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micelles
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thumb|250px|right|Cross-section view of the structures that can be formed by phospholipids in aqueous solutions (unlike this illustration, micelles are usually formed by single-chain lipids, since it is difficult to fit two chains into this shape) thumb|250px|right|Scheme of a micelle formed by phospholipids in an [[aqueous solution]]
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Vinony's link graph records 247 inbound references to micelles, and connects out to hydrogen bond, aqueous solution and amphiphilic entity.
It is catalogued under topics including Colloidal chemistry, Membrane biology and Supramolecular chemistry.
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Research
47,227 papers- Polymeric micelles as drug carriers: their lights and shadows.Journal of drug targeting · 2014
- Micelles of poly[oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate] as delivery vehicles for zinc phthalocyanine photosensitizers.Nanotechnology · 2024
- PEG-based micelles as carriers of contrast agents for different imaging modalities.Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2002
- Design of ophthalmic micelles loaded with diclofenac sodium: effect of chitosan and temperature on the block-copolymer micellization behaviour.Drug delivery and translational research · 2022
- Magnetically Guided Self-Assembled Protein Micelles for Enhanced Delivery of Dasatinib to Human Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells.Journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2019
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Solvation
- Energy of formation
- Micelle packing parameter
- Block copolymer micelles
- Dynamic micelles
- Kinetically frozen micelles
- Inverse/reverse micelles
- Supermicelles
- Uses
- See also
- References
thumb|250px|right|Cross-section view of the structures that can be formed by phospholipids in aqueous solutions (unlike this illustration, micelles are usually formed by single-chain lipids, since it is difficult to fit two chains into this shape) thumb|250px|right|Scheme of a micelle formed by phospholipids in an [[aqueous solution]]
A micelle (; also spelled micell) or micella () ( or micellae, respectively) is an aggregate (or supramolecular assembly) of surfactant amphipathic lipid molecules dispersed in a liquid, forming a colloidal suspension (also known as associated colloidal system). A typical micelle in water forms an aggregate, with the hydrophilic "head" regions in contact with surrounding solvent, sequestering the hydrophobic single-tail regions in the micelle centre.
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