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Kim KE, Balaj RV, Zarzar LD. Chemical Programming of Solubilizing, Nonequilibrium Active Droplets. Acc Chem Res 2024; 57:2372-2382. [PMID: 39116001 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.4c00299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
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ConspectusThe multifunctionality and resilience of living systems has inspired an explosion of interest in creating materials with life-like properties. Just as life persists out-of-equilibrium, we too should try to design materials that are thermodynamically unstable but can be harnessed to achieve desirable, adaptive behaviors. Studying minimalistic chemical systems that exhibit relatively simple emergent behaviors, such as motility, communication, or self-organization, can provide insight into fundamental principles which may enable the design of more complex and life-like synthetic materials in the future.Emulsions, which are composed of liquid droplets dispersed in another immiscible fluid phase, have emerged as fascinating chemically minimal materials in which to study nonequilibrium, life-like properties. As covered in this Account, our group has focused on studying oil-in-water emulsions, specifically those which destabilize by solubilization, a process wherein oil is released into the continuous phase over time to create gradients of oil-filled micelles. These chemical gradients can create interfacial tension gradients that lead to droplet self-propulsion as well as mediate communication between neighboring oil droplets. As such, oil-in-water emulsions present an interesting platform for studying active matter. However, despite being chemically minimal with sometimes as few as three chemicals (oil, water, and a surfactant), emulsions present surprising complexity across the molecular to macroscale. Fundamental processes governing their active behavior, such as micelle-mediated interfacial transport, are still not well understood. This complexity is compounded by the challenges of studying systems out-of-equilibrium which typically require new analytical methods and may break our intuition derived from equilibrium thermodynamics.In this Account, we highlight our group's efforts toward developing chemical frameworks for understanding active and interactive oil-in-water emulsions. How do the chemical properties and physical spatial organization of the oil, water, and surfactant combine to yield colloidal-scale active properties? Our group tackles this question by employing systematic studies of active behavior working across the chemical space of oils and surfactants to link molecular structure to active behavior. The Account begins with an introduction to the self-propulsion of single, isolated droplets and how by applying biases, such as with a gravitational field or interfacially adsorbed particles, drop speeds can be manipulated. Next, we illustrate that some droplets can be attractive, as well as self-propulsive/repulsive, which does not fall in line with the current understanding of the impact of oil-filled micelle gradients on interfacial tensions. The mechanisms by which oil-filled micelles influence interfacial tensions of nonequilibrium interfaces is poorly understood and requires deeper molecular understanding. Regardless, we extend our knowledge of droplet motility to design emulsions with nonreciprocal predator-prey interactions and describe the dynamic self-organization that arises from the combination of reciprocal and nonreciprocal interactions between droplets. Finally, we highlight our group's progress toward answering key chemical questions surrounding nonequilibrium processes in emulsions that remain to be answered. We hope that our progress in understanding the chemical principles governing the dynamic nonequilibrium properties of oil-in-water droplets can help inform research in tangential research areas such as cell biology and origins of life.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kueyoung E Kim
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16082, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16082, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16082, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16082, United States
- Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16082, United States
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Albers T, Delnoij S, Schramma N, Jalaal M. Billiards with Spatial Memory. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:157101. [PMID: 38682997 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.157101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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Many classes of active matter develop spatial memory by encoding information in space. We present a framework based on mathematical billiards, wherein particles remember their past trajectories. Despite its deterministic rules, such a system is strongly nonergodic and exhibits intermittent statistics and complex pattern formation. We show how these features emerge from the dynamic change of topology. Our work illustrates how the dynamics of a single-body system can dramatically change with spatial memory, laying the groundwork to further explore systems with complex memory kernels.
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- Thijs Albers
- Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Lee MS, Hussein HR, Chang SW, Chang CY, Lin YY, Chien Y, Yang YP, Kiew LV, Chen CY, Chiou SH, Chang CC. Nature-Inspired Surface Structures Design for Antimicrobial Applications. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:1348. [PMID: 36674860 PMCID: PMC9865960 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Surface contamination by microorganisms such as viruses and bacteria may simultaneously aggravate the biofouling of surfaces and infection of wounds and promote cross-species transmission and the rapid evolution of microbes in emerging diseases. In addition, natural surface structures with unique anti-biofouling properties may be used as guide templates for the development of functional antimicrobial surfaces. Further, these structure-related antimicrobial surfaces can be categorized into microbicidal and anti-biofouling surfaces. This review introduces the recent advances in the development of microbicidal and anti-biofouling surfaces inspired by natural structures and discusses the related antimicrobial mechanisms, surface topography design, material application, manufacturing techniques, and antimicrobial efficiencies.
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Grants
- 110VACS-003 Establishment of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy Platform of Veterans General Hospital system
- 110VACS-007 Establishment of epidemic prevention and research platform in the veterans medical system for the control of emerging infectious diseases
- MOHW108-TDU-B-211-133001 Ministry of Health and Welfare
- MOHW109-TDU-B-211-114001 Ministry of Health and Welfare
- VN109-16 VGH, NTUH Joint Research Program
- VTA107-V1-5-1 VGH, TSGH, NDMC, AS Joint Research Program
- VTA108-V1-5-3 VGH, TSGH, NDMC, AS Joint Research Program
- VTA109-V1-4-1 VGH, TSGH, NDMC, AS Joint Research Program
- IBMS-CRC109-P04 AS Clinical Research Center
- NSTC 111-2321-B-A49-007 National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan
- NSTC 111-2112-M-A49-025 National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan
- MOST 108-2320-B-010-019-MY3 National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan
- MOST 109-2327-B-010-007 National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan
- MOST 109-2327-B-016-002 National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan
- NSTC 111-2927-I-A49-004 National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan
- IIRG003B-19FNW Universiti Malaya and the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
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Affiliation(s)
- Meng-Shiue Lee
- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112201, Taiwan
- Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300193, Taiwan
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch 71524, Egypt
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences & Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan City 320317, Taiwan
- Department of French Language and Literature, National Central University, Taoyuan City 320317, Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300193, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112201, Taiwan
- Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112201, Taiwan
- Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112201, Taiwan
- Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300193, Taiwan
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences & Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan City 320317, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112201, Taiwan
- Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112304, Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300193, Taiwan
- Department of Electrophysics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300093, Taiwan
- Center for Intelligent Drug Systems and Smart Bio-devices (IDS2 B), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300193, Taiwan
- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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Casiulis M, Tarzia M, Cugliandolo LF, Dauchot O. Velocity and Speed Correlations in Hamiltonian Flocks. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:198001. [PMID: 32469593 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.198001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We study a 2D Hamiltonian fluid made of particles carrying spins coupled to their velocities. At low temperatures and intermediate densities, this conservative system exhibits phase coexistence between a collectively moving droplet and a still gas. The particle displacements within the droplet have remarkably similar correlations to those of birds flocks. The center of mass behaves as an effective self-propelled particle, driven by the droplet's total magnetization. The conservation of a generalized angular momentum leads to rigid rotations, opposite to the fluctuations of the magnetization orientation that, however small, are responsible for the shape and scaling of the correlations.
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- Mathias Casiulis
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7600, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de la Matire Condensée, LPTMC, 4 place Jussieu, Couloir 12-13, 5me étage, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7600, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de la Matire Condensée, LPTMC, 4 place Jussieu, Couloir 12-13, 5me étage, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, 1 rue Descartes, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Institut Universitaire de France, 1 rue Descartes, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7589, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies, LPTHE, 4 place Jussieu, Couloir 13-14, 5me étage, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Gulliver Lab, UMR CNRS 7083, PSL Research University, ESPCI Paris 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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Affiliation(s)
- Olivier Dauchot
- Laboratoire Gulliver, UMR 7083, ESPCI, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik II: Weiche Materie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstrasse 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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