DROP-SHAPED OBJECTS SURROUNDED BY A MEMBRANE CONCENTRATING SUBSTANCES OF THE MEDIA AND COMMUTING VIA STRINGS IN HOMOCHIRAL SOLUTIONS

Abstract

In studying nonequilibrium processes in homochiral
solutions, we found drops that are spontaneously
formed, stable, and often surrounded by a complex membrane.
The drops are enriched by a dissolved substance.
They tend to attract strings, which were previously identified
as spontaneously formed anisometric structural formations
in a solution. In some cases, the strings implement geometric
switching between the droplets. Thus, we revealed not
only topological but also metric similarity, as well as partial
functional similarity between simple physical and chemical
objects (drops) and classical biological objects (cells), which
may point to a certain degree of generality of their formation
mechanisms.