Vesicle-to-micelle oscillations and spatial patterns.
A pH oscillator is coupled to and controls rhythmic interconversion of nanoscopic vesicles and micelles made of fatty acids. When changes in pH are combined with diffusion, self-assembly produces spatially extended patterns of vesicle/micelle "stripes" or concentric "shells".
Lagzi
István
I
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
Wang
Dawei
D
Kowalczyk
Bartlomiej
B
Grzybowski
Bartosz A
BA
D004058:Diffusion; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008823:Micelles; D009991:Oscillometry
D005227:Fatty Acids; D008823:Micelles