Phase segregation is ubiquitously observed in immiscible mixtures, such as oil and water, in
which the mixing entropy is overcome by the segregation enthalpy,–. In monodispersed …

Microgels composed of stimuli responsive polymers have attracted worthwhile interest as
model colloids for theorethical and experimental studies and for nanotechnological …

The glass transition in soft matter systems is generally triggered by an increase in packing
fraction or a decrease in temperature. It has been conjectured that the internal topology of …

Soft particles display highly versatile properties with respect to hard colloids and even more
so at fluid–fluid interfaces. In particular, microgels, consisting of a cross-linked polymer …

A solid loaded beyond the yield stress loses its elastic properties and becomes plastic. From
a microscopic point of view, this limit corresponds to the condition where plastic regions …

Arrested soft materials such as gels and glasses exhibit a slow stress relaxation with a broad
distribution of relaxation times in response to linear mechanical perturbations. Although this …

Despite that metallic glasses are among the most studied metallic materials, still very little is
known on the evolution of their unique structural, dynamical and elastic properties under …

A wide range of disordered materials, from biological to geological assemblies, feature
discrete elements undergoing large shape changes. How significant geometrical variations …

Granular materials, composed of densely packed particles, are known to possess unique
mechanical properties that are highly dependent on the surface structure of the particles. A …

A collection of rings made of active Brownian particles (ABPs) for different packing fractions
and activities is investigated using computer simulations. We show that active rings display …