The Cronin Group

Research in the Cronin Group is motivated by the fascination for complex chemical systems, and the desire to construct complex functional molecular architectures that are not based on biologically derived building blocks.

Autonomous protocell division driven by molecular replication

In the latest development of the Cronin Group’s robotics and artificial life research, a paper has been published that links molecular replication to the growth of droplets on the macroscale. The molecules catalyze their own formation which allows the growth of an surfactant which drives growth on the droplet scale. This phenomenon could only be correctly studied by using a chemical robot constructed by the Cronin group.

Link to paper in Nature Communications

Prof. Leroy (Lee) Cronin

Prof Leroy (Lee) Cronin
Regius Chair of Chemistry
Cronin Laboratory
School of Chemistry
Joseph Black Building
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ
Tel: +44 141 330 6650
Email: lee.cronin@glasgow.ac.uk

Latest Publications

442. A robotic prebiotic chemist probes long term reactions of complexifying mixtures

441. Identifying molecules as biosignatures with assembly theory and mass spectrometry

440. A molecular computing approach to solving optimization problems via programmable microdroplet arrays

439. Influence of the Contact Geometry and Counterions on the Current Flow and Charge Transfer in Polyoxometalate Molecular Junctions: A Density Functional Theory Study

438. Elucidating the Paramagnetic Interactions of an Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Radical-Functionalized Mn-Anderson Cluster

437. Automatic Generation of 3D-Printed Reactionware for Chemical Synthesis Digitization using ChemSCAD

436. Optimization of Formulations Using Robotic Experiments Driven by Machine Learning DoE

435. Digitizing Chemistry Using the Chemical Processing Unit: From Synthesis to Discovery

434. Convergence of multiple synthetic paradigms in a universally programmable chemical synthesis machine

433. Peptide sequence mediated self-assembly of molybdenum blue nanowheel superstructures

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The Cronin Group

Autonomous protocell division driven by molecular replication

Prof. Leroy (Lee) Cronin

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