Artificial cell-mimicking spontaneously self-sorting immiscible coacervates for interconnected protocell networks

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-self-sorting-coacervates-high-order-protocell-networks.html

"alternating sequence of liquid crystalline coacervates and non-structured microdroplets... surface energy minimization of coacervate droplets in restraining force-field... biochemical reactions in separate compartments... host-guest complexation, photo-isomerization, salt-induced dissolution... isolate oligonucleotides from mixtures containing proteins, polysaccharides, lipids, or ATP... collective functions... signal processing, protein expression, morphological differentiation, and energy harvesting"