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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Model of protocell compartments – dodecyl hydrogen sulfate vesicles†

Bin Liu,a   Meihua Gao,a   Haiping Li, ORCID logo b   Jianqiang Liu,c   Shiling Yuan,a   Na Du ORCID logo *a  and  Wanguo Hou ORCID logo ab  

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a Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
E-mail: duna@sdu.cn

b National Engineering Technology Research Center for Colloidal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China

c School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China

Abstract

Dodecyl hydrogen sulfate (DHS), a simple single-alkyl sulfonic acid, can form vesicles spontaneously in water without any additives close to its apparent pKa. Interestingly, DHS vesicles show typical characteristics of primitive cell membranes in respect of selective permeability, fast exchange, self-reproduction and stability under primordial environments.

Graphical abstract: Model of protocell compartments – dodecyl hydrogen sulfate vesicles

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CP06379B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Sep 2017
Accepted
15 Dec 2017
First published
15 Dec 2017

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018,20, 1332-1336

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Model of protocell compartments – dodecyl hydrogen sulfate vesicles

B. Liu, M. Gao, H. Li, J. Liu, S. Yuan, N. Du and W. Hou, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 1332 DOI: 10.1039/C7CP06379B

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