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Soft Matter

Where physics meets chemistry meets biology for fundamental soft matter research.



Soft Matter hot papers


Surfaces and interfaces


Soft Matter hot papers featured in this surface and interfaces 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. 



Patterning of surfaces with nanosized cellulosic fibrils using microcontact printing and a lift-off technique
Oskar Werner, Lisa Persson, Marc Nolte, Andreas Fery and Lars Wågberg, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 1158
DOI: 10.1039/b715914e


Electrocatalytically functional multilayer assembly of sulfite oxidase and cytochrome c
Roberto Spricigo, Roman Dronov, K. V. Rajagopalan, Fred Lisdat, Silke Leimkühler, Frieder W. Scheller and Ulla Wollenberger, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 972
DOI: 10.1039/b717694e


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Hot communication: Surface-energy dependent spreading of lipid monolayers and bilayers

18 July 2007

Babak Sanii and Atul Parikh tell Soft Matter about their hot communication


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


Structural evolution and control of Dutcher films
Gavin A. Buxton and Nigel Clarke, Soft Matter, 2006, 2, 678
DOI: 10.1039/b604790d


Soft matter with hard skin: From skin wrinkles to templating and material characterization
Jan Genzer and Jan Groenewold, Soft Matter, 2006, 2, 310
DOI: 10.1039/b516741h


Super spreading of oil by condensed water drops
Manoj K. Chaudhury and Ankur Chaudhury, Soft Matter, 2005, 1, 431
DOI: 10.1039/b512045b


On water repellency
Mathilde Callies and David Quéré, Soft Matter, 2005, 1, 55
DOI: 10.1039/b501657f


Soft matter and art conservation. Rheoreversible gels and beyond
Emiliano Carretti, Luigi Dei and Richard G. Weiss, Soft Matter, 2005, 1, 17
DOI: 10.1039/b501033k


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Surfaces and interfaces

Including reviews on wetting, the air-water interface and wrinkling