micelle
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- noun
- /maɪˈsɛl/
- Specialized
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micela
- We make these robots by loading fat-like bubbles, such as vesicles or micelles, with magnetic nanoparticles and drug-packing bacteria.
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Micelles are essential in processes like digestion, where they help transport vitamins and nutrients in the intestines.
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It's what makes micelles, micelles and your cells your cells.
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They hit each other, they stick, and eventually this forms a micelle if it's the right size.
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Whereas the spacing in the cheese is say something like the order of the micelles, the casein micelles.
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They then load the bacteria into a vesicle or micelle sac (middle).
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In a soap solution, micelles trap dirt and grease, allowing them to be washed away with water.
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When oil is mixed with water, micelles form to keep the oil dispersed, preventing separation.
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Etymology
Micelle comes from the Latin mica, meaning 'crumb', with the small ending -elle that means 'little'. Think of a tiny 'crumb' of molecules that forms a small ball in soap to trap grease and stay mixed in water, which is why a micelle is that tiny particle.