Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Sequence and entropy-based control of complex coacervates

  • Li-Wei Chang,
  • Tyler K. Lytle,
  • Mithun Radhakrishna,
  • Jason J. Madinya,
  • Jon Vélez,
  • Charles E. Sing,
  • Sarah L. Perry

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01249-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Monomer sequence is an emerging tool to precisely encode information (and thus structure and function) into polymer systems. Here the authors use sequence-control in complex coacervates to understand how monomer sequence translates to physical material properties.