Issue 10, 2017

Concepts for soft interfaces

Abstract

Concepts and opportunities of interfaces with soft properties are discussed. Such interfaces show a strong response to external fields. How can the interface tension which governs interfacial behavior become compatible with soft and fluctuating degrees of freedom at the interface?

Graphical abstract: Concepts for soft interfaces

Article information

Article type
Opinion
Submitted
25 Oct 2016
Accepted
18 Jan 2017
First published
19 Jan 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Soft Matter, 2017,13, 1940-1942

Concepts for soft interfaces

R. Sigel, Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 1940 DOI: 10.1039/C6SM02413K

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