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Front cover
Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3773
DOI: 10.1039/b919784m

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Inside front cover
Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3774
DOI: 10.1039/b919785k

Contents
Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3775
DOI: 10.1039/b919786a

Highlights

Lattice Boltzmann simulations of liquid crystalline fluids: active gels and blue phases
M. E. Cates, O. Henrich, D. Marenduzzo and K. Stratford,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3791
DOI: 10.1039/b908659p

Dynamics of surfactant-assisted spreading
O. K. Matar and R. V. Craster,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3801
DOI: 10.1039/b908719m

Review

Biosignal-sensitive polyion complex micelles for the delivery of biopharmaceuticals
Yan Lee and Kazunori Kataoka,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3810
DOI: 10.1039/b909934d

Communications

Optical manipulation of microtubules for directed biomolecule assembly
Cerasela Zoica Dinu, Tania Chakrabarty, Elaine Lunsford, Christopher Mauer, Joseph Plewa, Jonathan S. Dordick and Douglas B. Chrisey,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3818
DOI: 10.1039/b904639a

Colloidal molecules with well-controlled bond angles
Daniela J. Kraft, Jan Groenewold and Willem K. Kegel,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3823
DOI: 10.1039/b910593j

A cubic DNA-lipid complex
Azat Bilalov, Ulf Olsson and Björn Lindman,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3827
DOI: 10.1039/b908939j

A novel single precursor-based biodegradable hydrogel with enhanced mechanical properties
Chao Zhang, Aereas Aung, Liqiong Liao and Shyni Varghese,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3831
DOI: 10.1039/b912102a

Core-shell polymeric nanorods prepared from reactive polymer bilayer via sequential complete wetting
Jinseok Byun, Nam-Hyo Kim, Dong Hyun Lee, Kun-Hong Lee and Jin Kon Kim,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3835
DOI: 10.1039/b913630d

Diol–boronic acid complexes integrated by responsive polymers—a route to chemical sensing and logic operations
George Pasparakis, Maria Vamvakaki, Natalio Krasnogor and Cameron Alexander,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3839
DOI: 10.1039/b911341j

Papers

Soft polymer and nano-clay supracolloidal particles in adhesives: synergistic effects on mechanical properties
Tao Wang, Patrick J. Colver, Stefan A. F. Bon and Joseph L. Keddie,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3842
DOI: 10.1039/b904740a

Mechanism of attraction between like-charged particles in aqueous solution
Ekaterina Nagornyak, Hyok Yoo and Gerald H. Pollack,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3850
DOI: 10.1039/b905080a

Relating shear banding, structure, and phase behavior in wormlike micellar solutions
Matthew E. Helgeson, Matthew D. Reichert, Y. Thomas Hu and Norman J. Wagner,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3858
DOI: 10.1039/b900948e

Dynamic self-assembly of surfactant-like peptides A6K and A9K
Jing Wang, Shuyi Han, Gang Meng, Hai Xu, Daohong Xia, Xiubo Zhao, Ralf Schweins and Jian R. Lu,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3870
DOI: 10.1039/b901653h

Curvature elasticity of nematic liquid crystals: simply a matter of molecular shape? Insights from atomistic modeling
Mirko Cestari and Alberta Ferrarini,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3879
DOI: 10.1039/b904606b

Influence of particle shape on the magnetic and magnetorheological properties of nanoparticle suspensions
Ana Gómez-Ramírez, Modesto T. López-López, Juan D. G. Durán and Fernando González-Caballero,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3888
DOI: 10.1039/b906505a

Materials properties of clay nanocomposites: onset of negative Poisson ratio in large-scale molecular dynamics simulation
James L. Suter and Peter V. Coveney,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3896
DOI: 10.1039/b907590a

Janus nematic colloids
M. Conradi, M. Ravnik, M. Bele, M. Zorko, S. umer and I. MueviSoft Matter, 2009, 5, 3905
DOI: 10.1039/b905631a

Aggregation structure of Alzheimer amyloid-(1–40) peptide with sodium dodecyl sulfate as revealed by small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering
Jhih-Min Lin, Tsang-Lang Lin, U-Ser Jeng, Zyun-Hua Huang and Yu-Shan Huang,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3913
DOI: 10.1039/b908203d

Predicting polymer dynamics at multiple length and time scales
Vagelis A. Harmandaris and Kurt Kremer,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3920
DOI: 10.1039/b905361a

Direction specific release from giant microgel-templated polyelectrolyte microcontainers
Matthieu F. Bédard, Bruno G. De Geest, Helmuth Möhwald, Gleb. B. Sukhorukov and Andre G. Skirtach,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3927
DOI: 10.1039/b909919k

Synthesis and supramolecular self-assembly of stimuli-responsive water-soluble Janus-type heteroarm star copolymers
Zhishen Ge, Jian Xu, Jinming Hu, Yanfeng Zhang and Shiyong Liu,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3932
DOI: 10.1039/b907906h

Anomalous bulk viscosity of polymer-nanocomposite melts
Mu Wang and Reghan J. Hill,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3940
DOI: 10.1039/b905686f

Orientation and surface coverage of adsorbed fibronectin cell binding domains and bound integrin 51 receptors
Michaela Kreiner, Chandramouli R. Chillakuri, Patricia Pereira, Michael Fairhead, Zhaohui Li, Helen J. Mardon, Stephen A. Holt and Christopher F. van der Walle,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3954
DOI: 10.1039/b908706k

Cavitation and fracture behavior of polyacrylamide hydrogels
Santanu Kundu and Alfred J. Crosby,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3963
DOI: 10.1039/b909237d

Stability of Janus nanoparticles at fluid interfaces
David L. Cheung and Stefan A. F. Bon,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3969
DOI: 10.1039/b908462b

Self-assembled lipid nanostructures encapsulating nanoparticles in aqueous solution
Guang-Kui Xu, Yue Li, Bo Li, Xi-Qiao Feng and Huajian Gao,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3977
DOI: 10.1039/b906918f

Effect of mechanical properties of hydrogel nanoparticles on macrophage cell uptake
Xavier Banquy, Fernando Suarez, Anteneh Argaw, Jean-Michel Rabanel, Peter Grutter, Jean-François Bouchard, Patrice Hildgen and Suzanne Giasson,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3984
DOI: 10.1039/b821583a

Temperature and pH sensitive photoluminescence of riboflavin-methyl cellulose hydrogel: towards AND molecular logic gate behaviour
Abhijit Saha, Swarup Manna and Arun. K. Nandi,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3992
DOI: 10.1039/b909008h

Pattern formation in thin polymer films by spatially modulated electric fields
Jakob Heier, Jan Groenewold and Ullrich Steiner,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3997
DOI: 10.1039/b906863e

Unprecedented microemulsion boosting effect induced by a charged diblock copolymer: bending modulus and curvature frustration of the surfactant film
Frédéric Marchal, Patrick Guenoun, Jean Daillant, D. Wade Holley and Jimmy W. Mays,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 4006
DOI: 10.1039/b904990h

Buckling of semiflexible filaments under compression
J. R. Blundell and E. M. Terentjev,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 4015
DOI: 10.1039/b903583d

Giga-seal solvent-free bilayer lipid membranes: from single nanopores to nanopore arrays
Slavoj Kresák, Tibor Hianik and Renate L. C. Naumann,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 4021
DOI: 10.1039/b907661a

Micro-phase separation explains the abrupt structural change of denatured globular protein gels on varying the ionic strength or the pH
Komla Ako, Taco Nicolai, Dominique Durand and Guillaume Brotons,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 4033
DOI: 10.1039/b906860k

Pluronic polymersomes stabilized by core cross-linked polymer micelles
Feng Li, Laura H. J. de Haan, Antonius T. M. Marcelis, Frans A. M. Leermakers, Martien A. Cohen Stuart and Ernst J. R. Sudhölter,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 4042
DOI: 10.1039/b903656c

Controllable vesicular structure and reversal of a surfactant-encapsulated polyoxometalate complex
Yi Yan, Bao Li, Wen Li, Haolong Li and Lixin Wu,  Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 4047
DOI: 10.1039/b912011d

Back matter
Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 4054
DOI: 10.1039/b919787g

Back cover
Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 4055
DOI: 10.1039/b919788p