Spontaneous formation of unilamellar vesicles from a solution of a single surfactant in water at normal pH is reported. The surfactant is the ganglioside GM3, a glucosidic amphiphile of biological origin. The vesicle average diameter sharply changes from 530 Å to 490 Å across the chain melting transition temperature at about 30°C. No hysteresis effects are found and vesicles are extremely stable. The bilayer thickness is surprisingly small, indicating that hydrophobic chains are fully interdigitated.

Spontaneous Vesicle Formation from a One-Component Solution of a Biological Surfactant / L. Cantu', M. Corti, M. Musolino, P. Salina. - 84:(1991), pp. 21-23. [10.1007/BFb0115928]

Spontaneous Vesicle Formation from a One-Component Solution of a Biological Surfactant

L. Cantu'
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1991

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Spontaneous formation of unilamellar vesicles from a solution of a single surfactant in water at normal pH is reported. The surfactant is the ganglioside GM3, a glucosidic amphiphile of biological origin. The vesicle average diameter sharply changes from 530 Å to 490 Å across the chain melting transition temperature at about 30°C. No hysteresis effects are found and vesicles are extremely stable. The bilayer thickness is surprisingly small, indicating that hydrophobic chains are fully interdigitated.
Spontaneous vesicles ; biological surfactants ; self-aggregation ; light-scattering
Settore FIS/07 - Fisica Applicata(Beni Culturali, Ambientali, Biol.e Medicin)
1991
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