Droplet-based microfluidic systems generate, manipulate and control sub-microlitre droplets
enclosed within an immiscible carrier fluid. Owing to a number of remarkable features, such …

The bottom-up assembly of biological and chemical components opens exciting
opportunities to engineer artificial vesicular systems for applications with previously unmet …

Cells are integral to all forms of life due to their compartmentalization by the plasma
membrane. However, living organisms are immensely complex. Thus there is a need for …

The cytoskeleton is an essential component of a cell. It controls the cell shape, establishes
the internal organization, and performs vital biological functions. Building synthetic …

Advancing the spontaneous bottom-up construction of artificial cells with high organizational
complexity and diverse functionality remains an unresolved issue at the interface between …

Droplet microfluidics offers exquisite control over the flows of multiple fluids in microscale,
enabling fabrication of advanced microparticles with precisely tunable structures and …

Nature integrates complex biosynthetic and energy-converting tasks within compartments
such as chloroplasts and mitochondria. Chloroplasts convert light into chemical energy …

Colloidal carbon sphere nanoreactors have been explored extensively as a class of
versatile materials for various applications in energy storage, electrochemical conversion …

The origin of life is still one of humankind's great mysteries. At the transition between
nonliving and living matter, protocells, initially featureless aggregates of abiotic matter, gain …

Prominent within this technology set are droplet-based microfluidic systems, 3 in which
passive microfluidic structures are used to rapidly generate and manipulate subnanoliter …