| The water also determines the structure of certain constituents in the micelle. |
| The diameter of each micelle is roughly twice the length of the extended fatty acid. |
| A unimolecular polymeric micelle comprising an ionizable inner core and a hydrophilic outer shell. |
| Once the micelle has passed through the fuzzy coat and the brush border, it enters the cells of the tissues that line the intestine. |
| Here, polar interactions between charged amino acids and phosphatidylcholine headgroups act as condensation seed for detergent micelle formation. |
| It remains to be seen if the surface of the micelle can be used to target macromolecules or ligands of interest, in order to penetrate cells and pinpoint their constituents. |
