Structure, Dynamics, and Aggregation of Soft Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Soft Matter".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2023) | Viewed by 219
Special Issue Editor
Interests: dynamics of disordered materials (liquids, glasses, polymers); supercooled liquids and glasses; chemical and physical vitrification; gelation; microgels; thermoresponsive polymers; aggregation kinetics of soft materials; hydration properties of biomolecules; molecular dynamics simulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soft matter includes a great diversity of materials—from polymers, gels, colloids, foams, and emulsions to surfactants and liquid crystals, granular materials and most biological matter—with an intrinsically heterogeneous structure, slow dynamics, and the ability to aggregate into simple or very complex and hierarchically organized architectures. Within a field that is so broad and open to different disciplines, this Special Issue calls for any contributions that highlight recent developments related to structure, dynamics, and aggregation of soft materials. A small (and highly personal) selection of themes that, among others, may be covered are:
- The world of microgels: synthesis, characterization, and applications as model systems or innovative functional materials;
- The challenge of plastics: new strategies of recycling, and new bio-based formulations;
- Development of more sustainable materials or foods, or novel biomedical treatments;
- Strategies to control and use the spontaneous aggregation of molecules, polymers, or colloidal particles into supramolecular or complex structures;
- Synthetic biomimetic materials.
Original research papers, brief communication reports, as well as reviews and less time-consuming mini reviews are welcome.
Dr. Silvia Corezzi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hydrogels
- microgels
- soft materials
- stimuli-responsive polymers
- materials physics
- colloid science
- gelation
- swelling
- volume phase transition
- drug delivery
- pH-responsive
- thermoresponsive
- chemically-responsive
