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Light Scattering Study of Ganglioside Micelles and Mixed Micelles with a Nonionic Amphiphile

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Scattering Techniques Applied to Supramolecular and Nonequilibrium Systems

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Abstract

Aqueous solutions containing a mixture of two amphiphiles, a commercial nonionic surfactant, Triton X-100, and a biological lipid, the ganglioside GM1, are investigated by static and dynamic light scattering. It is found that mixed micelles are formed in the whole range of investigated molar ratios. The theory of light scattering from solutions of homogeneous micelles is generalized to the case of mixed micelles. The final formula is used to derive from the experimental data the aggregation number of the mixed micelle. A simple phenomenological law is proposed to describe the dependence of the aggregation number on the molar ratio between the two amphiphiles. The biochemical implications of the obtained results are shortly discussed.

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  1. CISE S.p.A., P. O. Box 12081, Milano, 20100, Italy

    Mario Corti & Vittorio Degiorgio

  2. Department of Biological Chemistry, The Medical School, University of Milano, Milano, Italy

    Sandro Sonnino & Riccardo Ghidoni

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Sow-Hsin Chen

  2. State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, USA

    Benjamin Chu

  3. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Ralph Nossal

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Corti, M., Degiorgio, V., Sonnino, S., Ghidoni, R. (1981). Light Scattering Study of Ganglioside Micelles and Mixed Micelles with a Nonionic Amphiphile. In: Chen, SH., Chu, B., Nossal, R. (eds) Scattering Techniques Applied to Supramolecular and Nonequilibrium Systems. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 73. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4061-4_15

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