Shin‐ichiro M. Nomura
Spontaneous and driven growth of multicellular lipid compartments to millimeter size from porous polymer structures**
Nomura, Shin‐ichiro M.; Shimizu, Ryo; Archer, Richard James; Hayase, Gen; Toyota, Taro; Mayne, Richard; Adamatzky, Andrew
Authors
Ryo Shimizu
Richard James Archer
Gen Hayase
Taro Toyota
Richard Mayne
Andrew Adamatzky Andrew.Adamatzky@uwe.ac.uk
Professor
Abstract
This report describes a method to obtain multicellular shaped compartments made by lipids growing from a sponge-like porous structure. Each compartment is several tens of micrometers in diameter and separated by membranes comprised of phospholipid and amphipathic molecules. The multi-compartment structure spontaneously grew to a millimeter scale, driven by an ionic concentration difference between the interior and exterior environments of the sponge. These compartments can also easily incorporate hydrophilic species as a well as smaller materials such as liposomes. Additionally, we showed that mechanical squeezing of the sponge was also effective in producing multicellular bodies. These simple methods to obtain large-scale multicellular compartment of lipid membrane will help future designs and trials of chemical communications on artificial cells.
Citation
Nomura, S. M., Shimizu, R., Archer, R. J., Hayase, G., Toyota, T., Mayne, R., & Adamatzky, A. (2022). Spontaneous and driven growth of multicellular lipid compartments to millimeter size from porous polymer structures**. ChemSystemsChem, 4(5), https://doi.org/10.1002/syst.202200006
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 1, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 19, 2022 |
Publication Date | Sep 14, 2022 |
Deposit Date | Nov 8, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 8, 2022 |
Journal | ChemSystemsChem |
Electronic ISSN | 2570-4206 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 5 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/syst.202200006 |
Keywords | Management Science and Operations Research, Mechanical Engineering, Energy Engineering and Power Technology |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10016810 |
Publisher URL | https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/syst.202200006 |
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