Reconfigurable cell-sized compartments can act as artificial cellular models that dynamically respond to environmental stimuli, mimicking the adaptive behaviours of living cells. Here, the authors present enzymatically active liquid crystalline (LC) coacervate microdroplets as a protocell model, which undergoes differentiation into helicoidal vesicles and eventually membranous protocells containing artificial organelles.
- Liyan Jia
- Chengcheng Zhou
- Yan Qiao
