Amphiphilic Compounds Assemble into Membranous Vesicles in Hydrothermal Hot Spring Water but Not in Seawater
There is a general assumption that amphiphilic compounds, such as fatty acids, readily form membranous vesicles when dispersed in aqueous phases. However, from earlier studies, it is known that vesicle stability depends strongly on pH, temperature, chain length, ionic concentration and the presence...
Main Authors: | Daniel Milshteyn, Bruce Damer, Jeff Havig, David Deamer |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
MDPI AG
2018-05-01
|
Series: | Life |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/8/2/11 |
Similar Items
-
Coupled Phases and Combinatorial Selection in Fluctuating Hydrothermal Pools: A Scenario to Guide Experimental Approaches to the Origin of Cellular Life
by: Bruce Damer, et al.
Published: (2015-03-01) -
Entropy-driven segregation and budding in hybrid vesicles of binary nanoparticle amphiphiles
by: Chelsey Lamar, et al.
Published: (2020-03-01) -
Prebiotic Lipidic Amphiphiles and Condensing Agents on the Early Earth
by: Michele Fiore, et al.
Published: (2016-03-01) -
Silica Precipitation in a Wet–Dry Cycling Hot Spring Simulation Chamber
by: Andrew Gangidine, et al.
Published: (2020-01-01) -
Gels Obtained by Colloidal Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Molecules
by: Paula Malo de Molina, et al.
Published: (2017-08-01)