Spontaneous emulsification and self-propulsion of oil droplets induced by the synthesis of amino acid-based surfactants
Spontaneous emulsification and self-propulsion of oil droplets induced by the synthesis of amino acid-based surfactants
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氨基酸基表面活性剂合成诱导油滴的自发乳化和自推进
DOI：
10.1039/c7sm01117b
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发表时间：
2017
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影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Amimoto Tomoko
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作者：
Nagasaka Yuriko;Tanaka Shinpei;Nehira Tatsuo;Amimoto Tomoko
众所周知，水中或水面上的油滴表现出由表面活性剂诱导的自发运动，并且这种自推进被认为是基于液滴的活细胞模型中的重要因素。我们在这里报告一个油滴系统自发产生的氨基酸为基础的表面活性剂，然后利用液滴的自推进。因此，这个系统是一个主动系统，能够产生燃料的推进本身，这可以用作细胞代谢的概念模型。
It is well known that oil droplets in or on water exhibit spontaneous movement induced by surfactants, and this self-propulsion is regarded as an important factor in droplet-based models for a living cell. We report here an oil-droplet system spontaneously producing amino acid-based surfactants, which are then utilized for the droplets' self-propulsion. Thus this system is an active system capable of producing the fuel for the propulsion by itself, which can be used as a conceptual model for cell metabolism.