Fig. 3: Fibre-mediated uptake of external molecules and droplet coalescence.
a Schematic showing fibre-forming autocatalytic reaction in a w/o emulsion triggering the uptake of external dyes. Note that Span 80 has not been drawn for clarity. b Schematic showing dye-mediated coalescence of adjacent droplets induced by confined fibrillation. c Relative coalescence of droplets undergoing fusion in the presence of external dyes (n ≥ 65, see Supplementary Fig. 10). These values are calculated as the relative increase (%) in average droplet diameter after the addition of T8 (see Supporting Information). d Fluorescence micrographs showing coalescence of adjacent droplets in the presence of different external dyes (see structures on the right). Contoured droplets are representative positive/negative coalescence examples. Scale bars = 80 µm. All experiments contain ThT at 5 µM.
