Utilizing colloidal particles for the assembly of the shell of nano-and microcapsules holds
great promise for the tailor-made design of new functional materials. Increasing research …

The design and construction of synthetic cells–human‐made microcompartments that mimic
features of living cells–have experienced a real boom in the past decade. While many efforts …

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

Recent progress in the chemical construction of colloidal objects comprising integrated
biomimetic functions is paving the way towards rudimentary forms of artificial cell-like entities …

Living cells have long been a source of inspiration for chemists. Their capacity of performing
complex tasks relies on the spatiotemporal coordination of matter and energy fluxes. Recent …

Compartmentalization is an intrinsic feature of living cells that allows spatiotemporal control
over the biochemical pathways expressed in them. Over the years, a library of …

Dynamic, dissipative reactions play important roles in biological processes, and emulating
such biological processes by artificial circuits and networks is a challenging topic in the area …

The integration of molecularly crowded microenvironments into membrane‐enclosed
protocell models represents a step towards more realistic representations of cellular …

It is often acknowledged that the search for life on Mars might produce false positive results,
particularly via the detection of objects, patterns or substances that resemble the products of …

The origin of life on Earth remains one of the biggest open questions in science. Despite
recent advances in molecular mechanism of cell biology, a large blind spot still exists …