Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in an Elastic Network

2017/09/27 by Robert W. Style, Tianqi Sai, Nicoló Fanelli +6 · 2 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Biological system #Block Copolymer Self-Assembly #Cellular Mechanics and Interactions #Chemistry #Chromatography #Composite material #Computer science #Liquid liquid #Liquid phase #Materials science #Matrix (chemical analysis) #Microstructure #Organic chemistry #Path (computing) #Phase (matter) #Physics #Polymer #RNA Research and Splicing #Separation (statistics) #Thermodynamics #cond-mat.soft

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevx.8.011028

published as Phys. Rev. X 8, 011028 (2018) · 6 figures

arxiv created 2017/09/27 · openalex publication_date 2018/02/16 · arxiv updated 2018/02/21 · openalex created_date 2020/11/23 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

New experiments reveal how droplets grow and stabilize when liquids phase separate in a polymer matrix, opening a path to novel engineered microstructures and a better understanding of phase separation in biological systems.

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