1. a cluster of droplets formed when certain colloids separate from solution
Usage: chemistry; biology

1. to cause to form into a coacervate; to aggregate into droplets
Usage: chemistry; biology

Examples

• The protein solution formed a coacervate when the pH was adjusted.
• Scientists observed coacervates in the early stages of cell formation.
• The polymer chains coacervate under specific temperature conditions.
• Researchers study coacervates to understand how life might have originated.
• The mixture will coacervate if you add the right concentration of salt.
• Coacervate droplets can concentrate organic molecules from dilute solutions.