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Soft Matter hot papers
Polymers and macromolecules
Soft Matter hot papers featured in this polymers and macromolecules section have been rated as "outstanding" by expert reviewers in the field. Follow each link to read the paper, or an interview with the authors.
Light-induced self-assembly of nanofibers inside liposomes
Hyung-Kun Lee, Stephen Soukasene, Hongzhou Jiang, Shuming Zhang, Wenchun Feng and Samuel I. Stupp, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 962
DOI: 10.1039/b719486b
Discontinuous swelling behaviors of lipophilic polyelectrolyte gels in non-polar media
Toshikazu Ono, Seiji Shinkai and Kazuki Sada, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 748
DOI: 10.1039/b719879e
In situ characterization of gas-filled microballoons using soft X-ray microspectroscopy
George Tzvetkov, Birgit Graf, Paulo Fernandes, Andreas Fery, Francesca Cavalieri, Gaio Paradossi and Rainer H. Fink, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 510
DOI: 10.1039/b715392a
Novel evaluation method of neutron reflectivity data applied to stimulus-responsive polymer brushes
Jianming Zhang, Tommy Nylander, Richard A. Campbell, Adrian R. Rennie, Stefan Zauscher and Per Linse, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 500
DOI: 10.1039/b714911e
A novel elastomer/liquid crystal polymer nanocomposite created in situ from controlled radical graft-polymerization
Denis David Bendejacq, Claudine Biver and Ludwik Leibler, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 94
DOI: 10.1039/b711928c
Helix self-assembly through the coiling of cylindrical micelles
Sheng Zhong, Honggang Cui, Zhiyun Chen, Karen L. Wooley and Darrin J. Pochan, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 90
DOI: 10.1039/b715459c
From sea-urchins to starfishes: controlling the adsorption of star-branched polyelectrolytes on charged walls
Martin Konieczny and Christos N. Likos, Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 1130
DOI: 10.1039/b708788h
Bioinspired functional block copolymers
Hans G. Börner and Helmut Schlaad, Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 394
DOI: 10.1039/b615985k
Undulation instability in block-copolymer lamellae subjected to a perpendicular electric field
Mark W. Matsen, Soft Matter, 2006, 2, 1048
DOI: 10.1039/b611064a
Synthesis and characterization of three-dimensional crosslinked networks based on self-assemly of 
-cyclodextrins with thiolated 4-arm PEG using a three-step oxidation
Huaiqing Yu, Zeng-guo Feng, Ai-ying Zhang, Ling-gang Sun and Lijun Qian, Soft Matter, 2006, 2, 343
DOI: 10.1039/b517206c
Novel multi end-functionalised polymers. Additives to modify polymer properties at surfaces and interfaces
Amilcar Pillay Narrainen, Lian R. Hutchings, Imtiyaz A. Ansari, Nigel Clarke and Richard L. Thompson, Soft Matter, 2006, 2, 126
DOI: 10.1039/b516439g
Aggregation of colloidal nanoparticles in polymer matrices
Julian Oberdisse, Soft Matter, 2006, 2, 29
DOI: 10.1039/b511959f
AFM study of cationically charged polymer brushes: switching between soft and hard matter
Tamer Farhan, Omar Azzaroni and Wilhelm T. S. Huck, Soft Matter, 2005, 1, 66
DOI: 10.1039/b502421h
Development and application of diazirines in biological and synthetic macromolecular systems
Anton Blencowe and Wayne Hayes, Soft Matter, 2005, 1, 178
DOI: 10.1039/b501989c
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