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IT has recently been shown that unimolecular films of long-chain fatty acids—stearic, behenic, cerotic, etc.—in fact possess a micellar structure1–3.
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PILPEL, N. Soap Micelles at the Oil/Water Interface. Nature 204, 378–379 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204378a0
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