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Startup Grex gets new CEO after founders squabble




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Anil Ambani gets a taste of daily Mumbai commute

After the Reliance Group's headquarters moved from Ballard Estate to Santa Cruz, Mr. Ambani will now spend an hour travelling everyday.




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FPIs take out ₹58,711 crore from equities in October on geopolitical crisis, strong Chinese stocks

The outflow came following a nine-month high investment of ₹57,724 crore in September




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Rupee trades in narrow range against U.S. dollar in early trade

Rupee rebounds from all-time low, appreciates against dollar amid oil price surge and foreign fund outflows




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Rupee trades in narrow range against US dollar in early trade

On Tuesday (October 15, 2024), the rupee witnessed a range-bound trade and appreciated 1 paisa to 84.04 against the U.S. dollar




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Rupee trades in narrow range against U.S. dollar in early trade

The rupee strengthens against dollar on softer oil prices and RBI intervention, while trade deficit narrows and impacts currency




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Markets give up initial gains dragged by sharp fall in Kotak Bank, unabated foreign fund outflows

Equity markets open strong but later decline; HDFC Bank gains, Kotak Mahindra Bank falls, global markets mixed




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Markets fall dragged by Hindustan Unilever; massive foreign fund outflows

Nestle, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finserv, ICICI Bank and Maruti were the other big laggards




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Rupee stays unchanged at 84.07 against U.S. dollar

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the domestic unit opened at 84.06 against the greenback and remained almost standstill throughout the session




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IndusInd Bank shares plunge 17%; Mcap erodes by ₹15,572 crore amid disappointing earnings

Total income rose to ₹14,871 crore in the quarter under review, from ₹13,530 crore in the same period a year ago, IndusInd Bank said in a regulatory filing




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Rupee trades in narrow range against U.S. dollar in early trade

The rupee trades range-bound, appreciates slightly against USD and impacted by foreign fund outflows and strong dollar




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Markets decline in early trade dragged by bank stocks, weak Asian peers

In contrast, Maruti, Tata Motors, IndusInd Bank and Larsen & Toubro defied broader market trend and were trading in the positive territory




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Sensex, Nifty plunge in early trade dragged by Reliance Industries

Relentless selling by foreign investors also dampened the sentiments in the equity market




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Sensex tanks 942 points; Nifty plunges below 24K on heavy selling in Reliance, banking shares

The 30-share BSE Sensex tumbled 941.88 points or 1.18% to settle at 78,782.24, the lowest closing level since August 6




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Sensex, Nifty surge over 1% on heavy buying in IT stocks as Donald Trump wins U.S. polls

Stock markets surge over 1% as Sensex gains 901 points on Trump’s U.S. election win, boosting IT and pharma shares




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New bridge to come up across Palar River at Sevilimedu




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Nilgiris district administration urges people living downstream of Emerald Dam to take adequate safety measures

The Nilgiris district administration said that owing to work on the new Kundah hydro power house in Kattukuppai, water stored in the Emerald Dam will be released




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Maintenance work at Mettur barrage to hit Vellore water supply on November 12-13




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Forest Department free coaching helps tribal youth in Jawadhu Hills to get government jobs




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Powerloom weavers urge Tamil Nadu CM to take up the issue of QCOs on textiles with the Central government




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Carnatic vocalists pay homage to Muthuswamy Dikshithar




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World Tiger Beetle Day celebrated




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Tailors stage protest demanding welfare assistance




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Teenager arrested for damaging Ambedkar’s statue at Vengalam




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Udhayanidhi Stalin responds to Palaniswami’s challenge




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Vasan urges T.N. govt. to take steps to end illegal sale of narcotic drugs

He expressed concerns over the future of a section of students and youth who were allegedly involved in using and selling such banned substances




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Stalin urges Jaishankar to secure release of T.N. fishermen in Sri Lankan Navy’s custody

In his letter, Mr. Stalin sought immediate diplomatic efforts to prevent such arrests




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Revisiting the density profile of the fuzzy sphere model for microgel colloids

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8181-8184
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01045K, Communication
Open Access
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Frank Scheffold
Microgel density profiles evaluated with the complementary error function and the popular fuzzy sphere model are not compatible with each other.
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Ion effects on minimally hydrated polymers: hydrogen bond populations and dynamics

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8291-8302
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00830H, Paper
Open Access
Eman Alasadi, Carlos R. Baiz
Compared to bulk water, ions in confined environments or heterogeneous solutions can significantly disrupt hydrogen bond networks.
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The impact of cross-linker distribution on magnetic nanogels: encapsulation, transport and controlled release of the tracer

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00797B, Paper
Open Access
Ivan S. Novikau, Ekaterina V. Novak, Sofia S. Kantorovich
Differences in crosslinker concentration between the core and periphery of a magnetic nanogel slow down the release of a non-magnetic cargo.
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Geometrical impacts of platonic particles on nematic liquid crystal dynamics

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00870G, Paper
Stiven Villada-Gil, Monirosadat Sadati, Juan D. Ospina-Correa, Daniel A. Olaya-Muñoz, Juan P. Hernández-Ortiz, José A. Martínez-González
In this work, we studied the defect dynamics of platonic-like colloidal particles immersed in a nematic liquid crystal under flow conditions, analyzing the behavior of disclinations for each of these polyhedra.
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Stress amplification and relaxation imaging around cracks in nanocomposite gels using ultrasound elastography

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00909F, Paper
H. Le Blay, T. Deffieux, L. Laiarinandrasana, M. Tanter, A. Marcellan
Stress visualization around cracks in NC gels was performed using ultrasonic elastography. Temporal and spatial mapping are performed non-invasively. Over time, the stress gradient is erased by large-scale reorganization of the polymer network.
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Network interactions simultaneously enhance stiffness and lubricity of triple-network hydrogels

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00969J, Paper
Nabila Ali, Connor J. Demott, Olivia F. Dingus, Melissa A. Grunlan, Alison C. Dunn
Tough hydrogels with a charge-variable third network were assessed for biomimicking lubricity in both water and FBS solution.
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Long range signature of liquid's inertia in nanoscale drainage flows

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01006J, Paper
Nathan Bigan, Mathieu Lizée, Marc Pascual, Antoine Niguès, Lydéric Bocquet, Alessandro Siria
In confinement, liquid flows are governed by a complex interplay of molecular, viscous and elastic forces.
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Microrheology of gemini surfactants at interfaces and in solutions in the dilute and semidilute regimes

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00860J, Paper
Mayssa Medfai, Antonio Stocco, Christophe Blanc, Maurizio Nobili, Martin In
The interface of semidilute Gemini surfactant solutions remains fluid and is less viscous than the bulk. Depletion of the viscosity near the interface plays a key role in microrheology.
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Carboxymethyl cellulose-stabilized calcium phosphate particles for injectable hydrogel-based bone tissue engineering

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00670D, Paper
Piyaporn Srisura, Yuwaporn Pinyakit, Umphan Ngoensawat, Pongsakorn Yuntasiri, Khoiria Nur Atika Putri, Theerapat Chanamuangkon, Waranyoo Phoolcharoen, Varol Intasanta, Voravee P. Hoven
Carboxymethyl cellulose-stabilized calcium phosphate particles well-dispersed in aqueous solution can be integrated into an injectable hydrogel made of methacrylated hyaluronic acid which is a promising material for bone regeneration applications.
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Nature of barriers determines first passage times in heterogeneous media

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8353-8362
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00908H, Paper
Moumita Dasgupta, Sougata Guha, Leon Armbruster, Dibyendu Das, Mithun K. Mitra
The nature of barriers control the first passage times in heterogenous media. For entropic barriers, the first passage times increases monotonically with increasing number of barriers, while for energetic barriers, passage times show a non-monotonic behaviour with increasing barriers.
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Emulsifying mechanisms of phospholipids in high-pressure homogenization of perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8373-8384
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00828F, Paper
Open Access
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Larissa J. Lubitz, Harden Rieger, Gero Leneweit
An optimized PFC/W emulsion contains 1 mM lipid per 1% (v/v) dispersed phase for an emulsifying monolayer; higher ratios result in triple layers. Low viscosity ratios ηD/ηC ≤ 5 and low PFC volume fractions lead to smaller monodisperse droplets.
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Effective patchiness from critical points of a coarse-grained protein model with explicit shape and charge anisotropy

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8455-8467
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00867G, Paper
Open Access
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Jens Weimar, Frank Hirschmann, Martin Oettel
Critical points of an anisotropic, coarse-grained protein model are used to detemine an “effective patchiness” by comparison to the Kern–Frenkel patchy model.
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pH and glucose dual-responsive phenylboronic acid hydrogels for smart insulin delivery

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01004C, Paper
Keke Yang, Hou Bo, Dewei Ma, Mingwei Peng, Qinglong Liu, Ziwen Heng, Zhongwei Gu, Xuhan Liu, Siyuan Chen
Phenylboronic acid (PBA) is a widely exploited glucose-sensitive element for constructing glucose-responsive hydrogels to enable smart insulin delivery.
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Scale-dependent interactions enable emergent microrheological stress response of actin–vimentin composites

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00988F, Paper
Julie Pinchiaroli, Renita Saldanha, Alison E. Patteson, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson, Bekele J. Gurmessa
The unique mechanical behaviors of actin–vimentin composites in both linear and nonlinear regimes are shaped by the complex interactions among actin entanglements, vimentin crosslinking, and poroelastic properties.
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Liquid crystalline collagen assemblies as substrates for directed alignment of human Schwann cells

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00534A, Paper
Open Access
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Homa Ghaiedi, Luis Carlos Pinzon Herrera, Saja Alshafeay, Leonard Harris, Jorge Almodovar, Karthik Nayani
Collagen is a key component of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and well-oriented domains of collagen are important for mimicking the local cell environment in vitro. Here, we demonstrate macroscopic alignment on collagen in 2-D substrates and 3-D hydrogels.
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Structure affinity of the Langmuir monolayer and the corresponding Langmuir–Blodgett film revealed by X-ray techniques

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8601-8609
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01050G, Paper
Alvina V. Alexandrova, Maxim A. Shcherbina, Yuriy L. Repchenko, Yuriy M. Selivantiev, Alexander V. Shokurov, Vladimir V. Arslanov, Sofiya L. Selektor
Using X-ray techniques, crown-substituted chromoionophore Langmuir–Blodgett films were proved to preserve the fine structure and functional features of pre-organized monolayers.
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Hydrogel-based 3D fabrication of multiple replicas with varying sizes and materials from a single template via iterative shrinking

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00835A, Paper
Eunseok Heo, Hye Been Koo, Jun Chang Yang, In Cho, Hyun-Hee Lee, Yong-Jin Yoon, Steve Park, Jae-Byum Chang
3D printing technologies have been widely used for the rapid prototyping of 3D structures, but their application in a broader context has been hampered by their low printing throughput. For...
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Understanding Polymer-Colloid Gels: A Solvent Perspective Using Low-Field NMR

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01098A, Communication
Léo Hervéou, Gauthier Legrand, Thibaut Divoux, Guilhem Pablo Baeza
The present work emphasizes the relevance of low-field NMR relaxometry to investigate colloid-polymer hydrogels by probing water dynamics across a wide range of formulations between 10°C and 80°C. By examining...
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Dynamics of switching processes: general results and applications to intermittent active motion

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01054J, Paper
Open Access
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Ion Santra, Deepak Gupta, Kristian S Olsen
Systems switching between different dynamical phases is an ubiquitous phenomenon. The general understanding of such a process is limited. To this end, we present a general expression that captures fluctuations...
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Mechanical properties soft hydrogels: assessment by scanning ion-conductance microscopy and atomic force microscopy

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00966E, Paper
Tatiana Tikhonova, Yuri M. Efremov, Vasilii Kolmogorov, Aleksei Iakovlev, Nikolay Sysoev, Peter S. Timashev, Victor Fadeev, Alexander Tivtikyan, Sergey Salikhov, Petr Gorelkin, Yuri Korchev, Alexandr Erofeev, Evgeny Shirshin
The growing interest in biomimetic hydrogels is due to their successful applications in tissue engineering, 3D cell culturing and drug delivery. Major characteristics of hydrogels include swelling, porosity, degradation rate,...
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Reversible pH-responsive supramolecular aggregates from viologen based amphiphiles – A molecular design perspective

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00695J, Paper
Redhills L. Narendran, Archita Patnaik
pH responsive self-assembled supramolecular systems in water hold tremendous promise spanning across the various realms of science and technology. Herein, we report the design and synthesis of benzyl viologen (BV)...
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Biomimetic mineralization of positively charged silica nanoparticles templated by thermoresponsive protein micelles: applications to electrostatic assembly of hierarchical and composite superstructures

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00907J, Paper
Nada Y. Naser, William C. Wixson, Helen Larson, Brandi M. Cossairt, Lilo D. Pozzo, François Baneyx
Exploiting the ability of a solid-binding elastin-like peptide to micellize, we mineralize monodisperse silica nanoparticles whose positive surface charge enables one-step electrostatic assembly of various mono- and bi-material superstructures.
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Pairing-specific microstructure in depletion gels of bidisperse colloids

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00811A, Paper
Open Access
Rony A. Waheibi, Lilian C. Hsiao
We report the ensemble-averaged and pairing-specific network microstructure formed by short-range depletion attractions in bidisperse hard sphere-like colloidal systems.
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