
We are excited to announce the fourth APS DSOFT Gallery of Soft Matter competition taking place at the 2025 APS March Meeting! The Gallery is intended to showcase the aesthetic and elegance of soft matter systems, to be shared both with fellow researchers and the general public. The submissions are judged for their combination of striking visual qualities and scientific interest. This competition is distinct from the regular Soft Matter Poster competition, which focuses on more technical content. We are accepting poster or video submissions from teams led by students or postdocs.
For inspiration, you find last year’s entries here:
Gallery of Soft Matter 2024
and you can read the Physical Review E editorial featuring the winners.
Posters or videos will be due on February 10, 2025. Experimental or computational submissions in any subdiscipline related to soft matter are welcome. Posters and videos will be displayed during the APS March for the attendees to view and on the upcoming APS Gallery of Soft Matter website. The five winners will be invited to present their work as a 36-minute talk at an invited DSOFT session at the APS March Meeting 2026 and have their submission highlighted in an editorial in Physical Review E and in Physics magazine. One of the video/poster winners will be used on T-shirts for the APS March Meeting 2026.
Fill out the form here to register for the competition by 5 pm EST on January 10, 2025:
Register Here
The final posters and videos are due on February 10, 2025.
We look forward to seeing your beautiful visual depictions of soft matter physics!
Sincerely,
The Gallery of Soft Matter Committee
Sujit Datta (Chair)
Evelyn Tang
Lilian Hsiao
Jack-William Barotta