Sequential bottom-up assembly of mechanically stabilized synthetic cells by microfluidics

Nature Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 89-95

  Weiss, Marian ^a,b   Frohnmayer, Johannes Patrick ^a,b   Benk, Lucia Theresa ^a,b   Haller, Barbara ^a,b   Janiesch, Jan Willi ^a,b   Heitkamp, Thomas ^c   Börsch, Michael ^c   Lira, Rafael B ^d   Dimova, Rumiana ^d   Lipowsky, Reinhard ^d   Bodenschatz, Eberhard ^e   Baret, Jean Christophe ^e,f   Vidakovic Koch, Tanja ^g   Sundmacher, Kai ^g,h   Platzman, Ilia ^a,b   Spatz, Joachim P ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^h OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; DROPS; LIPOSOMES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

CELLULAR COMPARTMENTS; CONTROLLED ASSEMBLY; ENHANCED STABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; GIANT UNILAMELLAR VESICLES; INJECTION TECHNOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC METHOD; SEQUENTIAL LOADING;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 85038575288     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NMAT5005     Document Type: Article

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