ArticleNature communications2025
Network-forming phase separation of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes forming coacervates in a solvent.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Functionalized Coacervates for Cancer Therapy: Advances and Prospects in Phase-Separation-Based Intelligent Drug Delivery.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026Review
- Anomalous Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation Dynamics in Polymerization-Driven Complex Coacervation.ACS macro letters · 2026Article
- Entropic Charge Separation as a General Mechanism Arresting Nanoscale Condensate Coarsening.Physical review letters · 2026Article
- A Polyelectrolyte Complexation Strategy Enabling Tough and Absorbent Chitosan-Based Xerogels via Simple Atmospheric Drying.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Mixing protocols determine liquid-liquid phase separation dynamics in polyelectrolyte complex coacervation.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Cooperation and Competition of Base Pairing and Electrostatic Interactions in Mixtures of DNA Nanostars and Polylysine.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Article
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Abstract
The formation of coacervates through phase separation of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes (PEs) is critical for understanding biological condensates and developing responsive materials. Traditionally, coacervates are viewed as spherical droplets with growth dynamics resembling liquid-liquid phase separation. However, our fluid particle dynamics simulations incorporating hydrodynamic and electrostatic interactions challenge this perspective. Here, we find that oppositely charged PEs form a percolated network even in semi-dilute solutions, coarsening with a unique growth law, ℓ ∝ t
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