miscellanea

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The researchers came up with a winning combination that includes a polymer called pluronic, which is a type of block copolymer that can self-assemble into spheres called micelles.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024

The ends of these polymers contain multiple amine groups, which end up on the surface of the micelles.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024

The micelles, spherical aggregates similar to oil in water emulsions, then fuse with the viral membrane, damaging it so that it can no longer infect a host cell.

From Scientific American • Oct. 15, 2021

In our daily lives, they are found in ocean spray, campfire smoke, and even in milk as protein/lipid micelles.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2016

The hydrophilic portion can dissolve in water while the hydrophobic portion can trap grease in micelles that then can be washed away.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013