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Soft Matter hot papers:


Soft Matter  hot papers featured in this section have been rated as "outstanding" by expert reviewers in the field. Follow each link for an article about the paper or an interview with the authors. Each hot paper is free to access for a limited period of time.

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Clusters, columns, and lamellae—minimum energy configurations in core softened potentials
Gernot J. Pauschenwein and Gerhard Kahl, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 1396
DOI: 10.1039/b806147e


A molecular dynamics study of chemical gelation in a patchy particle model
Silvia Corezzi, Cristiano De Michele, Emanuela Zaccarelli, Daniele Fioretto and Francesco Sciortino, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 1173
DOI: 10.1039/b719872h


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


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


Nanopatterning by protein unfolding
Tiziana Svaldo-Lanero, Amanda Penco, Mirko Prato, Maurizio Canepa, Ranieri Rolandi and Ornella Cavalleri, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 965
DOI: 10.1039/b800621k


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


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


Formation and release of circular lipid nanotubes
Tatsiana Lobovkina, Paul Dommersnes, Jean-Francois Joanny and Owe Orwar, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 467
DOI: 10.1039/b715771a


Electrically insulating pore-suspending membranes on highly ordered porous alumina obtained from vesicle spreading
Eva K. Schmitt, Mohammad Nurnabi, Richard J. Bushby and Claudia Steinem, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 250
DOI: 10.1039/b716723g


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


Nematic phases observed in amphiphilic polyelectrolyte–surfactant aggregate solutions
Daniel M. Kuntz and Lynn M. Walker, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 286
DOI: 10.1039/b714859c


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