Fig. 4: Fission of coacervates induced by interfacial forces and fluxes caused by water precipitation. | Nature Chemistry

Fig. 4: Fission of coacervates induced by interfacial forces and fluxes caused by water precipitation.

From: Non-equilibrium conditions inside rock pores drive fission, maintenance and selection of coacervate protocells

Fig. 4

a, Fission of a coacervate droplet into two smaller droplets, induced by interfacial forces at the gas–liquid interface. The initial droplet (yellow arrow) is slowly stretched (over a time frame of minutes) at the interface until it divides into two smaller droplets. b, Rehydration of coacervates stuck to the surface can induce fission by fragmentation, due to the perturbative fluxes caused by precipitating water. It induces a fast mixing of the dry polymers that eventually fragment.

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