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@article{Wurtz:2018:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.078102,
author = {Wurtz, JD and Lee, C},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.078102},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
pages = {1--5},
title = {Chemical reaction-controlled phase separated drops: Formation, size selection, and coarsening},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.078102},
volume = {120},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Phase separation under nonequilibrium conditions is exploited by biological cells to organize their cytoplasm but remains poorly understood as a physical phenomenon. Here, we study a ternary fluid model in which phase-separating molecules can be converted into soluble molecules, and vice versa, via chemical reactions. We elucidate using analytical and simulation methods how drop size, formation, and coarsening can be controlled by the chemical reaction rates, and categorize the qualitative behavior of the system into distinct regimes. Ostwald ripening arrest occurs above critical reaction rates, demonstrating that this transition belongs entirely to the nonequilibrium regime. Our model is a minimal representation of the cell cytoplasm.
AU  - Wurtz,JD
AU  - Lee,C
DO  - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.078102
EP  - 5
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 0031-9007
SP  - 1
TI  - Chemical reaction-controlled phase separated drops: Formation, size selection, and coarsening
T2  - Physical Review Letters
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.078102
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000424968400009&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.078102
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/56286
VL  - 120
ER  -
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