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Physical Mechanism of Vacuole Formation in Liquid Droplets
Pranay Jaiswal, Ivar S. Haugerud, William Verstraeten +3
Vacuoles have been observed in liquid droplets across variety of experimental systems, ranging from biomolecular condensates composed of proteins and RNA, to synthetic coacervates…
Kinetic theory of emulsions with matter supply
Jacqueline Janssen, Frank Jülicher, Christoph A. Weber
In this work, we propose a theory for the kinetics of emulsions in which a continuous supply of matter feeds droplet growth. We consider cases where growth is either limited by bul…
Dynamic principles of concentration buffering through liquid-liquid phase separation
Logan de Monchaux-Irons, T-Y Dora Tang, Christoph A. Weber +1
Living systems must maintain robust biochemical function despite fluctuations that span a wide range of timescales. Biomolecular condensates formed by liquid-liquid phase separatio…
Excitability and oscillations of active droplets
Ivar S. Haugerud, Hidde D. Vuijk, Job Boekhoven +1
In living cells, cycles of formation and dissolution of liquid droplets can mediate biological functions such as DNA repair. However, the minimal physicochemical prerequisite for s…
Theory of Reversed Ripening in Active Phase Separating Systems
Jonathan Bauermann, Giacomo Bartolucci, Christoph A. Weber +1
The ripening dynamics in passive systems is governed by the theory of Lifshitz-Slyozov-Wagner (LSW). Here, we present an analog theory for reversed ripening in active systems. To d…
Theory for sequence selection via phase separation and oligomerization
Ivar S. Haugerud, Giacomo Bartolucci, Dieter Braun +1
Non-equilibrium selection pressures were proposed for the formation of oligonucleotides with rich functionalities encoded in their sequences, such as catalysis. Since phase separat…
Critical transition between intensive and extensive active droplets
Jonathan Bauermann, Giacomo Bartolucci, Job Boekhoven +2
Emulsions ripen with an average droplet size increasing in time. In chemically active emulsions, coarsening can be absent, leading to a non-equilibrium steady state with mono-dispe…
Chemical Reactions regulated by Phase-Separated Condensates
Sudarshana Laha, Jonathan Bauermann, Frank Jülicher +2
Phase-separated liquid condensates can spatially organize and thereby regulate chemical processes. However, the physicochemical mechanisms underlying such regulation remain elusive…
Theory of Wetting Dynamics with Surface Binding
Xueping Zhao, Susanne Liese, Alf Honigmann +2
Biomolecules, such as proteins and RNAs, can phase separate in the cytoplasm of cells to form biomolecular condensates. Such condensates are liquid-like droplets that can wet biolo…
Chemically Active Wetting
Susanne Liese, Xueping Zhao, Christoph A. Weber +1
Wetting of liquid droplets on passive surfaces is ubiquitous in our daily lives, and the governing physical laws are well-understood. When surfaces become active, however, the gove…
A simulation method for the wetting dynamics of liquid droplets on deformable membranes
Marcel Mokbel, Dominic Mokbel, Susanne Liese +2
Biological cells utilize membranes and liquid-like droplets, known as biomolecular condensates, to structure their interior. The interaction of droplets and membranes, despite bein…
Charge separation at liquid interfaces
Arghya Majee, Christoph A. Weber, Frank Jülicher
We present a theory for phase-separated liquid coacervates with salt, taking into account spatial heterogeneities and interfacial profiles. We find that charged layers of alternati…