Coacervate microdroplets incorporating J-aggregates toward photoactive membraneless protocells
Ziteng Liu, Yanglimin Ji, Wenjing Mu, Xiaodan Liu, Li Yan Huang, Tao Ding, Yan Qiao
Abstract
A photoactive membraneless protocell from cooperative coacervation of J-aggregates and polyelectrolytes via liquid–liquid phase separation offers an efficient energy transduction pathway to confine photocatalytic reactions within compartments.
Topics & Concepts
ProtocellCoacervateChemistryElectrolyteNanotechnologyBiophysicsMaterials scienceChromatographyBiologyBiochemistryElectrodePhysical chemistryMembraneLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorNanopore and Nanochannel Transport StudiesSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies