micelles

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In DP2 - micelles, the affinity order of the alkali metals remains the same, but surprisingly, TMA+ and TEA+ fail to displace Na+ from the micellar interface.

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  • Or the surfactants can make little balls—"micelles"— within the solvent whose outer surface is formed by the hydrophilic heads, while all the hydrocarbon tails poke into the interior of the ball. —  AnalogSFF,October2007
  • Once the micelles are established they should be stable, but making them in the first place is a challenge. —  AnalogSFF,October2007
  • Somehow the micelles are going to have to be made elsewhere (in an aqueous solution?) —  AnalogSFF,October2007
  • Hydrophobic molecules in water often cluster together forming micelles. —  Next Big Future
  • But if the concentration is increased the soap molecules begin to aggregate into little clumps called micelles which are composed of a few hundred soap molecules each. —  Darwiniana
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