Engineering motile aqueous phase-separated droplets via liposome stabilisation

Shaobin Zhang; Claudia Contini; James W. Hindley; Guido Bolognesi; Yuval Elani; Oscar Ces

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21832-x

Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Engineering motile aqueous phase-separated droplets via liposome stabilisation

Shaobin Zhang,
Claudia Contini,
James W. Hindley,
Guido Bolognesi,
Yuval Elani,
Oscar Ces

Affiliations

Shaobin Zhang: Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, 82 Wood Lane
Claudia Contini: Department of Chemical Engineering, Exhibition Road, Imperial College London
James W. Hindley: Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, 82 Wood Lane
Guido Bolognesi: Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University
Yuval Elani: Department of Chemical Engineering, Exhibition Road, Imperial College London
Oscar Ces: Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, 82 Wood Lane

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21832-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Bio-mimetic motion has been hard to achieve due to a lack of biocompatible conditions. Here, the authors report the creation of a liposome-stabilised aqueous PEG/dextran Pickering-like emulsion system with motion induced by the Marangoni effect and characterised by negative chemotaxis.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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