Soft Science

Soft Science Warmly Welcomes Nine Distinguished Scholars to Its Editorial Board

The new Editorial Board Members, listed in order of their joining, are: Prof. Joseph Wang, Prof. Chwee Teck Lim, Prof. Roozbeh Ghaffari, Prof. Raudel Avila, Prof. Tae-il Kim, Prof. Abraham Vazquez-Guardado, Prof. W. Hong Yeo, Prof. Sheng Xu, and Prof. Yury Gogotsi.

Call for Papers: Implantable Neural Interfaces: Materials, Fabrication, and Integrated Systems

Guest Editors: Prof. John A. Rogers from Northwestern University, Dr. Yiyuan Yang from National University of Singapore, Assoc. Prof. Guangfu Wu from Tongji University and Prof. Jia Huang from Tongji University.

Call for Papers: MXene-Based Flexible Electronic Devices

Guest Editors: Prof. Yury Gogotsi from Drexel University and Dr. Danzhen Zhang from Northwestern University.

Call for Papers: Stretchable Thermoelectrics: Strategies, Performances, and Applications

Guest Editors: Prof. Li-Dong Zhao from Beihang University, Prof. Zhi-Gang Chen from Queensland University of Technology, Prof. Takao Mori from National Institute for Materials Science and Prof. Yao Lu from Southern University of Science and Technology

OAE Publishing Inc. and Huazhong University of Science and Technology Establish Strategic Partnership to Advance Soft Science

In December 2025, OAE Publishing Inc. and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) officially established a strategic partnership to jointly advance the development of Soft Science (SS).

Soft Science

Recent progress in thermal management for flexible/wearable devices

Morphing matter: from mechanical principles to robotic applications

Shape memory behaviors of 3D printed liquid crystal elastomers

Laser-induced direct graphene patterning: from formation mechanism to flexible applications

Soft conductive nanocomposites for recording biosignals on skin

Bead-on-string Ag/AgCl heterostructures enable nonpolarizable stretchable dry electrodes for long-term, high-fidelity electrophysiological interfaces

Localized crack-enabled mechanical switching through micro-nano interfacial control of fracture pathways

Privacy-preserving gait biometrics via synchronous mechanical and bioelectrical co-sensing and ciphertext-domain inference

A flexible multimodal sensor with intrinsic signal decoupling for wearable respiratory monitoring

Engineering three-dimensional network of SiC nanowire aerogels for efficient electromagnetic wave absorption: A review

Articles

Recent advances in aerosol jet printing: process, inks and flexible electronic applications

Air-gap-free epidermal bioelectronics via ethanol-triggered interfacial reconstruction for high-quality electrophysiological monitoring

A magnetic balloon fiberbot for catheter-free angioplasty in small arteries

Laser-triggerable elastomeric composites for soft electronics and robotics

Wearable and implantable aptamer sensors for physiological monitoring

Dual magnetic particles modified carbon nanosheets in CoFe/Co@NC heterostructure for efficient electromagnetic synergy

Recent progress and perspective of microwave absorption materials derived from metal-organic frameworks

Design of mesoscopic metacomposites for electromagnetic wave absorption: enhancing performance and gaining mechanistic insights

Flexible and Programmable Reconstruction of Organoids and Organoid-on-Chips

Advanced Hydrogel-Based Flexible Electronics: Materials, Intelligent Devices and Cross-Field Applications

Microstructures