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Lucas da Silva
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Latest papers
Organocatalytic peptide coacervates as microreactors for aqueous aldol additions.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) · 2026 · senior author
Temporal Control Over Complex, Simple, and Multiphase Coacervates Using Ureolysis and Ammonium Carbonate Decomposition
ChemSystemsChem · 2026
Metal-ion induced coacervation of a short peptide under acidic conditions.
Soft matter · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $280,934
Bio-inspired Supramolecular Microreactors for Synthetic Chemistry
CFI · 2024 · Principal investigator
60 publications.
Organocatalytic peptide coacervates as microreactors for aqueous aldol additions.
Dai Z, Meyn M, Caire da Silva L
Temporal Control Over Complex, Simple, and Multiphase Coacervates Using Ureolysis and Ammonium Carbonate Decomposition
Shana Shirin Valapra, Malak Jaber, Tsvetomir Ivanov, Lucas Caire da Silva, Guillermo Monreal Santiago
Metal-ion induced coacervation of a short peptide under acidic conditions.
Belahouane MA, Robinson M, Grant L, Young O, Zorn G, Caire da Silva L
Impact of Electrostatic Pairing and Hydrogen Bonding in the Complex Coacervation Based on Alginate Complexes
Renata Sanches, Gabriel Reynald, Diego Guedes‐Sobrinho, Diogo Silva Pellosi, Lucas Caire da Silva, Izabel Cristina Riegel-Vidotti
Peptide-based artificial cytoskeleton enhances colocalized cascade reactions in cell-like microreactors.
Doan-Nguyen TP, Cao S, Ivanov T, Landfester K, Caire da Silva L
Impact of electrostatic pairing and hydrogen bonding on alginate-based complex coacervation
Renata P. Sanches, Gabriel Reynald, Diogo Silva Pellosi, Diego Guedes-Sobrinho, Lucas Caire da Silva, Izabel Cristina Riegel-Vidotti
FXF-OMe Is a Stable Tripeptide Motif for Ultra-Short Peptide Coacervates That Establishes Structure-Property-Function Relationships.
Hamroff S, Caire da Silva L
ATP‐Mediated Bidirectional Communication Between Natural and Artificial Cells for Controlled Bioreactions
Ilona Kalte, Tsvetomir Ivanov, Leonhard Seufert, Shoupeng Cao, Lucas Caire da Silva, Volker Mailänder, Katharina Landfester
Binary peptide coacervates as an active model for biomolecular condensates.
Cao S, Zhou P, Shen G, Ivanov T, Yan X, Landfester K, Caire da Silva L
Dynamic membranization results in core-shell coacervates that selectively localize particles and small molecules.
Ivanov T, Cao S, Schaaf M, Caire da Silva L, Landfester K
Bio-inspired Supramolecular Microreactors for Synthetic Chemistry
Principal investigators: da Silva, Lucas Caire
Keywords: cell-like microreactors, polymersomes, coacervates, sustainable chemistry, catalysis, biomimetic compartments, synthetic cell engineering microfluidics, microscopy, analysis of cell-like materials, organic synthesis
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Lucas Caire da Silva and Lucas da Silva: 60 shared papers
- Heloise Therien-Aubin and Lucas Caire da Silva: 1 shared paper
- Heloise Therien-Aubin and Lucas da Silva: 1 shared paper
- Department of Chemistry
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