Sculpting and fusing biomimetic vesicle networks using optical tweezers

oleh: Guido Bolognesi, Mark S. Friddin, Ali Salehi-Reyhani, Nathan E. Barlow, Nicholas J. Brooks, Oscar Ces, Yuval Elani

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-05-01

Deskripsi

Assembly of higher-order artificial vesicles can unlock new applications. Here, the authors use optical tweezers to construct user-defined 2D and 3D architectures of chemically distinct vesicles and demonstrate inter-vesicle communication and light-enabled compartment merging.