Abstract
We have studied the transient stages in the formation of unilamellar vesicles with millisecond time resolution. The self-assembly was initiated by rapid mixing of equimolar amounts of anionic and zwitterionic micelles and the transient micellar entities were probed by time-resolved small-angle x-ray scattering. Within the mixing time, original micelles transformed to disklike micelles which evolved further to a critical size and then closed to form monodisperse unilamellar vesicles within a second. Subsequent growth led to an unexpected broadening of the vesicle size distribution.
- Received 7 May 2004
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.038303
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