@article{20318, abstract = {Lipid membranes and membrane deformations are a long-standing area of research in soft matter and biophysics. Computer simulations have complemented analytical and experimental approaches as one of the pillars in the field. However, setting up and using membrane simulations can come with barriers due to the multidisciplinary effort involved and the vast choice of existing simulations models. In this review, we introduce the non-expert reader to coarse-grained membrane simulations at the mesoscale. Firstly, we give a concise overview of the modelling approaches to study fluid membranes, together with guidance to more specialized references. Secondly, we provide a conceptual guide on how to develop mesoscale membrane simulations. Lastly, we construct a hands-on tutorial on how to apply mesoscale membrane simulations, by providing a pedagogical examination of membrane tether pulling, shape and mechanics of membrane tubes, and membrane fluctuations with three different membrane models, and discussing them in terms of their scope and how resource-intensive they are. To ease the reader's venture into the field, we provide a repository with ready-to-run tutorials.}, author = {Muñoz Basagoiti, Maitane and Frey, Felix F and Meadowcroft, Billie and Santana de Freitas Amaral, Miguel and Prada, Adam and Šarić, Anđela}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, number = {40}, pages = {7736--7756}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {{A tutorial for mesoscale computer simulations of lipid membranes: Tether pulling, tubulation and fluctuations}}, doi = {10.1039/d5sm00148j}, volume = {21}, year = {2025}, } @article{21237, abstract = {Intelligent soft matter lies at the intersection of materials science, physics, and cognitive science, promising to change how we design and interact with materials. This transformative field aims to create materials with life-like capabilities, such as perception, learning, memory, and adaptive behavior. Unlike traditional materials, which typically perform static or predefined functions, intelligent soft matter can dynamically interact with its environment, integrating multiple sensory inputs, retaining past experiences, and making decisions to optimize its responses. Inspired by biological systems, these materials leverage the inherent properties of soft matter such as flexibility, adaptability, and responsiveness to perform functions that mimic cognitive processes. By synthesizing current research trends and projecting their evolution, we present a forward-looking perspective on how intelligent soft matter could be constructed, with the aim of inspiring innovations in areas such as biomedical devices, adaptive robotics, and beyond. We highlight new pathways for integrating sensing, memory and actuation with low-power internal operations, and we discuss key challenges in realizing materials that exhibit truly “intelligent behavior”. These approaches outline a path toward more robust, versatile, and scalable materials that can potentially act, compute, and “think” through their inherent intrinsic material properties—moving beyond traditional smart technologies that rely on external control.}, author = {Baulin, Vladimir A. and Giacometti, Achille and Fedosov, Dmitry A. and Ebbens, Stephen and Varela-Rosales, Nydia R. and Feliu, Neus and Chowdhury, Mithun and Hu, Minghan and Füchslin, Rudolf and Dijkstra, Marjolein and Mussel, Matan and van Roij, René and Xie, Dong and Tzanov, Vassil and Zu, Mengjie and Hidalgo-Caballero, Samuel and Yuan, Ye and Cocconi, Luca and Ghim, Cheol-Min and Cottin-Bizonne, Cécile and Miguel, M. Carmen and Esplandiu, Maria Jose and Simmchen, Juliane and Parak, Wolfgang J. and Werner, Marco and Gompper, Gerhard and Hanczyc, Martin M.}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, number = {21}, pages = {4129--4145}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {{Intelligent soft matter: Towards embodied intelligence}}, doi = {10.1039/d5sm00174a}, year = {2025}, } @article{14087, abstract = {Polar active matter of self-propelled particles sustain spontaneous flows through the full-integer topological defects. We study theoretically the incompressible flow profiles around ±1 defects induced by polar and dipolar active forces. We show that dipolar forces induce vortical flows around the +1 defect, while the flow around the −1 defect has an 8-fold rotational symmetry. The vortical flow changes its chirality near the +1 defect core in the absence of the friction with a substrate. We show analytically that the flow induced by polar active forces is vortical near the +1 defect and is 4-fold symmetric near the −1 defect, while it becomes uniform in the far-field. For a pair of oppositely charged defects, this polar flow contributes to a mutual interaction force that depends only on the orientation of the defect pair relative to the background polarization, and that enhances defect pair annihilation. This is in contradiction with the effect of dipolar active forces which decay inversely proportional with the defect separation distance. As such, our analyses reveals a long-ranged mechanism for the pairwise interaction between topological defects in polar active matter.}, author = {Rønning, Jonas and Renaud, Julian B and Doostmohammadi, Amin and Angheluta, Luiza}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, pages = {7513--7527}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {{Spontaneous flows and dynamics of full-integer topological defects in polar active matter}}, doi = {10.1039/d3sm00316g}, volume = {39}, year = {2023}, } @article{12708, abstract = {Self-organisation is the spontaneous emergence of spatio-temporal structures and patterns from the interaction of smaller individual units. Examples are found across many scales in very different systems and scientific disciplines, from physics, materials science and robotics to biology, geophysics and astronomy. Recent research has highlighted how self-organisation can be both mediated and controlled by confinement. Confinement is an action over a system that limits its units’ translational and rotational degrees of freedom, thus also influencing the system's phase space probability density; it can function as either a catalyst or inhibitor of self-organisation. Confinement can then become a means to actively steer the emergence or suppression of collective phenomena in space and time. Here, to provide a common framework and perspective for future research, we examine the role of confinement in the self-organisation of soft-matter systems and identify overarching scientific challenges that need to be addressed to harness its full scientific and technological potential in soft matter and related fields. By drawing analogies with other disciplines, this framework will accelerate a common deeper understanding of self-organisation and trigger the development of innovative strategies to steer it using confinement, with impact on, e.g., the design of smarter materials, tissue engineering for biomedicine and in guiding active matter.}, author = {Araújo, Nuno A.M. and Janssen, Liesbeth M.C. and Barois, Thomas and Boffetta, Guido and Cohen, Itai and Corbetta, Alessandro and Dauchot, Olivier and Dijkstra, Marjolein and Durham, William M. and Dussutour, Audrey and Garnier, Simon and Gelderblom, Hanneke and Golestanian, Ramin and Isa, Lucio and Koenderink, Gijsje H. and Löwen, Hartmut and Metzler, Ralf and Polin, Marco and Royall, C. Patrick and Šarić, Anđela and Sengupta, Anupam and Sykes, Cécile and Trianni, Vito and Tuval, Idan and Vogel, Nicolas and Yeomans, Julia M. and Zuriguel, Iker and Marin, Alvaro and Volpe, Giorgio}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, pages = {1695--1704}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {{Steering self-organisation through confinement}}, doi = {10.1039/d2sm01562e}, volume = {19}, year = {2023}, } @article{10204, abstract = {Two common representations of close packings of identical spheres consisting of hexagonal layers, called Barlow stackings, appear abundantly in minerals and metals. These motifs, however, occupy an identical portion of space and bear identical first-order topological signatures as measured by persistent homology. Here we present a novel method based on k-fold covers that unambiguously distinguishes between these patterns. Moreover, our approach provides topological evidence that the FCC motif is the more stable of the two in the context of evolving experimental sphere packings during the transition from disordered to an ordered state. We conclude that our approach can be generalised to distinguish between various Barlow stackings manifested in minerals and metals.}, author = {Osang, Georg F and Edelsbrunner, Herbert and Saadatfar, Mohammad}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, number = {40}, pages = {9107--9115}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry }, title = {{Topological signatures and stability of hexagonal close packing and Barlow stackings}}, doi = {10.1039/d1sm00774b}, volume = {17}, year = {2021}, } @article{10339, abstract = {We study the effects of osmotic shocks on lipid vesicles via coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations by explicitly considering the solute in the system. We find that depending on their nature (hypo- or hypertonic) such shocks can lead to bursting events or engulfing of external material into inner compartments, among other morphology transformations. We characterize the dynamics of these processes and observe a separation of time scales between the osmotic shock absorption and the shape relaxation. Our work consequently provides an insight into the dynamics of compartmentalization in vesicular systems as a result of osmotic shocks, which can be of interest in the context of early proto-cell development and proto-cell compartmentalisation.}, author = {Vanhille-Campos, Christian and Šarić, Anđela}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, keywords = {condensed matter physics, general chemistry}, number = {14}, pages = {3798--3806}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {{Modelling the dynamics of vesicle reshaping and scission under osmotic shocks}}, doi = {10.1039/d0sm02012e}, volume = {17}, year = {2021}, } @article{9054, abstract = {The fundamental and practical importance of particle stabilization has motivated various characterization methods for studying polymer brushes on particle surfaces. In this work, we show how one can perform sensitive measurements of neutral polymer coating on colloidal particles using a commercial zetameter and salt solutions. By systematically varying the Debye length, we study the mobility of the polymer-coated particles in an applied electric field and show that the electrophoretic mobility of polymer-coated particles normalized by the mobility of non-coated particles is entirely controlled by the polymer brush and independent of the native surface charge, here controlled with pH, or the surface–ion interaction. Our result is rationalized with a simple hydrodynamic model, allowing for the estimation of characteristics of the polymer coating: the brush length L, and the Brinkman length ξ, determined by its resistance to flows. We demonstrate that the Debye layer provides a convenient and faithful probe to the characterization of polymer coatings on particles. Because the method simply relies on a conventional zetameter, it is widely accessible and offers a practical tool to rapidly probe neutral polymer brushes, an asset in the development and utilization of polymer-coated colloidal particles.}, author = {Youssef, Mena and Morin, Alexandre and Aubret, Antoine and Sacanna, Stefano and Palacci, Jérémie A}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, keywords = {General Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics}, number = {17}, pages = {4274--4282}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry }, title = {{Rapid characterization of neutral polymer brush with a conventional zetameter and a variable pinch of salt}}, doi = {10.1039/c9sm01850f}, volume = {16}, year = {2020}, } @article{5817, abstract = {We theoretically study the shapes of lipid vesicles confined to a spherical cavity, elaborating a framework based on the so-called limiting shapes constructed from geometrically simple structural elements such as double-membrane walls and edges. Partly inspired by numerical results, the proposed non-compartmentalized and compartmentalized limiting shapes are arranged in the bilayer-couple phase diagram which is then compared to its free-vesicle counterpart. We also compute the area-difference-elasticity phase diagram of the limiting shapes and we use it to interpret shape transitions experimentally observed in vesicles confined within another vesicle. The limiting-shape framework may be generalized to theoretically investigate the structure of certain cell organelles such as the mitochondrion.}, author = {Kavcic, Bor and Sakashita, A. and Noguchi, H. and Ziherl, P.}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, number = {4}, pages = {602--614}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {{Limiting shapes of confined lipid vesicles}}, doi = {10.1039/c8sm01956h}, volume = {15}, year = {2019}, } @article{6763, abstract = {When grape-sized aqueous dimers are irradiated in a microwave oven, an intense electromagnetic hotspot forms at their point of contact, often igniting a plasma. Here we show that this irradiation can result in the injection of mechanical energy. By examining irradiated hydrogel dimers through high-speed imaging, we find that they repeatedly bounce off of each other while irradiated. We determine that an average of 1 lJ of mechanical energy is injected into the pair during each collision. Furthermore, a characteristic high-pitched audio signal is found to accompany each collision. We show that both the audio signal and the energy injection arise via an interplay between vaporization and elastic deformations in the region of contact, the so-called ‘elastic Liedenfrost effect’. Our results establish a novel, non-contact method of injecting mechanical energy into soft matter systems, suggesting application in fields such as soft robotics.}, author = {Khattak, Hamza K. and Waitukaitis, Scott R and Slepkov, Aaron D.}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, number = {29}, pages = {5804--5809}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {{Microwave induced mechanical activation of hydrogel dimers}}, doi = {10.1039/c9sm00756c}, volume = {15}, year = {2019}, } @article{9053, abstract = {The development of strategies to assemble microscopic machines from dissipative building blocks are essential on the route to novel active materials. We recently demonstrated the hierarchical self-assembly of phoretic microswimmers into self-spinning microgears and their synchronization by diffusiophoretic interactions [Aubret et al., Nat. Phys., 2018]. In this paper, we adopt a pedagogical approach and expose our strategy to control self-assembly and build machines using phoretic phenomena. We notably introduce Highly Inclined Laminated Optical sheets microscopy (HILO) to image and characterize anisotropic and dynamic diffusiophoretic interactions, which cannot be performed by conventional fluorescence microscopy. The dynamics of a (haematite) photocatalytic material immersed in (hydrogen peroxide) fuel under various illumination patterns is first described and quantitatively rationalized by a model of diffusiophoresis, the migration of a colloidal particle in a concentration gradient. It is further exploited to design phototactic microswimmers that direct towards the high intensity of light, as a result of the reorientation of the haematite in a light gradient. We finally show the assembly of self-spinning microgears from colloidal microswimmers and carefully characterize the interactions using HILO techniques. The results are compared with analytical and numerical predictions and agree quantitatively, stressing the important role played by concentration gradients induced by chemical activity to control and design interactions. Because the approach described hereby is generic, this works paves the way for the rational design of machines by controlling phoretic phenomena.}, author = {Aubret, Antoine and Palacci, Jérémie A}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, keywords = {General Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics}, number = {47}, pages = {9577--9588}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry }, title = {{Diffusiophoretic design of self-spinning microgears from colloidal microswimmers}}, doi = {10.1039/c8sm01760c}, volume = {14}, year = {2018}, } @article{10375, abstract = {Cellular membranes exhibit a large variety of shapes, strongly coupled to their function. Many biological processes involve dynamic reshaping of membranes, usually mediated by proteins. This interaction works both ways: while proteins influence the membrane shape, the membrane shape affects the interactions between the proteins. To study these membrane-mediated interactions on closed and anisotropically curved membranes, we use colloids adhered to ellipsoidal membrane vesicles as a model system. We find that two particles on a closed system always attract each other, and tend to align with the direction of largest curvature. Multiple particles form arcs, or, at large enough numbers, a complete ring surrounding the vesicle in its equatorial plane. The resulting vesicle shape resembles a snowman. Our results indicate that these physical interactions on membranes with anisotropic shapes can be exploited by cells to drive macromolecules to preferred regions of cellular or intracellular membranes, and utilized to initiate dynamic processes such as cell division. The same principle could be used to find the midplane of an artificial vesicle, as a first step towards dividing it into two equal parts.}, author = {Vahid, Afshin and Šarić, Anđela and Idema, Timon}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, keywords = {condensed matter physics, general chemistry}, number = {28}, pages = {4924--4930}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {{Curvature variation controls particle aggregation on fluid vesicles}}, doi = {10.1039/c7sm00433h}, volume = {13}, year = {2017}, } @article{10381, abstract = {We study phase behaviour of lipid-bilayer vesicles functionalised by ligand–receptor complexes made of synthetic DNA by introducing a modelling framework and a dedicated experimental platform. In particular, we perform Monte Carlo simulations that combine a coarse grained description of the lipid bilayer with state of art analytical models for multivalent ligand–receptor interactions. Using density of state calculations, we derive the partition function in pairs of vesicles and compute the number of ligand–receptor bonds as a function of temperature. Numerical results are compared to microscopy and fluorimetry experiments on large unilamellar vesicles decorated by DNA linkers carrying complementary overhangs. We find that vesicle aggregation is suppressed when the total number of linkers falls below a threshold value. Within the model proposed here, this is due to the higher configurational costs required to form inter-vesicle bridges as compared to intra-vesicle loops, which are in turn related to membrane deformability. Our findings and our numerical/experimental methodologies are applicable to the rational design of liposomes used as functional materials and drug delivery applications, as well as to study inter-membrane interactions in living systems, such as cell adhesion.}, author = {Bachmann, Stephan Jan and Kotar, Jurij and Parolini, Lucia and Šarić, Anđela and Cicuta, Pietro and Di Michele, Lorenzo and Mognetti, Bortolo Matteo}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, keywords = {condensed matter physics, general chemistry}, number = {37}, pages = {7804--7817}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {{Melting transition in lipid vesicles functionalised by mobile DNA linkers}}, doi = {10.1039/c6sm01515h}, volume = {12}, year = {2016}, } @article{9051, abstract = {Biological systems often involve the self-assembly of basic components into complex and functioning structures. Artificial systems that mimic such processes can provide a well-controlled setting to explore the principles involved and also synthesize useful micromachines. Our experiments show that immotile, but active, components self-assemble into two types of structure that exhibit the fundamental forms of motility: translation and rotation. Specifically, micron-scale metallic rods are designed to induce extensile surface flows in the presence of a chemical fuel; these rods interact with each other and pair up to form either a swimmer or a rotor. Such pairs can transition reversibly between these two configurations, leading to kinetics reminiscent of bacterial run-and-tumble motion.}, author = {Davies Wykes, Megan S. and Palacci, Jérémie A and Adachi, Takuji and Ristroph, Leif and Zhong, Xiao and Ward, Michael D. and Zhang, Jun and Shelley, Michael J.}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, number = {20}, pages = {4584--4589}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {{Dynamic self-assembly of microscale rotors and swimmers}}, doi = {10.1039/c5sm03127c}, volume = {12}, year = {2016}, } @article{9052, abstract = {We describe colloidal Janus particles with metallic and dielectric faces that swim vigorously when illuminated by defocused optical tweezers without consuming any chemical fuel. Rather than wandering randomly, these optically-activated colloidal swimmers circulate back and forth through the beam of light, tracing out sinuous rosette patterns. We propose a model for this mode of light-activated transport that accounts for the observed behavior through a combination of self-thermophoresis and optically-induced torque. In the deterministic limit, this model yields trajectories that resemble rosette curves known as hypotrochoids.}, author = {Moyses, Henrique and Palacci, Jérémie A and Sacanna, Stefano and Grier, David G.}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, keywords = {General Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics}, number = {30}, pages = {6357--6364}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry }, title = {{Trochoidal trajectories of self-propelled Janus particles in a diverging laser beam}}, doi = {10.1039/c6sm01163b}, volume = {12}, year = {2016}, } @article{9050, abstract = {Self-propelled particles can exhibit surprising non-equilibrium behaviors, and how they interact with obstacles or boundaries remains an important open problem. Here we show that chemically propelled micro-rods can be captured, with little change in their speed, into close orbits around solid spheres resting on or near a horizontal plane. We show that this interaction between sphere and particle is short-range, occurring even for spheres smaller than the particle length, and for a variety of sphere materials. We consider a simple model, based on lubrication theory, of a force- and torque-free swimmer driven by a surface slip (the phoretic propulsion mechanism) and moving near a solid surface. The model demonstrates capture, or movement towards the surface, and yields speeds independent of distance. This study reveals the crucial aspects of activity–driven interactions of self-propelled particles with passive objects, and brings into question the use of colloidal tracers as probes of active matter.}, author = {Takagi, Daisuke and Palacci, Jérémie A and Braunschweig, Adam B. and Shelley, Michael J. and Zhang, Jun}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, keywords = {General Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics}, number = {11}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry }, title = {{Hydrodynamic capture of microswimmers into sphere-bound orbits}}, doi = {10.1039/c3sm52815d}, volume = {10}, year = {2014}, } @article{10385, abstract = {We show how self-assembly of sticky nanoparticles can drive radial collapse of thin-walled nanotubes. Using numerical simulations, we study the transition as a function of the geometric and elastic parameters of the nanotube and the binding strength of the nanoparticles. We find that it is possible to derive a simple scaling law relating all these parameters, and estimate bounds for the onset conditions leading to the collapse of the nanotube. We also study the reverse process – the nanoparticle release from the folded state – and find that the stability of the collapsed state can be greatly improved by increasing the bending rigidity of the nanotubes. Our results suggest ways to strengthen the mechanical properties of nanotubes, but also indicate that the control of nanoparticle self-assembly on these nanotubes can lead to nanoparticle-laden responsive materials.}, author = {Napoli, Joseph A. and Šarić, Anđela and Cacciuto, Angelo}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, keywords = {condensed matter physics, general chemistry}, number = {37}, pages = {8881--8886}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {{Collapsing nanoparticle-laden nanotubes}}, doi = {10.1039/c3sm51495a}, volume = {9}, year = {2013}, } @article{10386, abstract = {In this paper we review recent numerical and theoretical developments of particle self-assembly on fluid and elastic membranes and compare them to available experimental realizations. We discuss the problem and its applications in biology and materials science, and give an overview of numerical models and strategies to study these systems across all length-scales. As this is a very broad field, this review focuses exclusively on surface-driven aggregation of nanoparticles that are at least one order of magnitude larger than the surface thickness and are adsorbed onto it. In this regime, all chemical details of the surface can be ignored in favor of a coarse-grained representation, and the collective behavior of many particles can be monitored and analyzed. We review the existing literature on how the mechanical properties and the geometry of the surface affect the structure of the particle aggregates and how these can drive shape deformation on the surface.}, author = {Šarić, Anđela and Cacciuto, Angelo}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, keywords = {condensed matter physics, general chemistry}, number = {29}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {{Self-assembly of nanoparticles adsorbed on fluid and elastic membranes}}, doi = {10.1039/c3sm50188d}, volume = {9}, year = {2013}, } @article{9049, abstract = {Diffusiophoretic motion of colloids and macromolecules under salt gradients exhibits a logarithmic-sensing, i.e. the particle velocity is proportional to the spatial gradient of the logarithm of the salt concentration, as VDP = DDP∇logc. Here we explore experimentally the implications of this log-sensing behavior, on the basis of a hydrogel microfluidic device allowing to build spatially and temporally controlled gradients. We first demonstrate that the non-linearity of the salt-taxis leads to a trapping of particles under concentration gradient oscillations via a rectification of the motion. As an alternative, we make use of the high sensitivity of diffusiophoretic migration to vanishing salt concentration due to the log-sensing: in a counter-intuitive way, a vanishing gradient can lead to measurable velocity provided that the solute concentration is low enough, thus keeping ∇c/c finite. We show that this leads to a strong segregation of particles in osmotic shock configuration, resulting from a step change of the salt concentration at the boundaries. These various phenomena are rationalized on the basis of a theoretical description for the time-dependent Smoluchowski equation for the colloidal density.}, author = {Palacci, Jérémie A and Cottin-Bizonne, Cécile and Ybert, Christophe and Bocquet, Lydéric}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, number = {4}, pages = {980--994}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {{Osmotic traps for colloids and macromolecules based on logarithmic sensing in salt taxis}}, doi = {10.1039/c1sm06395b}, volume = {8}, year = {2012}, } @article{10389, abstract = {We perform numerical simulations to study self-assembly of nanoparticles mediated by an elastic planar surface. We show how the nontrivial elastic response to deformations of these surfaces leads to anisotropic interactions between the particles resulting in aggregates having different geometrical features. The morphology of the patterns can be controlled by the mechanical properties of the surface and the strength of the particle adhesion. We use simple scaling arguments to understand the formation of the different structures, and we show how the adhering particles can cause the underlying elastic substrate to wrinkle if two of its opposite edges are clamped. Finally, we discuss the implications of our results and suggest how elastic surfaces could be used in nanofabrication.}, author = {Šarić, Anđela and Cacciuto, Angelo}, issn = {1744-6848}, journal = {Soft Matter}, keywords = {condensed matter physics, general chemistry}, number = {18}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {{Soft elastic surfaces as a platform for particle self-assembly}}, doi = {10.1039/c1sm05773a}, volume = {7}, year = {2011}, }