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Title Micelles : structural biochemistry, formation and functions & usage / [edited by] Danielle Bradburn and Tom Bittinger
Published Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2013

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Series Chemistry Research and Applications
Chemistry research and applications series.
Contents MICELLES: STRUCTURAL BIOCHEMISTRY, FORMATION AND FUNCTIONS AND USAGE; MICELLES: STRUCTURAL BIOCHEMISTRY, FORMATION AND FUNCTIONS AND USAGE; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM IN AQUEOUS MICELLAR SOLUTIONS OF SURFACTANTS; ABSTRACT; 1. SURFACTANT MICELLES IN WATER; 2. ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM AND APPARENT IONIZATION CONSTANTS; 3. QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM IN MICELLES; 4. THE PECULIARITIES OF ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM IN VARIOUS SURFACTANT MICELLAR SYSTEMS
5. MODIFICATION OF THE PROPERTIES OF THE MICELLAR PSEUDOPHASE6. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: COMPUTATIONAL METHODS AS TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF REVERSE MICELLES STRUCTURES AND DYNAMICS: EFFECT ON CONFINED BIOMOLECULES; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. MICROEMULSIONS; 3. STRUCTURE OF REVERSE MICELLES; 4. SIMULATION APPROACHES OF SURFACTANT SOLUTIONS; 5. COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS OF REVERSE MICELLES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: THERMODYNAMIC ASPECTS OF MICELLES; ABSTRACT; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE FREE ENERGY OF MICELLE FORMATION DGM; III. THE ELECTROSTATIC FREE ENERGY
IV. STABILITY OF MICELLES RELATED TO CHEMICAL STRUCTURES OF SURFACTANTV. EFFECTS OF SALT, TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE; VI. THE SIZE AND THE SHAPE OF MICELLES; VII. MIXED MICELLES; VIII. HYDROGEN ION TITRATION OF MICELLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: MICELLIZATION OF GEMINI SURFACTANTS IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; STRUCTURES OF GEMINI SURFACTANTS; SELF-ASSEMBLING OF GEMINI SURFACTANTS IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION; METHODS FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THE MICELLIZATION OF GEMINI SURFACTANTS IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
THE INFLUENCE OF ADDITIVES ON THE MICELLIZATION OF GEMINI SURFACTANTS IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONSOLUBILIZATION OF HYDROPHOBIC COMPOUNDS IN GEMINI SURFACTANTS MICELLES; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: MICELLES FROM LIPOAMINO ACIDS; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. LIPOAMINO ACIDS; 3. BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS; CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: CONSTRUCTION OF BLOCK COPOLYMER MICELLES AND SINGLE-CHAIN NANOPARTICLES IN NON-SELECTIVE SOLVENTS; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CONSTRUCTION OF BLOCK COPOLYMER MICELLES IN NON-SELECTIVE SOLVENTS
3. CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE-CHAIN NANOPARTICLES IN NON-SELECTIVE SOLVENTS4. APPLICATIONS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: BLOCK POLYELECTROLYTE MICELLES/PROTEIN MIXED NANOSTRUCTURES IN AQUEOUS MEDIA; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXPERIMENTAL PART; 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: A TREATMENT STRATEGY FOR THE GASTROINTESTINAL DEVELOPMENT OF EXTREMELY PREMATURE INFANTS BY ADMINISTRATION OF MICELLES DERIVED FROM PULMONARY SURFACTANTS AND THE VERNIX CASEOSA IN PREGNANT RABBITS; ABSTRACT; I. INTRODUCTION; II. POLICY FOR USE OF ANIMALS
Summary In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the structural biochemistry, formation and function, and usage of micelles. Topics discussed in this compilation include acid-base equilibrium in aqueous micellar solutions of surfactants; computational methods as tools for the study of RM structure and dynamics; thermodynamic aspects of micelles; micellization of gemini surfactants in aqueous solutions; micelles from lipoamino acids; construction of block copolymer micelles and single-chain nanoparticles in non-selective solvents; block polyelectrolyte micelles/protein mixed n
Notes Includes index
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Subject Micelles.
Colloids.
Colloids in medicine.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biochemistry.
Colloids
Colloids in medicine
Micelles
Form Electronic book
Author Bradburn, Danielle, editor
Bittinger, Tom, editor
ISBN 9781629484457
1629484458