Sentences with phrase «micelles form»

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Polymeric adjuvants in the form of nanoparticles, matrices or micelles have the ability to prompt strong adaptive immune responses without sacrificing biocompatibility.

The other piece was insoluble, so the researchers had to use a solution of micelles — dispersed lipid or detergent - like aggregates in a solution — to let the insoluble piece form its structure within a membrane - like environment.

As more water was removed, these so - called micelles joined together to form larger gel - like structures ranging between 100 and 200 nanometers in diameter.

Vivek Vasantha at A * STAR Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences — together with scientists from across Singapore under the Innovative Marine Antifouling Solutions (IMAS) program — developed a new block copolymer that can self - assemble into spherical micelle structures in which one monomer forms the core and the other forms the outer shell.

Once formed, such vesicles can grow by incorporating fatty acid supplied as micelles and can divide without dilution of their contents by extrusion through small pores.

After a series of transformations, the organic template forms an array of well - defined spherical micelles several nanometers in diameter.

When the polymers are introduced to a water - based solvent, the particles form nanometer - sized micelles (nanoparticles).

Above a certain concentration, they spontaneously form the structures that are called micelles.

Micelles are tiny ring - like structures formed by surfactants.