Artificial cells are constructed to imitate natural cells and allow researchers to explore
biological process and the origin of life. The construction methods for artificial cells, through …

Coacervates are condensed liquid-like droplets, usually formed with oppositely charged
polymeric molecules. They have been studied extensively in colloid and interface science …

The origin of life is still one of humankind's great mysteries. At the transition between
nonliving and living matter, protocells, initially featureless aggregates of abiotic matter, gain …

As the basic unit of life, cells are compartmentalized microreactors with molecularly crowded
microenvironments. The quest to understand the cell origin inspires the design of synthetic …

Prominent within this technology set are droplet-based microfluidic systems, 3 in which
passive microfluidic structures are used to rapidly generate and manipulate subnanoliter …

The design and construction of synthetic therapeutic protocells capable of establishing
cognate chemical communication channels with living cells is an important challenge for …

Recent studies have shown that the interactions between condensates and biological
membranes are of functional importance. Here, we study how the interaction between …

Although giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) have been extensively studied as synthetic cell-
like microcompartments, their applicability as cytomimetic models is severely compromised …

Membraneless compartments, such as complex coacervates, have been hypothesized as
plausible prebiotic micro-compartments due to their ability to sequester RNA; however, their …

Over the past two decades, advances in droplet-based microfluidics have facilitated new
approaches to process and analyze samples with unprecedented levels of precision and …