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Onsager's variational principle in active soft matter. [PDF]
Soft Matter, 2020 Onsagers variational principle (OVP) was originally proposed by Lars Onsager in 1931 [L. Onsager, Phys. Rev., 1931, 37, 405]. This fundamental principle provides a very powerful tool for formulating thermodynamically consistent models.
Haiqin Wang, T. Qian, Xinpeng Xu
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Splay-bend nematic phases of bent colloidal silica rods induced by polydispersity
Nature Communications, 2022 Different shapes of molecules or particles can exhibit various liquid crystal phases. The authors report on an experimental discovery of a so called splay-bend nematic liquid crystal phase in a colloidal system of bent silica rods.
Ramakrishna Kotni +4 more
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A soft matter computer for soft robots [PDF]
Science Robotics, 2019 Conductive fluid receptors can be used to create soft matter computers that are suitable for the control of soft robots.
M. Garrad +4 more
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Soft Interactions in Cold Quark Matter [PDF]
Physical Review Letters, 2021 6 pages, 4 figures; Companion letter for arXiv:2103.07427. Changes from v1: references added, further discussions added, half of final figure removed for space.
Aleksi Vuorinen +5 more
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Structural diversity in three-dimensional self-assembly of nanoplatelets by spherical confinement
Nature Communications, 2022 Nanoplatelets can be used as anisotropic building blocks for constructing novel optoelectronic materials. Here, Wang et al. show a route of assembling nanoplatelets with controllable positional and orientational order in three dimensions facilitated by ...
Da Wang +9 more
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Interplay between spherical confinement and particle shape on the self-assembly of rounded cubes
Nature Communications, 2018 Colloidal nanoparticles self-assembled under spherical confinement can form a rich variety of structures. Here, the authors study the self-assembly of sharp and rounded nanocubes under such confinement, revealing the influence of particle and face ...
Da Wang +10 more
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Acceleration of enzymatic catalysis by active hydrodynamic fluctuations
Communications Physics, 2022 Cells are teeming with biochemical nano-machines whose vigorous activity generates strong hydrodynamic fluctuations. The authors revamp transition-state theory to account for the effect of this active noise and find that it may significantly accelerate ...
Ashwani Kr. Tripathi +4 more
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Defects and defect engineering in Soft Matter.
Soft Matter, 2020 Soft matter covers a wide range of materials based on linear or branched polymers, gels and rubbers, amphiphilic (macro)molecules, colloids, and self-assembled structures.
Amir Jangizehi +4 more
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Soft Supersymmetry Breaking at Heavy Chiral Threshold [PDF]
, 2006 We discuss the structure of threshold corrections to soft supersymmetry-breaking parameters at the mass threshold of heavy chiral superfields. Nontrivial dependence on soft parameters of heavy matter fields originates from the `physical' definition of ...
Matsuura, Hiroyuki +2 more
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Complex multiphase organohydrogels with programmable mechanics toward adaptive soft-matter machines
Science Advances, 2020 Adaptive soft-matter machines are developed using the complex multiphase organohydrogels with multistable mechanical states. Many biological organisms can tune their mechanical properties to adapt to environments in multistable modes, but the current ...
Shuyun Zhuo +10 more
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