Issue 50, 2016

Transformation of oil droplets into giant vesicles

Abstract

We propose a protocell model in which compartments are constructed via a new process involving the formation of robust vesicles using an autocatalytic, self-reproducing oil droplet system as a ‘scaffold’.

Graphical abstract: Transformation of oil droplets into giant vesicles

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Mar 2016
Accepted
26 Apr 2016
First published
26 Apr 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 7786-7789

Transformation of oil droplets into giant vesicles

L. Sheng and K. Kurihara, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 7786 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC01867J

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