Effect of surfactant tail-length asymmetry on the formation of mixed surfactant vesicles

Langmuir

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 3819-3827

  Yuet, Pak K ^a   Blankschtein, Daniel ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 0000450493     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la960321h     Document Type: Article

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