The study of the origin of life and current undergoing efforts to produce artificial chemical
systems mimicking the behavior of natural living systems have emerged as a hot topic at the …

Artificial cells are biomimetic microstructures that mimic functions of natural cells, can be
applied as building blocks for molecular systems engineering, and host synthetic biology …

Artificial organelles created from a bottom up approach are a new type of engineered
materials, which are not designed to be living but, instead, to mimic some specific functions …

Living cells are compartmentalized systems operating far from thermodynamic equilibrium
and consume energy from the environment to carry out their functions. The construction of …

As the foundation of life, a cell is generally considered an advanced microreactor with a
complicated structure and function. Undeniably, this fascinating complexity motivates …

In this study, we developed two different very sensitive magnetite fluorescent Fe 3 O 4@ SiO
2-TPED-BODIPY and Fe 3 O 4@ SiO 2-TMPTA-BODIPY nano-sensors for the selective …

In this study, in order to remove of toxic Cr (VI) metal ions from aqueous solutions, three
SPION@ SiO2-N1-BODIPY, SPION@ SiO2-N2-BODIPY and SPION@ SiO2-N3-BODIPY …

As a toy model, we envision the origin of life as occurring at thermodynamic equilibrium via a
large number of small systems, at least one of which reaches the threshold for life. The …

Bio‐inspired functional microcapsules have attracted increasing attention in many fields
from physical/chemical science to artificial‐cell engineering. Although particle‐stabilised …

Self-assembly of biomimetic vesicles has broad impacts in the development of functional
materials and applications to a variety of fields. Although promising, facile construction of …