Giant micelles

It is demonstrated that asphaltene controls the physical properties and performance of the asphalt system. The micelles, giant supermicelles, and liquid crystals are shown dominating... 

Computer Simulations of Living Polymers and Giant Micelles... 

In contrast to statics, the relaxational kinetics of living polymers and of giant wormlike micelles is unique (and different in both cases). It is entirely determined by the processes of scission/recombination and results in a nonlinear approach to equilibrium. A comparison of simulational results and laboratory observations in this respect is still missing and would be highly desirable. 

J. Appel, G. Porte. Polymerlike behavior of giant micelles. Europhys Lett 72 185-190, 1990. 

Fig. 5 Membrane models for NMR structure analysis, (a) An isotropic detergent micelle (left) is compared to the dimensions of lipid bilayers (right), (b) Macroscopically oriented membrane samples can be prepared on solid support, as nanodiscs, or as magnetically oriented bicelles. (c) Nomenclature and variability of liposomes small (SUV, 20-40 nm), intermediate (IUV, 40-60 nm), large (LUV, 100-400 nm), and giant unilamellar vesicles (GUV, 1 pm) multi-lamellar (MLV), oligo-lamellar (OLV) and highly heterogeneous multi-oligo-lamellar vesicles (MOLV)...

This implies that the selective layer of reverse osmosis membranes may have a different origin from that of the micelles. Such a case is clearly identified by examination of the skin structure of cellulose acetate/poly(bromophenylene oxide phosphonate) alloy membranes (1 ), which exhibit a high flux and high salt separation (Figure 13). The skin rests on an assembly of giant spheres (up to 1 pm in diameter) and is certainly originated by a different coagulation mechanism than that of the spheres. 

Won Y-Y, Davis HT, Bates FS. Giant wormlike rubber micelles. Science 1999 283 960-963. 

Z. J. Yu and R. D. Neuman. Giant rodlike reversed micelles formed by sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate in n-heptane. Langmuir, 10(8) 2553-2558, 1994. 

Goto, Ayako, Dynamic Aspects of Fatty Acid Vesicles pH-induced Vesicle-Micelle Transition and Dilution-induced Formation of Giant Vesicles, 6, 261. 

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