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Phase coexistence and nucleation of aging condensates
Yicheng Qiang, Chengjie Luo, David Zwicker
Biomolecular condensates form by phase separation and often age over time by transitioning from liquid-like droplets to solid-like states. To capture the fundamental behavior of ag…
Coexistence of patterned phases in chemically active multicomponent mixtures
Chengjie Luo, Yicheng Qiang, Guido L. A. Kusters +1
Chemically active mixtures exhibit complex patterns that emerge from the interplay of physical interactions and reactions among components. Individually, these two processes are we…
Roadmap for Condensates in Cell Biology
Dilimulati Aierken, Sebastian Aland, Stefano Bo +38
Biomolecular condensates govern essential cellular processes yet elude description by traditional equilibrium models. This roadmap, distilled from structured discussions at a works…
Molecular simulations of phase separation in elastic polymer networks
Takahiro Yokoyama, Yicheng Qiang, David Zwicker +1
Phase separation within polymer networks plays a central role in shaping the structure and mechanics of both synthetic materials and living cells, including the formation of biomol…
Phase separation with non-local interactions
Filipe C. Thewes, Yicheng Qiang, Oliver W. Paulin +1
Phase separation in complex systems is a ubiquitous phenomenon. While simple theories predict coarsening until only macroscopically large phases remain, concrete models often exhib…
Advection selects pattern in multistable emulsions of active droplets
Stefan Köstler, Yicheng Qiang, Guido Kusters +1
Controlling the size of droplets, for example in biological cells, is challenging because large droplets typically outcompete smaller droplets due to surface tension. This coarseni…
Dynamics of phase separation in non-local elastic networks
Oliver W. Paulin, Yicheng Qiang, David Zwicker
Phase separation of a liquid mixture embedded within an elastic network is relevant to a wide range of natural and industrial systems, including biomolecular condensates interactin…
Self-propulsion via non-transitive phase coexistence in chemically active mixtures
Yicheng Qiang, Chengjie Luo, David Zwicker
Phase separation drives the formation of biomolecular condensates in cells, which comprise many components and sometimes possess multiple phases. The equilibrium physics of phase s…
Condensate Size Control by Net Charge
Chengjie Luo, Nathaniel Hess, Dilimulati Aierken +3
Biomolecular condensates are complex droplets comprising diverse molecules that interact using various mechanisms. Condensation is often driven by short-ranged attraction, but net…
Generic multicomponent mixtures are multistable
Yicheng Qiang, Chengjie Luo, David Zwicker
Liquid mixtures of many interacting components often exhibit numerous coexisting types of droplets. An exciting example is the cytosol of biological cells, where diverse droplets,…
Beyond Pairwise: Higher-order physical interactions affect phase separation in multi-component liquids
Chengjie Luo, Yicheng Qiang, David Zwicker
Phase separation, crucial for spatially segregating biomolecules in cells, is well-understood in the simple case of a few components with pairwise interactions. Yet, biological cel…