Spontaneous Formation of Bilayers and Vesicles in Mixtures of Single-Chain Alkyl Carboxylates: Effect of pH and Aging and Cytotoxicity Studies

Vlachy, N. ; Merle, C. ; Touraud, D. ; Schmidt, J. ; Talmon, Y. ; Heilmann, J. ; Kunz, W.

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We report the observation of bilayer fragments, some of which close to form vesicles, over a large range of pH at room temperature from mixtures of single-chain biocompatible commercially available nontoxic alkyl carboxylic surfactants after neutralization with HCl. The pH at which the morphological transitions occur is varied only by changing the ratio between two surfactants: the ...