(IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Caption

The synthetic droplets contain the enzyme urease which catalyzes the breakdown of urea into ammonia, which has a high pH-value. Droplets migrate due to the pH gradient, from low to high, because of the Marangoni effect.

Credit

OIST

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