Fundamental fluid dynamics challenges in inkjet printing

D Lohse - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Inkjet printing is the most widespread technological application of microfluidics. It is
characterized by its high drop productivity, small volumes, and extreme reproducibility. This …

Capillary forces generated by biomolecular condensates

B Gouveia, Y Kim, JW Shaevitz, S Petry, HA Stone… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Liquid–liquid phase separation and related phase transitions have emerged as generic
mechanisms in living cells for the formation of membraneless compartments or biomolecular …

The nucleolus as a multiphase liquid condensate

DLJ Lafontaine, JA Riback, R Bascetin… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2021 - nature.com
The nucleolus is the most prominent nuclear body and serves a fundamentally important
biological role as a site of ribonucleoprotein particle assembly, primarily dedicated to …

Tunable multiphase dynamics of arginine and lysine liquid condensates

RS Fisher, S Elbaum-Garfinkle - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Liquid phase separation into two or more coexisting phases has emerged as a new
paradigm for understanding subcellular organization, prebiotic life, and the origins of …

Probing and engineering liquid-phase organelles

D Bracha, MT Walls, CP Brangwynne - Nature biotechnology, 2019 - nature.com
Cells compartmentalize their intracellular environment to orchestrate countless
simultaneous biochemical processes. Many intracellular tasks rely on membrane-less …

Coalescence dynamics

J Eggers, JE Sprittles, JH Snoeijer - Annual Review of Fluid …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The merging of two fluid drops is one of the fundamental topological transitions occurring in
free surface flow. Its description has many applications, for example, in the chemical industry …

Formation of chromatin subcompartments by phase separation

F Erdel, K Rippe - Biophysical journal, 2018 - cell.com
Chromatin is partitioned on multiple length scales into subcompartments that differ from
each other with respect to their molecular composition and biological function. It is a key …

[HTML][HTML] Local nucleation of microtubule bundles through tubulin concentration into a condensed tau phase

A Hernández-Vega, M Braun, L Scharrel, M Jahnel… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Non-centrosomal microtubule bundles play important roles in cellular organization and
function. Although many diverse proteins are known that can bundle microtubules …

Active liquid-like behavior of nucleoli determines their size and shape in Xenopus laevis oocytes

CP Brangwynne, TJ Mitchison… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
For most intracellular structures with larger than molecular dimensions, little is known about
the connection between underlying molecular activities and higher order organization such …

Matter over mind: Liquid phase separation and neurodegeneration

S Elbaum-Garfinkle - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
Phase separation of biomolecules leading to the formation of assemblies with distinct
material properties has recently emerged as a new paradigm underlying subcellular …