The Hydrophobic Effect: Formation of Micelles and Biological Membranes

by Charles Tanford

This almost entirely rewritten edition remains the only comprehensive, up-to-date account of the subject available today-with nearly half of all literature references made to work done since 1973. Theoretical treatment of micelle formation has been greatly improved, making it possible to predict (from first principles) the size and size distribution of micelles formed by many simple amphiphiles?.?.?.?as well as the critical concentration at which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471048933
• ISBN13: 9780471048930
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.