Academic Journal
Q2Soft Matter
About Soft Matter
Soft Matter is a scholarly journal published by Royal Society of Chemistry. SCImago 2025 places it in Q2 with an SJR of 0.667 and an H-index of 217.
Its listed coverage is 2005-2026 and its research categories include Chemistry (miscellaneous) (Q2); Condensed Matter Physics (Q2). The 2025 dataset reports 700 documents and 7258 citations across the latest three-year reporting window.
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Aims & Scope
The journal publishes research related to Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, Surfactants and Colloidal Systems, Material Dynamics and Properties, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Micro and Nano Robotics.
Recent Research Articles
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Delaying viscous fingering patterns during fluid detachment
Vítor Hugo de Oliveira Pereira, Wilson Barros
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d5sm00782hThe remarkable electrorheological behavior of amino-modified metal–organic frameworks with enhanced interfacial polarization
Shuang Li, Liyue Wang, Chuanling Zhang, Ziqi Shan et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d6sm00009fExact integrated equations to describe diffusion kinetics
Swapnil Daxini, Jack A. Barnes, Hans-Peter Loock
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d5sm01209kStructural characterization of phosphatidylcholine lipid monolayers across the liquid-expanded/liquid-condensed phase transition
Konrad Weber, Joshua Reed, Bastian Mueller, Chen Shen et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d6sm00208kComposite of knitted fabric and soft matrix. II. Laddering
Fengkai Liu, Wanqi Zhang, Simin Zheng, Xi Chen et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d5sm01027f3D morphology and phase-selective transport in amphiphilic silicone hydrogels: experiments and multiscale simulations
Eri Ito, Yoshiaki Kawagoe, Tomonaga Okabe
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d6sm00092dHierarchical model of the magnetorheological response in isotropic and anisotropic magnetic elastomers
A. Musikhin, S. Kostrov, U. Andropova, E. Kramarenko et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d6sm00290kNonequilibrium glass-melting mechanism for two step yielding in step-rate shear and post-cessation re-equilibration dynamics in Brownian attractive glasses and dense gels
Anoop Mutneja, Kenneth S. Schweizer
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d6sm00363jHelical vs. non-helical nematic and lamellar proper ferroelectric liquid crystal phases
D. Pociecha, Z. Thornborrow, J. Karcz, M. Bakiera et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d5sm01265aModelling the role of interaction heterogeneity in the gelation of micron-scale colloidal systems
Po-Ting Wu, Ying-Shuo Peng, John C. Crocker, Talid Sinno et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d6sm00117cInterplay between cortical adhesion and membrane bending regulates the formation of microparticles
Arijit Mahapatra, Sage A. Malingen, Padmini Rangamani
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d5sm01237fEnhancing electromechanical responsiveness of PVC gels via ion size control
Kazuki Takahashi, Osamu Urakawa, Tadashi Inoue
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d6sm00031bResolving toughness-modulus conflict in carbon black reinforced natural rubber by preserving long chains
Chenghai Li, Matthew Wei Ming Tan, Xianyang Bao, Guodong Nian et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d5sm00983aA strategy for preparing porous polymeric micro-/nanomaterials via polymerization-induced self-assembly with process conditions modulated by macromolecular chain transfer agents
Furui Zhang, Xuanxuan Zhou, Yingyi Zou, Weishao Xu et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d6sm00324aFront cover
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d6sm90039aRheology of MXene-reinforced dual-network hydrogels in swollen and unswollen states
Jiaxin Wu, Ruihui Yun, Yue Liang, Lesen Ma et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d5sm01278cCancer cell dynamics navigating the complex microenvironment: active nematics and dynamic heterogeneity
Trevor Reid, Colton Ramsey, Yang Jiao, Yanping Liu et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d5sm01210dBack cover
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d6sm90055kViscous solvent embrittles long-chain polymer networks
Haeji Kim, Diogo Costa, Junsoo Kim
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d6sm00297hInfluence of block microstructure on the interaction of styrene-maleic acid copolymer aggregates and lipid nanodiscs
George M. Neville, Aya A. Nasser, James Doutch, Stephen King et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.1039/d5sm01014dReviews
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