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Soft Matter

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



Soft Matter Review Articles:


Surfaces and interfaces


This page presents review articles published in Soft Matter in the area of surfaces and interfaces

Reviews, Highlights and Emerging Areas

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Some thoughts on superhydrophobic wetting
Christian Dorrer and Jürgen Rühe, Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 51
DOI: 10.1039/b811945g


Shedding light on surfaces—using photons to transform and pattern material surfaces
Ellane J. Park, Gregory T. Carroll, Nicholas J. Turro and Jeffrey T. Koberstein, Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 36
DOI: 10.1039/b807472k


Diversity of structure, morphology and wetting of plant surfaces
Kerstin Koch, Bharat Bhushan and Wilhelm Barthlott, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 1943
DOI: 10.1039/b804854a


Confinement effects on phase behavior of soft matter systems
Kurt Binder, Jürgen Horbach, Richard Vink and Andres De Virgiliis, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 1555
DOI: 10.1039/b802207k


Surface-chemical and -morphological gradients
Sara Morgenthaler, Christian Zink and Nicholas D. Spencer, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 419
DOI: 10.1039/b715466f


Self-healing materials: a review
Richard P. Wool, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 400
DOI: 10.1039/b711716g


Progess in superhydrophobic surface development
Paul Roach, Neil J. Shirtcliffe and Michael I. Newton, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 224
DOI: 10.1039/b712575p


Water, electricity, and between On electrowetting and its applications
Romi Shamai, David Andelman, Bruno Berge and Rob Hayes, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 38
DOI: 10.1039/b714994h


Flow boundary conditions from nano- to micro-scales
Lydéric Bocquet and Jean-Louis Barrat, Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 685
DOI: 10.1039/b616490k


Microcontact printing of proteins for neuronal cell guidance
Andreas Offenhäusser, Simone Böcker-Meffert, Tanja Decker, Rita Helpenstein, Peter Gasteier, Jürgen Groll, Martin Möller, Anna Reska, Susanne Schäfer, Petra Schulte and Angela Vogt-Eisele, Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 290
DOI: 10.1039/b607615g


Microcontact printing: A tool to pattern
Sami Alom Ruiz and Christopher S. Chen, Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 168
DOI: 10.1039/b613349e


Wetting and anti-wetting on aligned carbon nanotube films
Huan Liu, Jin Zhai and Lei Jiang, Soft Matter, 2006, 2, 811
DOI: 10.1039/b606654b


A paradigm shift in the field of molecular recognition at the air–water interface: from static to dynamic
Katsuhiko Ariga, Takashi Nakanishi and Jonathan P. Hill, Soft Matter, 2006, 2, 465
DOI: 10.1039/b602732f


Nanoscum: solid nanostructured films at the air–water interface
Karen J. Edler, Soft Matter, 2006, 2, 284
DOI: 10.1039/b514420e


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


Engineering the nanoparticle–biomacromolecule interface
Chang-Cheng You, Ayush Verma and Vincent M. Rotello, Soft Matter, 2006, 2, 190
DOI: 10.1039/b517354j


Are ceramic nanofilms a soft matter?
Junhui He and Toyoki Kunitake, Soft Matter, 2006, 2, 119
DOI: 10.1039/b514908h


Utilizing polymers for shaping the interfacial behavior of carbon nanotubes
Rachel Yerushalmi-Rozen and Igal Szleifer, Soft Matter, 2006, 2, 24
DOI: 10.1039/b513344k


The water/oil interface: the emerging horizon for self-assembly of nanoparticles
Dayang Wang, Hongwei Duan and Helmuth Möhwald, Soft Matter, 2005, 1, 412
DOI: 10.1039/b511911a


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