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SUBMITTER: Rosowski KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7145441 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rosowski Kathryn A KA Sai Tianqi T Vidal-Henriquez Estefania E Zwicker David D Style Robert W RW Dufresne Eric R ER
Nature physics 20200127 4
Phase separation is a central concept of materials physics [1-3] and has recently emerged as an important route to compartmentalization within living cells [4-6]. Biological phase separation features activity [7], complex compositions [8], and elasticity [9], which reveal important gaps in our understanding of this universal physical phenomenon. Here, we explore the impact of elasticity on phase separation in synthetic polymer networks. We show that compressive stresses in a polymer network can ...[more]