Self‐Assembly: Biocatalytic Self‐Assembly of Nanostructured Peptide Microparticles using Droplet Microfluidics (Small 2/2014)

Uniformly-sized, nanostructured peptide microparticles are generated by exploiting the ability of enzymes to serve both as catalysts, to control selfassembly within monodisperse, surfactant-stabilized waterin-oil microdroplets, and as destabilizers of emulsion interfaces, to enable facile transfer of the produced microparticles to water. As reported by M. Zagnoni, R. V. Ulijn, and co-workers on page 285, this approach combines the advantages of biocatalytic self-assembly with the compartmentalization properties enabled by droplet microfluidics.