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  2. Micelle - Wikipedia

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    The difficulty in filling the volume of the interior of a bilayer, while accommodating the area per head group forced on the molecule by the hydration of the lipid head group, leads to the formation of the micelle. This type of micelle is known as a normal-phase micelle (or oil-in-water micelle).

  3. Lyotropic liquid crystal - Wikipedia

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    A mixture of soap and water is an everyday example of a lyotropic liquid crystal. Biological structures such as fibrous proteins showings relatively long and well-defined hydrophobic and hydrophilic ‘‘blocks’’ of aminoacids can also show lyotropic liquid crystalline behaviour. [6]

  4. Sodium stearate - Wikipedia

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    Sodium stearate is produced as a major component of soap upon saponification of oils and fats. The percentage of the sodium stearate depends on the ingredient fats. Tallow is especially high in stearic acid content (as the triglyceride), whereas most fats only contain a few percent. The idealized equation for the formation of sodium stearate ...

  5. Membrane analogy - Wikipedia

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    The elastic membrane analogy, also known as the soap-film analogy, was first published by pioneering aerodynamicist Ludwig Prandtl in 1903. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It describes the stress distribution on a long bar in torsion .

  6. Thermodynamics of micellization - Wikipedia

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    To decrease free energy of the system the surfactant is precipitated out. CMC is determined by establishing inflection points for pre-determined surface tension of surfactants in solution. Plotting the inflection point against the surfactant concentration will provide insight into the critical micelle concentration by showing stabilization of ...

  7. Soap may be key for longer-lasting batteries, study finds - AOL

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    New material could be ‘missing piece’ to help build longer-lasting batteries, scientists say

  8. Wetting solution - Wikipedia

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    For example, solulan C-24, a non-ionic wetting solution, forms large bilayers of wetting solution molecules known as discosomes that have a lower risk of causing systemic adverse effects. [ 7 ] [ 25 ] Non-ionic wetting solutions are found to have a wider usage and are more efficient in reducing surface tension compared to ionic wetting ...

  9. Micellar cubic - Wikipedia

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    A micellar cubic phase is a lyotropic liquid crystal phase formed when the concentration of micelles dispersed in a solvent (usually water) is sufficiently high that they are forced to pack into a structure having a long-ranged positional (translational) order. For example, spherical micelles a cubic packing of a body-centered cubic lattice.