TY - JOUR
T1 - Locomotion and transformation of underwater micrometer-sized molecular aggregates under chemical stimuli
AU - Toyota, Taro
AU - Banno, Taisuke
AU - Castro, Juan M.
AU - Imai, Masayuki
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgment We thank KAKENHI (“Fluctuation and Structure”, No. 25103009 to T.T. and M.I., No. 16K16741 to J.M.C., and No. 16K17504 to T.B.). We also thank Ms. Ayaka Araki for the figure drawings.
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©2017 The Physical Society of Japan.
PY - 2017/10/15
Y1 - 2017/10/15
N2 - In this review paper, we introduce the mobility and transformation of micrometer-sized molecular aggregates (i.e., oil droplets, liquid crystalline droplets and tubes, and giant vesicles) in water under chemical stimuli. These molecular aggregates comprising lipophilic and=or amphiphilic molecules have drawn much attention as plausible prebiotic cellular structures and dynamic microreactors related to the origins of life. Here, we highlight recent advances and issues concerning the construction of such systems and discuss the implications of these findings to our understanding of protocellular systems.
AB - In this review paper, we introduce the mobility and transformation of micrometer-sized molecular aggregates (i.e., oil droplets, liquid crystalline droplets and tubes, and giant vesicles) in water under chemical stimuli. These molecular aggregates comprising lipophilic and=or amphiphilic molecules have drawn much attention as plausible prebiotic cellular structures and dynamic microreactors related to the origins of life. Here, we highlight recent advances and issues concerning the construction of such systems and discuss the implications of these findings to our understanding of protocellular systems.
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U2 - 10.7566/JPSJ.86.101006
DO - 10.7566/JPSJ.86.101006
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85031037452
SN - 0031-9015
VL - 86
JO - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
JF - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
IS - 10
M1 - 101006
ER -