Exploring the physicochemical properties of coacervate droplets toward sensing, catalysis, and biomedical applications

Abstract

With the recent advancement in nanotechnology in the field of interdisciplinary nanoscience, there is a growing interest in the development of new multifunctional self-assembled artificial cells. Artificial or synthetic cell is defined as a closed entity that mimics one or more functions of natural cell and sequesters biologically active substances. To understand the various biological pathways happening inside the living system, extensive efforts have been made to fabricate and optimize the physicochemical properties of a diverse range of artificial cells such as hybrid liposomes, polymersomes, plasmonic vesicles, dendrimer nanoparticles, hydrogels, metal-organic frameworks, polymeric nanoparticles, and coacervate droplets.