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Physical Mechanism of Vacuole Formation in Liquid Droplets
Pranay Jaiswal, Ivar S. Haugerud, William Verstraeten +3
The paper explains how empty cavities (vacuoles) can appear inside liquid droplets through a local spinodal instability, and provides a non‑equilibrium thermodynamic framework to p…
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…
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…
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 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…