Non-equilibrium behaviour in coacervate-based protocells under electric-field-induced excitation

Synthetic cells are designed to mimic basic life processes, but it is challenging to prepare cells that can persist and operate at non-equilibrium conditions. Here, Yin et al.show complex dynamical behaviors of protocells made by exposing polylysine and single-stranded DNA droplets to an electric fi...

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Main Authors: Yudan Yin, Lin Niu, Xiaocui Zhu, Meiping Zhao, Zexin Zhang, Stephen Mann, Dehai Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10658