25 June 2026
Schematic illustration of the unconventional thermo-mechanical response of the DA equilibrium of humins and bismaleimide. Copyright: The authors. Published in Green Chem., 2026, 28, 6958 by The Royal Society of Chemistry 2026. This publication is licenced under CC BY-NC 3.0.
25 June 2026

New Value for Biorefinery Side Streams: Humins as Dynamic Polymer Network Precursors

Humins are a by-product of biomass processing that are typically regarded as low-value waste. Researchers at SoftComp partner KU Leuven in The Netherlands now demonstrate that these furan-rich materials can directly serve as... (Read more)
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8 June 2026
Schematic illustrating the influence of pH on the LLPS behaviour of tick salivary glycine-rich protein. Copyright: The Authors. Published in Nandy et. al, Advanced Functional Materials (2025) by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This publication is licensed under CC-BY 4.0 .
8 June 2026

New Tricks from Ticks: How pH Shapes Biomolecular Condensates

Biomolecular condensates formed by liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of biopolymers are increasingly recognised as fundamental components in biological systems, not only for intracellular signaling and functions, but also for extracellular secretory fluids of... (Read more)
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22 May 2026
A trapped air bubble deforms a draining liquid sheet, but the defect does not cross the rupture threshold. Surface tension pulls the cavity back together and the sheet heals. Image copyright: the authors, adapted figure 2(a,b) published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 054001 (2025), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.054001.
22 May 2026

Tiny Defects, Big Consequences: Why Micron-thick Films Tear Before Molecular Forces Matter

Thin liquid films often rupture while they are still a few microns thick—far earlier than classical theory predicts. This matters, for example, in the development of spray systems, foams or coatings. The key... (Read more)
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