RSC Publishing


Publishing

 

Cover image for Soft Matter, select for current issue

Soft Matter

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



Reviews, Highlights and Emerging Areas


Read all of the Reviews, Highlights and Emerging Areas that have been published in Soft Matter. There is sure to be one relevant to your work - if not please just contact the editorial office to suggest a topic.


Biological soft matter

Including reviews on cell adhesion, biomaterials and biological membranes

Colloids and emulsions

Including reviews on colloid-polymer mixtures, stability of colloids and the assembly of colloidal particles

Liquid crystals

Including reviews on liquid crystalline elastomers, liquid crystal phases and photoswitching in liquid crystals

Nanotechnology

Including reviews on nanopatterning, nanotubes and self-assembly in nanotechnology

Polymers and macromolecules

Including reviews on stimuli-responsive polymers, block copolymers and self-assembly

Porous materials

Including reviews on using emulsions, foams and surfactants to template porous materials

Rheology

Including reviews on the rheophysics of pastes, yield stress fluids and foams

Surfaces and interfaces

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

Synthetic methodology

Including reviews on combinatorial methods, polymerisation and hierarchical assembly

Theoretical

Including reviews on modelling flow, biological ion channels and polymer morphology