Soap Micelle
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From: Dr. William McClure, Department of Biological Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Credits
: D. P. Tieleman, D. van der Spoel, H.J.C. Berendsen (2000) "Molecular dynamics simulations of dodecylphosphocholine micelles at three different aggregate sizes: micellar structure and lipid chain relaxation"
J. Phys. Chem. B
104
:6380-6388.