Self-Reproduction of Micelles, Reverse Micelles, and Vesicles. Compartments Disclose a General Transformation Pattern

Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 221-263

  Stano, Pasquale ^a,b   Luigi Luisi, Pier ^b  

^a Settore Centro Studi e Ricerche   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 47049122469     PISSN: 15544516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1554-4516(08)00009-4     Document Type: Review

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