Chemical communication in spatially organized protocell colonies and protocell/living cell micro-arrays. Issue 41 (18th September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Xuejing; Tian, Liangfei; Du, Hang; Li, Mei; Mu, Wei; Drinkwater, Bruce W.; Han, Xiaojun; Mann, Stephen
• Is Part Of: Chemical science. Volume 10:Issue 41(2019)
• Page Start: 9446
• Page End: 9453
• Publication Date: 2019-09-18
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1039/c9sc04522h
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2041-6520

Abstract

Abstract : Arrays of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) with controllable geometries and occupancies are prepared by acoustic trapping and used to implement chemical signaling in protocell colonies and protocell/living cell consortia. Abstract : Micro-arrays of discrete or hemifused giant unilamellar lipid vesicles (GUVs) with controllable spatial geometries, lattice dimensions, trapped occupancies and compositions are prepared by acoustic standing wave patterning, and employed as platforms to implement chemical signaling in GUV colonies and protocell/living cell consortia. The methodology offers an alternative approach to GUV micro-array fabrication and provides new opportunities in protocell research and bottom-up synthetic biology.