Microdroplet Protocells: Self‐Organizing Microdroplet Protocells Displaying Light‐Driven Oscillatory and Morphological Evolution (Small 23/2021). Issue 23 (10th June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cheng, Gong; Lin, Chenyu; Perez‐Mercader, Juan
• Is Part Of: Small. Volume 17:Issue 23(2021)
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• Publication Date: 2021-06-10
• Subjects: active materials -- microdroplets -- non‐equilibrium -- oscillatory chemistry -- self‐assembly; Nanotechnology -- Periodicals; Nanoparticles -- Periodicals; Microtechnology -- Periodicals; 620.5
• DOI: 10.1002/smll.202170115
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1613-6810

Abstract

Abstract : In article number 2101162, Gong Cheng, Chenyu Lin, and Juan Perez‐Mercader demonstrate that under the influx of external energy, active microdroplet protocells sustain a range of life‐like complex nonequilibrium behaviors driven by dynamic degradation/formation of molecular building blocks. They exhibit oscillatory growth and shrinkage, and the formation of a variety of dynamic and higher‐order biomimetic microstructures.