Hole Closure in Langmuir Fluid Monolayers
Amphipathic molecules are basically long chains, one end of which likes water (is hydrophilic) and the other end abhors it (is hydrophobic). These molecules tend to sit vertically in a fluid and adhere to each other. This attraction of adjacent molecules causes the molecules to condense into regions...
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2007
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Online Access: | https://scholarship.claremont.edu/hmc_theses/192 https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1195&context=hmc_theses |