Soft matter
Line tension controls the spontaneous formation of vesicles.
Anja F Hörmann, Miriam Simon, Christoph Brückner, Sarah E Rogers, Lionel Porcar, Ingo Hoffmann, Michael Gradzielski
Published: 202510.1039/d5sm00600g
Abstract
Mixtures of the zwitterionic surfactant TDMAO and the anionic surfactant LiPFOS spontaneously self-assemble into well defined vesicles. The size of these vesicles is determined by the ratio of bending rigidity and line tension. By partially charging…
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