Superstructural ordering in self-sorting coacervate-based protocell networks

• Published in: Nature chemistry Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 158 - 167
• Main Authors: Mu, Wenjing, Jia, Liyan, Zhou, Musen, Wu, Jianzhong, Lin, Yiyang, Mann, Stephen, Qiao, Yan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.02.2024; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/638/298/54/989; 639/638/298/923/966; Analytical Chemistry; Artificial tissues; Biochemistry; Biomolecules; Catalysis; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Chemistry/Food Science; Droplets; Enzymes; Inorganic Chemistry; Laboratories; Lipids; Macromolecules; Microscopy; Networks; Organic Chemistry; Physical Chemistry; Reconfiguration; Self-assembly; Signal transduction; Superstructures; Translocation

Bottom-up assembly of higher-order cytomimetic systems capable of coordinated physical behaviours, collective chemical signalling and spatially integrated processing is a key challenge in the study of artificial multicellularity. Here we develop an interactive binary population of coacervate microdr...