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Roadmap collaborative research on structured magnetic elastomers and their material behavior–bridging from fundamental and materials science to educational science 结构型磁性弹性体及其材料行为的路线图合作研究——从基础科学和材料科学到教育科学的桥梁
IF 2.6 4区 物理与天体物理
The European Physical Journal E Pub Date : 2026-09-25 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00635-2
Henning Reinken, Karl A. Kalina, Deniz C. Senel, Heinrich T. Roth, Nils Magin, Konstantin Gerstenberger, Lukas Fischer, Konstantin Zisiadis, Markus Heiber, Reza Azizmalayeri, Stefan Michel, Maximilian Lange, Nelly Pappermann, Muhammed Muhsin Abdul Azeez, Markus Kästner, Stefan Odenbach, Bianca Watzka, Günter K. Auernhammer, Andreas M. Menzel
{"title":"Roadmap collaborative research on structured magnetic elastomers and their material behavior–bridging from fundamental and materials science to educational science","authors":"Henning Reinken,&nbsp;Karl A. Kalina,&nbsp;Deniz C. Senel,&nbsp;Heinrich T. Roth,&nbsp;Nils Magin,&nbsp;Konstantin Gerstenberger,&nbsp;Lukas Fischer,&nbsp;Konstantin Zisiadis,&nbsp;Markus Heiber,&nbsp;Reza Azizmalayeri,&nbsp;Stefan Michel,&nbsp;Maximilian Lange,&nbsp;Nelly Pappermann,&nbsp;Muhammed Muhsin Abdul Azeez,&nbsp;Markus Kästner,&nbsp;Stefan Odenbach,&nbsp;Bianca Watzka,&nbsp;Günter K. Auernhammer,&nbsp;Andreas M. Menzel","doi":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00635-2","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00635-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Magnetic elastomers, like magnetic fluids, consist of magnetizable particles in a carrier medium. In contrast to magnetic fluids, the carrier matrix is a soft elastic solid. Consequently, the particles are permanently held in place. Such positional fixation allows to use the structure of the spatial particle arrangement as a central degree of freedom to enhance the properties of the materials. Specifically, structural optimization can improve overall magnetostrictive and magnetorheological properties. Key questions concern the identification of optimized structures, their consequences on the overall material properties, and ways of transferring them into reality. Furthermore, to close the gap between pure fundamental and materials science on the one hand and education on the other hand, the contents are introduced into educational science and research. They provide a solid basis for context- and authenticity-based learning as well as related scientific investigations. We overview multiple challenges on this path, potential ways of solution, and we estimate further developments in the field. Clearly, this kind of challenge can only be addressed in an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":790,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal E","volume":"49 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00635-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149035160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Multi-criteria decision analysis of dendrimer applications in drug delivery systems 树状大分子在给药系统中的应用
IF 2.6 4区 物理与天体物理
The European Physical Journal E Pub Date : 2026-09-24 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00633-4
Zainab Bibi, Muhammad Saad Ghafar, Yasir Ali, Muhammad Imran, Yilun Shang
{"title":"Multi-criteria decision analysis of dendrimer applications in drug delivery systems","authors":"Zainab Bibi,&nbsp;Muhammad Saad Ghafar,&nbsp;Yasir Ali,&nbsp;Muhammad Imran,&nbsp;Yilun Shang","doi":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00633-4","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00633-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Dendrimers are highly branched, well-defined macromolecules characterized by exceptional structural precision and functional adaptability. These properties render dendrimers valuable in nanotechnology, drug delivery, and catalysis. However, selecting the most suitable dendrimer for drug delivery is difficult because its branching pattern, structural, and physicochemical properties are closely related. In this research, we utilized the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) technique to identify potential candidates for drug delivery applications among the four considered families: phosphorus-containing, PDI-cored, Triazine-based, and Aliphatic polyamide dendrimers. Both qualitative and quantitative molecular descriptors are integrated within the model. Degree-based topological indices, including the Narumi Katayama (NK), Modified Narumi Katayama (NK<span>(^*)</span>), Forgotten Index (F-index) and Augmented Zagreb Index (AZI) indices, are utilized to capture variations in molecular complexity, stability, and branching efficiency. The evaluation was conducted using entropy-based weights obtained from representative benzene derivatives; also, the equal weighting and sensitivity analyses were utilized to validate the ranking results. This study uses multi-objective optimization on the basis of ratio analysis (MOORA), simple additive weighting (SAW), and the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) techniques for criteria weighting, ranking, and reflects how topological descriptors support decision-making in dendrimer selection. The results of these investigations provide quantitative guidance for chemists and pharmaceutical researchers on the forecasting capacity of topological indices in designing dendrimers with enhanced drug delivery.</p><p>Dendrimer structures, graph construction, multi-criteria decision-making, sensitivity analysis, property modeling, and interpretation for dendrimer applications. </p>","PeriodicalId":790,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal E","volume":"49 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00633-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149035033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Vesicle adhesion in flow 流动中的囊泡粘连。
IF 2.6 4区 物理与天体物理
The European Physical Journal E Pub Date : 2026-09-22 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00628-1
Lucia Wesenberg, Felix Weissenfeld, Kai-Uwe Hollborn, Motomu Tanaka, Marcus Müller
{"title":"Vesicle adhesion in flow","authors":"Lucia Wesenberg,&nbsp;Felix Weissenfeld,&nbsp;Kai-Uwe Hollborn,&nbsp;Motomu Tanaka,&nbsp;Marcus Müller","doi":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00628-1","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00628-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The dynamic adhesion of lipid vesicles in shear flow is governed by the interplay of membrane-bending rigidity, membrane–substrate adhesion energy, and hydrodynamic stresses. While the equilibrium contact curvature is determined by the transversality condition, shear flow can additionally deform the adhered vesicle, drive translational motion, or, through hydrodynamic lift forces, promote detachment of the vesicle from the substrate. Here, we investigate adhered vesicles in shear flow subjected to a reversible change of the membrane-wall interactions. Using a stimuli-responsive poly(acrylic acid-co-cysteine) brush, whose adhesive properties are modulated by the controlled addition and removal of Cd<span>(^{2+})</span> ions, and using reflection interference contrast microscopy, we track the membrane–substrate separation and vesicle shape throughout the transition. Using molecular dynamics simulations within the Helfrich framework, we provide microscopic insights into the deformation processes and systematically investigate the dependence on the shear-flow strength. Two parameters govern the dynamic response: (i) the balance between adhesion and membrane bending, and (ii) the ratio between viscous shear and bending stresses. In the strong-adhesion regime, a large rim of the contact zone between membrane and substrate and an increased density of wall springs lead to a significant increase in wall springs that must rupture per unit displacement. This effectively suppresses tank-treading motion. Reducing adhesion decreases the contact-zone rim and wall-spring density, enabling flow-driven translational transport. Simultaneously, shear flow induces a shape asymmetry, manifested as a forward tilt of the vesicle. As a consequence, the curvature at the preceding edge decreases, whereas the curvature at the receding edge increases. These results demonstrate that vesicle motion on polymer-brush-coated substrates can be reversibly controlled by chemical stimuli, providing a tunable platform to study adhesion dynamics under flow.</p>","PeriodicalId":790,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal E","volume":"49 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00628-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149023643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Thermodiffusion in aqueous alkali halide solutions from ambient to supercooled conditions: ion-specific, structural, and mass effects 从环境到过冷条件下碱卤化物水溶液中的热扩散:离子特异性,结构和质量效应
IF 2.6 4区 物理与天体物理
The European Physical Journal E Pub Date : 2026-09-20 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00631-6
Guansen Zhao, Fernando Bresme
{"title":"Thermodiffusion in aqueous alkali halide solutions from ambient to supercooled conditions: ion-specific, structural, and mass effects","authors":"Guansen Zhao,&nbsp;Fernando Bresme","doi":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00631-6","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00631-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Thermodiffusion in aqueous electrolyte solutions exhibits complex dependencies on temperature, concentration, and salt composition, yet its microscopic origins remain incompletely understood. Here, we employ non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations to investigate thermal transport and thermodiffusion in aqueous alkali halide solutions over the temperature range 240–300 K at concentrations of 1 m and 4 m. Building on previous studies of NaCl and LiCl, we extend the analysis to systems containing K<span>(^+)</span> and I<span>(^-)</span> ions to assess ion-specific effects. Across all systems studied, the thermal conductivity decreases upon cooling and is generally reduced at higher salt concentration. The Soret coefficient generally increases with temperature, shifting the solutions from thermophilic behavior at low temperature toward more thermophobic behavior at high temperature. Clear ion-dependent trends are observed, with Na<span>(^+)</span> and K<span>(^+)</span> salts generally showing stronger thermophobic responses than Li<span>(^+)</span> salts, especially in iodide solutions. We estimate that the shift in the inversion temperatures of the iodide salts relative to experiment corresponds to a small local offset of the effective heat of transport, 4–5 kJ mol<span>(^{-1})</span>, showing that small changes in hydration thermodynamics or heat–mass coupling can strongly affect the sign change of the Soret coefficient. Structural analyses indicate that lower temperatures and lower concentrations favor more tetrahedrally ordered, LDL-like water environments, which are associated with enhanced thermophilicity. Analysis of inversion temperatures and mass effects further suggests that the heat of transport contains both structural and kinetic contributions. These findings provide molecular-level insight into the interplay between hydration structure, ionic mass, and thermodiffusive transport in aqueous electrolytes.</p>","PeriodicalId":790,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal E","volume":"49 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00631-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149007364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Light-gated electro(de)wetting with photoswitchable amphiphiles 具有光开关两亲体的光门控电(去)润湿。
IF 2.6 4区 物理与天体物理
The European Physical Journal E Pub Date : 2026-09-14 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00632-5
Billura Shakhayeva, Michael Hardt, Björn Braunschweig
{"title":"Light-gated electro(de)wetting with photoswitchable amphiphiles","authors":"Billura Shakhayeva,&nbsp;Michael Hardt,&nbsp;Björn Braunschweig","doi":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00632-5","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00632-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We present an approach for controlling the surface wettability with two triggers through a combination of electrodewetting (EDeW) and photoswitchable arylazopyrazole-triethylammonium bromide surfactants (AAP-TB). Experiments were performed on hydrophilic Si/SiO<sub>2</sub> substrates using surfactant-laden aqueous droplets with a solution pH of 2.2. Two different cationic photoswitches were studied which differed in their terminal alkyl group. Here, either hydrogenated C<sub>0</sub>AAP-TB or butyl-terminated C<sub>4</sub>AAP-TB were applied. Pendant drop tensiometry revealed pronounced, light-dependent differences in surface tension and in the surfactants’ critical micelle concentrations (CMC) through <i>E</i>/<i>Z</i> photoisomerization. The more surface-active C<sub>4</sub>AAP-TB, exhibited the largest changes in surface tension upon <i>E</i>/<i>Z</i> isomerization of up to ~20 mN m<sup>-1</sup>. Applying potentials of +3 V for C<sub>0</sub>AAP-TB and +4 V for C<sub>4</sub>AAP-TB induces dewetting of surfactant-laden aqueous drops on the substrate surfaces. The change in contact angle <span>(Delta theta )</span> after application of a potential was strongly dependent on surfactant concentration, where a maximum in <span>(Delta theta )</span> of 13° and 7° for C<sub>0</sub>AAP-TB and for C<sub>4</sub>AAP-TB surfactants, respectively, was observed at about 1/10 of the respective CMCs of the surfactants’ E isomer. In addition, in situ light irradiation superimposed to the driving potential for EDeW triggers <i>E</i>/<i>Z</i> photoisomerization and modulates the contact angle reversibly by several degrees and with small hysteresis. Furthermore, at specific concentrations, the interplay of electric fields and spatially non-uniform photoisomerization caused by irradiation with intense UV light generates surface tension gradients that resulted in droplet deformation, droplet splitting, and ultimately in a directed motion of drops. Thus, combining potential-induced EDeW and surface energy changes by <i>E</i>/<i>Z</i> isomerization of AAP-TB surfactants provides reversible control over wettability and offers a versatile platform for programmable manipulation of liquid interfaces.</p><h3>Graphic abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div><div><p>Changes in apparent contact angle and drop splitting due to a combination of light irradiation and electric fields</p></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":790,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal E","volume":"49 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13574899/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148965930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Correction: Discrete-time predator–prey dynamics under human shielding: stability and bifurcation analysis 校正:人类掩护下的离散时间捕食者-猎物动力学:稳定性和分岔分析。
IF 2.6 4区 物理与天体物理
The European Physical Journal E Pub Date : 2026-09-08 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00637-0
Lahcen Koujane, Ashraf Adnan Thirthar, Mohamed Ch-Chaoui, Karima Mokni, Muhammad Aqib Abbasi
{"title":"Correction: Discrete-time predator–prey dynamics under human shielding: stability and bifurcation analysis","authors":"Lahcen Koujane,&nbsp;Ashraf Adnan Thirthar,&nbsp;Mohamed Ch-Chaoui,&nbsp;Karima Mokni,&nbsp;Muhammad Aqib Abbasi","doi":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00637-0","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00637-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":790,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal E","volume":"49 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148910535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Perspective: rethinking polymer crystallization pathways—two decades after Strobl’s mesomorphic-to-granular-to-lamellar model 展望:重新思考聚合物结晶途径-在strobel的介晶-颗粒-层状模型二十年后。
IF 2.6 4区 物理与天体物理
The European Physical Journal E Pub Date : 2026-09-03 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00629-0
Christoph Schick, Wenbing Hu
{"title":"Perspective: rethinking polymer crystallization pathways—two decades after Strobl’s mesomorphic-to-granular-to-lamellar model","authors":"Christoph Schick,&nbsp;Wenbing Hu","doi":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00629-0","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00629-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The 2000 perspective article by Gert Strobl, “From the melt via mesomorphic and granular crystalline layers to lamellar crystallites: A major route followed in polymer crystallization?”, proposed a revolutionary multistep mechanism for polymer crystallization from the quiescent melt, fundamentally challenging the dominant single-step models of the time. Two decades later, this perspective revisits Strobl’s conceptual framework to assess its legacy, its limitations, and its continuing relevance to modern polymer science. We examine the three-stage pathway—mesomorphic layer formation, cooperative transition to a granular crystalline layer, and block merging into lamellar crystallites—through the lens of subsequent experimental, theoretical, and simulation advances. While the model’s central premise of intermediate states has stimulated extensive research, key elements remain debated. The distinction between crystal-fixed and crystal-mobile polymers has emerged as a critical factor, reinterpreting the stabilization phenomena Strobl observed and challenging the universality of his proposed pathway. Simulation studies have provided complementary insights into precursor states; yet, the direct detection of the granular crystalline layer and the mesomorphic precursor remains elusive. We identify open questions regarding the molecular origins of early stage ordering, the factors determining lamellar thickness, and the universality of granular crystalline states. Strobl’s model was important not because it provided definitive answers, but because it forced the field to confront its assumptions and inspired a generation of research that continues to advance our understanding of polymer crystallization.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3>\u0000<div><figure><div><div><picture><img></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":790,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal E","volume":"49 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13541812/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148885813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Electronic screening of the friction acting on ions and water molecules in narrow carbon nanotubes 窄碳纳米管中作用于离子和水分子的摩擦的电子筛选。
IF 2.6 4区 物理与天体物理
The European Physical Journal E Pub Date : 2026-08-31 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00622-7
A. W. C. Lau, J. B. Sokoloff
{"title":"Electronic screening of the friction acting on ions and water molecules in narrow carbon nanotubes","authors":"A. W. C. Lau,&nbsp;J. B. Sokoloff","doi":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00622-7","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00622-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Li et al. have observed a larger flow rate, resulting from osmotic pressure, of protons and water molecules in nanometer scale diameter metallic carbon nanotubes compared to that in semiconducting carbon nanotubes. The flow rate of potassium ions, however, under an applied electric field is almost the same in metallic and semiconducting nanotubes. We propose a simple physical picture to understand these experimental results by examining the effects of screening by conduction electrons in electrically conducting carbon nanotubes on the friction experienced by protons, water molecules, and ions flowing through the nanotube.</p>","PeriodicalId":790,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal E","volume":"49 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148863314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The many lives of evaporating multicomponent drops and films: from the perspective of Giorgiutti-Dauphiné and Pauchard (2018) to the present 蒸发多组分水滴和电影的许多生命:从giorgiutti - dauphin<s:1>和Pauchard(2018)的视角到现在。
IF 2.6 4区 物理与天体物理
The European Physical Journal E Pub Date : 2026-08-31 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00614-7
Howard A. Stone
{"title":"The many lives of evaporating multicomponent drops and films: from the perspective of Giorgiutti-Dauphiné and Pauchard (2018) to the present","authors":"Howard A. Stone","doi":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00614-7","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00614-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The drying of complex fluids, such as colloidal or polymer solutions, is filled with fascinating dynamics as a consequence of evaporation-driven inhomogeneities of the suspended material, which can result in an “elastic skin” at the liquid–air interface and dense deposits at the contact line, both of which can lead to significant mechanical stresses. As a consequence, drops of a colloidal solution or a polymer solution may undergo shape changes during drying and cracks can form, after which a deposited drop or film can even delaminate from the substrate. Understanding the rates of different transport processes helps to understand and organize the different material responses. We look back at the well-cited 2018 contribution in EPJE by Giorgiutti-Dauphiné and Pauchard who provided an organized view and many insights on this topic, highlight some more recent research, and look towards future developments.</p><p>As a colloidal solution dries, typically the concentration of suspended particles increases near the liquid-air interface, which produces elastic effects and (fascinating) shape changes in response to the reduction in volume. Here this shape change is shown on the left, with a cross-sectional microscope image displayed on the right indicating the spatial variations inconcentration. note: this image is from Figure 13 of is from reference 6 in the paperAs a colloidal solution dries, typically the concentration of suspended particles increases near the liquid-air interface, which produces elastic effects and (fascinating) shape changes in response to the reduction in volume. Here this shape change is shown on the left, with a cross-sectional microscope image displayed on the right indicating the spatial variations inconcentration. </p>","PeriodicalId":790,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal E","volume":"49 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148863346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Emergent collective dynamics of microrobotic swarms in viscoelastic media: a computational perspective 黏弹性介质中微机器人群体的涌现集体动力学:计算视角
IF 2.6 4区 物理与天体物理
The European Physical Journal E Pub Date : 2026-08-28 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00617-4
Ratnadeep Pramanik
{"title":"Emergent collective dynamics of microrobotic swarms in viscoelastic media: a computational perspective","authors":"Ratnadeep Pramanik","doi":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00617-4","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00617-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Microrobotic swarms are promising candidates for targeted drug delivery in complex physiological environments, including blood, mucus, and extracellular matrices. In such biomedical scenarios, collective motion is strongly influenced by low-Reynolds-number drag, crowding, confinement, viscoelasticity, and non-Newtonian rheology. This article envisages a mechanics-based computational framework for microrobotic swarms in viscoelastic (gel-like) media. Starting from Langevin dynamics, we derive the overdamped description appropriate for microscale agents and extend it to active Brownian particles with self-propulsion, local alignment, and short-range interparticle interactions. Cohesive and purely repulsive collective regimes are represented through Lennard-Jones and Weeks-Chandler-Andersen potentials, respectively. To model gel-like rheology, we introduce a fractional Kelvin–Voigt description of drag that incorporates power-law memory effects. The resulting stochastic dynamics are mapped to an explicit Euler–Maruyama algorithm with truncated-history fractional convolution, documented stabilizers, and diagnostic observables for polarization, clustering, trajectories, and transport. Beyond the model itself, the present study synthesizes recent work on bacterial living fluids, externally driven colloidal and microrobotic swarms, fish-school hydrodynamics, neural-network control of collective patterns, and cross-scale magnetic catheter-swarm thrombus removal. That microrobotic-swarm transport in biomedical media should not be treated only as a soft-matter problem is the primary takeaway. We believe that it is rather a coupled mechanics problem in which propulsion, interaction, memory, disorder, hydrodynamic communication, and clinical deliverability must be taken into consideration. At the same time, the preliminary simulations suggest a practically important biomedical trend: whereas Newtonian transport is more prone to collective aggregation, viscoelastic transport can preserve a more distributed swarm morphology, which is encouraging for controllable delivery, broader spatial coverage, and aggregation-resistant payload transport in complex bodily fluids.</p>","PeriodicalId":790,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal E","volume":"49 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00617-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148837974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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