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Micelles

"Micelles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Particles consisting of aggregates of molecules held loosely together by secondary bonds. The surface of micelles are usually comprised of amphiphatic compounds that are oriented in a way that minimizes the energy of interaction between the micelle and its environment. Liquids that contain large numbers of suspended micelles are referred to as EMULSIONS.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Micelles" by people in this website by year, and whether "Micelles" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 65 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2002 and 2013 and 2019 and 2020
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