Soft Matter

Soft Matter provides a unique forum for the communication of significant advances in interdisciplinary soft matter research. There is a particular focus on the interface between chemistry, physics, materials science, biology and chemical engineering.

ISSN 1744-6848

Scope

 Research may report new soft materials or phenomena, encompass their design, synthesis, and use in new applications; or provide fundamental insight and observations on their behaviour. Experimental, theoretical and computational soft matter approaches are encouraged.

The scope of Soft Matter covers the following.

• Soft matter assemblies, including colloids, granular matter, liquid crystals, gels & networks, polymers, hybrid materials, active matter and further examples
• Soft nanotechnology, soft robotics and devices
• Synthesis, self-assembly and directed assembly
• Biological aspects of soft matter including proteins, biopolymers, cells and tissues
• Surfaces, interfaces and interactions
• Phase behaviour, coacervation and rheological behaviour
• Sustainable soft materials including recycling, circular economy and end of life
• Mechanistic insights and modelling

Readership

Soft Matter has a global circulation and interdisciplinary audience.

• Physicists
• Biophysicists
• Bioengineers
• Biological scientists
• Biochemists
• Chemical engineers
• Materials scientists
• Surface scientists
• Physical, organic and theoretical chemists

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