Catanionic Coacervate Droplets as a Surfactant-Based Membrane-Free Protocell Model
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2017-10-23, vol. 56, n° 44, p. 13689 - 13693
Wiley-VCH Verlag
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We report on the formation of surfactant-based complex catanionic coacervate droplets in mixtures of decanoic acid and cetylpyridinium chloride or cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. We show that coacervation occurs over a ...Leer más >
We report on the formation of surfactant-based complex catanionic coacervate droplets in mixtures of decanoic acid and cetylpyridinium chloride or cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. We show that coacervation occurs over a broad range of composition, pH, and ionic strength. The catanionic coacervates consist of elongated micelles, sequester a wide range of solutes including water-soluble organic dyes, polysaccharides, proteins, enzymes, and DNA, and can be structurally stabilized by sodium alginate or gelatin-based hydrogelation. These results suggest that catanionic coacervates could be exploited as a novel surfactant-based membrane- free protocell model.< Leer menos
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Catanionics · Coacervates · Microreactors · Protein crowding · Sequestration
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