Lyotropic liquid crystal
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Lyotropic liquid crystals result when amphiphiles, which are both hydrophobic and hydrophilic, dissolve into a solution that behaves both like a liquid and a solid crystal. This liquid crystalline mes
A highly viscous cubic phase gel made of polysorbate 80, water, and liquid paraffin.
Schematic showing the aggregation of amphiphiles into micelles and then into lyotropic liquid crystalline phases as a function of amphiphile concentration and of temperature.
Micelle
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A micelle or micella is an aggregate of surfactant amphipathic lipid molecules dispersed in a liquid, forming a colloidal suspension. A typical micelle in water forms an aggregate, with the hydrophili
Electron micrograph of the windmill-like supermicelle, scale bar 500 nm