Kinetics of Micelle Formation
Kinetics of Micelle Formation
- Event time: 1:00pm
- Event date: 31st March 2003
- Speaker: Anniina Salonen (University of Edinburgh)
- Location: Room 2511, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
The kinetics of the micelle-to-micelle transition in a lipid (lecithin) + surfactant (bile salt) system was studied using neutron scattering. Lecithin and bile salt form micelles at high concentrations, which grow in length with dilution to form elongated, or worm-like micelles. The relatively fast (far below 1s) micelle-micelle transition can be studied using a stopped flow cell which achieves short mixing times. A general introduction to the system will be presented as well as initial results from recent experiments.
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