Preferred Label : inverted micelle;
IUPAC definition : The reversible formation of association colloids from surfactants in non-polar solvents
leads to aggregates termed inverted (or inverse, reverse or reversed) micelle. Such
association is often of the type: \[{Monomer}\rightleftarrows {Dimer}\rightleftarrows
{Trimer}\rightleftarrows { ... }n{-mer}\] and the phenomenon of critical micelle concentration
(or an analogous effect) is consequently not observed. In an inverted micelle the
polar groups of the surfactants are concentrated in the interior and the lipophilic
groups extend towards and into the non-polar solvent.;
Origin ID : I03151;
See also
The reversible formation of association colloids from surfactants in non-polar solvents
leads to aggregates termed inverted (or inverse, reverse or reversed) micelle. Such
association is often of the type: \[{Monomer}\rightleftarrows {Dimer}\rightleftarrows
{Trimer}\rightleftarrows { ... }n{-mer}\] and the phenomenon of critical micelle concentration
(or an analogous effect) is consequently not observed. In an inverted micelle the
polar groups of the surfactants are concentrated in the interior and the lipophilic
groups extend towards and into the non-polar solvent.
