A curious formulation robot enables the discovery of a novel protocell behavior
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A bespoke robotic system driven by a curiosity algorithm discovers emergent behaviors of oil-in-water protocell formulations.
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- Authors
- Grizou, J., Points, L. J., Sharma, A., & Cronin, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Cronin, Leroy
- Venue
- Science Advances
- Published
- 2020-01-31
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- eaay4237-eaay4237
- ISSN
- 2375-2548 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6994213
- OpenAlex
- W3003164935
- Cited by
- 77
- References
- 55
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- 2026: 6 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 5.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Science Advances (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- H2020 European Research Council (670467 SMART-POM)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/H024107/1, EP/I033459/1, EP/J00135X/1, EP/J015156/1, EP/K021966/1, EP/K023004/1, EP/K038885/1, EP/L015668/1, EP/L023652/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Condensed Matter Physics › Micro and Nano Robotics
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
- Keywords
- protocells, self-propelled droplets, oil-in-water droplets, open-ended exploration, temperature sensitivity, phase diagram, NMR characterization
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