral immune tolerance and regulatory T cellsπŸ†
Free to read until the end of NovemberπŸ‘‰ pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
#NobelPrize

07.10.2025 08:55 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nominations for the 2026 Soft Matter Lectureship are now open!

This annual award recognises early career researchers who have made major contributions to soft matter research.

Find out more, including how to nominate, on our webpage πŸ‘‰ www.rsc.org/standards-an...

06.10.2025 14:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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We're delighted to announce that Ankur Gupta has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Soft Matter Lectureship!

This award honours an early-career researcher for their contributions to the soft matter field.

Learn more about Ankur and his research on our blog πŸ‘‰ blogs.rsc.org/sm/2025/09/1...

23.09.2025 12:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out this front cover artwork celebrating the journal's 20th anniversary!

'Turbulent-like flows in quasi two-dimensional dense suspensions of motile colloids' by Rui Luo, Alexey Snezhko & Petia Vlahovska is #OA!

πŸ”—https://rsc.li/4mkWqh3

Explore our milestone collection: rsc.li/3VKmhV3

19.09.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
ChemSpider webinar on AI in chemistry - join us on 23 September

ChemSpider webinar on AI in chemistry - join us on 23 September

Do you want to stay ahead of developments in AI and learn first-hand experiences of applying them in your chemistry work?

Join leading experts to discuss best practice tips for working across disciplines.

Register now: https://rsc.li/4m2xzOU

#ChemSky

09.09.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out the #OA Perspective, 'Materials science underpinnings of micro and nanoplastics', by our AEs Guruswamy Kumaraswamy & Sanat Kumar et al!

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Guru & Sanat are Guest Editors of the 'Underpinnings of Micro- and Nanoplastics' themed collection with Tom McDonald: rsc.li/3I5vtQi #πŸ§ͺ

03.09.2025 12:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out this #OA work, 'Photodegradation-driven microparticle release from commercial plastic water bottles' led by Alexander Laskin et al!

πŸ”—https://rsc.li/3JGXVZg

This work is part of Soft Matter's growing 'Underpinnings of Micro- and Nanoplastics' collection: rsc.li/4g03X3r

29.08.2025 19:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't miss this front cover article in celebration of Soft Matter's 20th Anniversary!

Martin Reifarth's review on microscale patterning via microcontact printing is #OA
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Read Soft Matter's 20th Anniversary collection for free until December 31st!🎈https://rsc.li/46byQys

#ChemSky #πŸ§ͺ

27.08.2025 16:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Our paper about active crystals is now out @softmatter.rsc.org! During the revisions, we added a section about triangular lattices, on which the turn-towards or turn-away interactions can be frustrated. Check it out, and see the post below!

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27.08.2025 14:36 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are pleased to present the themed collection Celebrating the 60th birthday and achievements of Professor Ulli Steiner

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All papers are FREE to read until 30 December 2025!

Read the Editorial introducing the collection
doi.org/10.1039/D5SM...

πŸ§ͺ #Interfaces #Materials

20.08.2025 09:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Surface functional group dependent enthalpic and entropic contributions to molecular adsorption on colloidal microplastics Molecular interaction with micro- and nano-plastics (MNPs) is an important chemical process that dictates the fate and transport of organic contaminants, and that of MNPs, within the aquatic environme...

πŸ’₯RSC CNN Paper of the WeekπŸ’₯

Surface functional group dependent enthalpic and entropic contributions to molecular adsorption on colloidal microplastics

Subir* (Ball State University)

Kanu, Soft Matter, 10.1039/D5SM00488H
@softmatter.rsc.org

#chemsky #nanosky

18.08.2025 16:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to Sujit Datta who officially received the Soft Matter Lectureship 2024 award before giving his talk on living gels formed by bacteria growing in complex fluids!

Find out more about our winner and the Lectureship award: lnkd.in/eVXXQH6n

#ChemSky #πŸ§ͺ

19.08.2025 10:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Check out the cover article for Soft Matter Issue 32! 'Oxygen deficiency drives drastic pattern transition in algal bioconvection', by Azam Gholami et al (New York University Abu Dhabi, Lewis & Clark College)

πŸ”—https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/sm/d5sm00451a

15.08.2025 17:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We have now published our 'Outstanding Reviewers for Soft Matter in 2024' Editorial!

You can read the Editorial here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SM...

Thank you to all of our reviewers for helping to preserve quality and integrity in the Soft Matter literature.

πŸ§ͺ #SoftMatter

13.08.2025 11:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1