Soft Matter 481.9k citations
15.9k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Polymer Surface Interaction Studies Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications Papers in i Polymer Surface Interaction Studies 1.5k Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications 1.2k show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Soft Matter
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Surfaces, Coatings and Films 67.4k Molecular Medicine 35.7k Biomaterials 88.5k Polymers and Plastics 53.1k Organic Chemistry 96.8k Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects China
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science China
Nature Materials United States
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B United States
Journal of Controlled Release United States
Biophysical Journal United States
Analytical Chemistry United States
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics China
Chemical Engineering Journal China
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About Soft Matter The 15.9k papers published in Soft Matter in the last decades have received a total of 481.9k indexed citations . Papers published in Soft Matter usually cover Surfaces, Coatings and Films (2.3k papers), Molecular Medicine (1.2k papers), Biomaterials (2.4k papers), Condensed Matter Physics (1.6k papers) and Organic Chemistry (3.8k papers) specifically the topics of Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (2.3k papers), Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (2.1k papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (1.8k papers), Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (1.5k papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (1.4k papers), Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (1.3k papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (1.2k papers) and Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (1.2k papers). The most active scholars publishing in Soft Matter are Jian Ping Gong , David Julian McClements , Xuanhe Zhao , Ian W. Hamley , Richard P. Wool , Michael I. Newton , Lei Jiang , Abraham Marmur , E. Polak and Bharat Bhushan .
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