micellizationn.
/mᵻˌsɛlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌmʌɪsəlᵻˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌmaɪsələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /məˌsɛləˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Chemistry and Biochemistry.
The formation of micelles.
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1961 Trans. Faraday Soc. 57 1627 (title) Micellization of homogenous non-ionic detergents.
1972 Nature 3 Mar. 32/2 The results further suggest that at concentrations of ganglioside above 30% the formation of membranous structures would be inhibited by lipid micellization.
1980 Chem. in Brit. 16 506/1 Another author compares the effects of changes in chemical structure of the surfactant and its environment on the free energies of adsorption and micellisation.
2000 Jrnl. Hepatol. 31 1020 Cholesterol crystallizes more rapidly in gallbladder than in hepatic biles, supposedly due to formation of cholesterol-supersaturated vesicles in concentrated gallbladder biles because of preferential micellization of phospholipids compared to cholesterol.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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