ReviewInterface focus2016
Droplet-based microfluidics for artificial cell generation: a brief review.
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30 citing papers in PubMed.
- A Facile Platform for One-Step Generation of Uniform Microdroplets through Dehydration-Driven Phase Separation in Microfluidics.Small methods · 2026Article
- Construction of complex bacteriogenic protocells from living material assembly.Nature protocols · 2025Review
- Biomimetic Materials to Fabricate Artificial Cells.Chemical reviews · 2024Review
- Benefits and challenges of reconstituting the actin cortex.Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2024Review
- A Chemical Reaction Network Drives Complex Population Dynamics in Oscillating Self-Reproducing Vesicles.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2024Article
- Charge controlled interactions between DNA-modified silica nanoparticles and fluorosurfactants in microfluidic water-in-oil droplets.Nanoscale advances · 2023Article
- Homogeneous, heterogeneous, and enzyme catalysis in microfluidics droplets.Smart molecules : open access · 2023Review
- Actinosomes: Condensate-Templated Containers for Engineering Synthetic Cells.ACS synthetic biology · 2022Article
- Vesicle-based artificial cells: materials, construction methods and applications.Materials horizons · 2022Review
- Pico-washing: simultaneous liquid addition and removal for continuous-flow washing of microdroplets.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2022Article
- Advances in single-cell sequencing and its application to musculoskeletal system research.Cell proliferation · 2022Review
- A Microfluidic Platform for Sequential Assembly and Separation of Synthetic Cell Models.ACS synthetic biology · 2021Article
- Modularize and Unite: Toward Creating a Functional Artificial Cell.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2021Review
- Programmed spatial organization of biomacromolecules into discrete, coacervate-based protocells.Nature communications · 2020Article
- Engineering liver microtissues for disease modeling and regenerative medicine.Advanced functional materials · 2020Article
- Integration of Horizontal and Vertical Microfluidic Modules for Core-Shell Droplet Generation and Chemical Application.Micromachines · 2019Article
- Building Dynamic Cellular Machineries in Droplet-Based Artificial Cells with Single-Droplet Tracking and Analysis.Analytical chemistry · 2019Article
- An acoustofluidic platform for non-contact trapping of cell-laden hydrogel droplets compatible with optical microscopy.Biomicrofluidics · 2019Article
- Microfluidics for Artificial Life: Techniques for Bottom-Up Synthetic Biology.Micromachines · 2019Review
- Creation of Artificial Cell-Like Structures Promoted by Microfluidics Technologies.Micromachines · 2019Review
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Abstract
Artificial cells are best defined as micrometre-sized structures able to mimic many of the morphological and functional characteristics of a living cell. In this mini-review, we describe progress in the application of droplet-based microfluidics for the generation of artificial cells and protocells.
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