Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Pulse-density modulation control of chemical oscillation far from equilibrium in a droplet open-reactor system

  • Haruka Sugiura,
  • Manami Ito,
  • Tomoya Okuaki,
  • Yoshihito Mori,
  • Hiroyuki Kitahata,
  • Masahiro Takinoue

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10212
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Biological systems typically operate at conditions far from chemical equilibrium. Here, the authors model and develop a microfluidic reactor allowing control over time-variable supply and dissipation of chemicals by droplet fusion and fission, allowing non-equilibrium chemical reactions to be regulated.