Peptides have been extensively utilized to construct nanomaterials that display targeted
structure through hierarchical assembly. The self-assembly of both rationally designed …

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 …

Microencapsulation by complex coacervation using proteins and polysaccharides has
attracted much attention due to high payload, high encapsulation efficiency, high thermal …

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 …

When mixed, solutions of positive and negative polyelectrolytes may spontaneously phase-
separate into blended, hydrated complexes or coacervates (PECs). Charge-pairing …

Hybrid polyionic complexes (HPICs), constructed from double-hydrophilic block copolymers
and metal ions, have been largely developed with increasing interest in the past decade in …

Coacervation is a liquid-liquid phase separation phenomenon. It involves the formation of a
dense coacervate phase, rich in concentrated materials, and a co-existing immiscible dilute …

Uniformly charged polyelectrolyte molecules disperse uniformly in aqueous electrolyte
solutions, due to electrostatic repulsion between them. In stark contrast to this well …

Сomplexation of oligochitosan (OCHI) having the degree of acetylation (DA 26%) with
sodium caseinate (SC) at pH 5.8 and 7.2 is described and compared with the complexation …

Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) and liquid crystalline (LC) ordering are ubiquitous
phenomena in nature, in a variety of biomolecular solutions. Here, we review instances in …