TY - JOUR
T1 - Spontaneous vesicle formation in aqueous mixtures of single-tailed surfactants
AU - Kaler, Eric W.
AU - Murthy, A. Kamalakara
AU - Rodriguez, Beatriz E.
AU - Zasadzinski, Joseph A.N.
PY - 1989/1/1
Y1 - 1989/1/1
N2 - Spontaneous, single-walled, equilibrium vesicles can be prepared from aqueous mixtures of simple, commercially available, single-tailed cationic and anionic surfactants. Vesicle size, surface charge, or permeability can be readily adjusted by varying the ratio of anionic to cationic surfactant. Vesicle formation apparently results from the production of anion-cation surfactant pairs that then act as double-tailed zwitter-ionic surfactants. These vesicles are quite stable in comparison to conventional vesicles prepared by mechanical disruption of insoluble liquid crystalline dispersions.
AB - Spontaneous, single-walled, equilibrium vesicles can be prepared from aqueous mixtures of simple, commercially available, single-tailed cationic and anionic surfactants. Vesicle size, surface charge, or permeability can be readily adjusted by varying the ratio of anionic to cationic surfactant. Vesicle formation apparently results from the production of anion-cation surfactant pairs that then act as double-tailed zwitter-ionic surfactants. These vesicles are quite stable in comparison to conventional vesicles prepared by mechanical disruption of insoluble liquid crystalline dispersions.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.2781283
DO - 10.1126/science.2781283
M3 - Article
C2 - 2781283
AN - SCOPUS:0024426644
VL - 245
SP - 1371
EP - 1374
JO - Science
JF - Science
SN - 0036-8075
IS - 4924
ER -