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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2022

Evolution and Single-Droplet Analysis of Fuel-Driven Compartments by Droplet-Based Microfluidics.

Alexander M Bergmann, Carsten Donau, Fabian Späth, Kevin Jahnke, Kerstin Göpfrich, Job Boekhoven

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Design of Fuel-Dependent, Complex-Coacervate-Based Synthetic Cells.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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  6. Chemically Fueled Supramolecular Materials.Accounts of materials research · 2023
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  7. Complex Coacervate Materials as Artificial Cells.Accounts of materials research · 2023
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  8. Phase Transitions in Chemically Fueled, Multiphase Complex Coacervate Droplets.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2022
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6 authors.

Alexander M BergmannDepartment of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching, Germany.
Carsten DonauDepartment of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching, Germany.
Fabian SpäthDepartment of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching, Germany.
Kevin JahnkeBiophysical Engineering Group, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstraße 29, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Kerstin GöpfrichBiophysical Engineering Group, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstraße 29, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Job BoekhovenDepartment of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9126-2430

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Active droplets are a great model for membraneless organelles. However, the analysis of these systems remains challenging and is often limited due to the short timescales of their kinetics. We used droplet-based microfluidics to encapsulate a fuel-driven cycle that drives phase separation into coacervate-based droplets to overcome this challenge. This approach enables the analysis of every coacervate-based droplet in the reaction container throughout its lifetime. We discovered that the fuel concentration dictates the formation of the coacervate-based droplets and their properties. We observed that coacervate-based droplets grow through fusion, decay simultaneously independent of their volume, and shrinkage rate scales with their initial volume. This method helps to further understand the regulation of membraneless organelles, and we believe the analysis of individual coacervate-based droplets enables future selection- or evolution-based studies.

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MicrofluidicsKineticsArtificial OrganellesDroplet-Based MicrofluidicsNonequilibrium ProcessesPhase Transitions

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PMID35657164
PMCPMC9400878

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