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- DPD simulations reveal that pH significantly impacts the morphology of micelles formed by monorhamnolipids, leading to various structural transitions based on hydrophilicity changes.
- At low pH levels (pH<4.0), chaotic multilayer formations occur, while high pH levels (pH>7.4) result in well-ordered single-layer configurations.
- The study identifies three micellar transition modes linked to the hydrophilicity of pH-responsive beads and provides insights that may encourage further exploration of glycolipid behavior in response to stimuli.
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Dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulation has been used to study the effect of pH on the morphology transition of micelles assembled by monorhamnolipids (monoRLs). Results show that micellar structures and transition modes with increasing mass concentrations are multiform due to the changeable hydrophilicity of pH-responsive beads at different pH levels. Various chaotic multilayer aggregations of monoRLs are observed at low pH (pH<4.0) whereas well-ordered single-layer structures are obtained at high pH (pH>7.4). At medium pH region (4.0
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2017.07.083 DOI Listing Publication Analysis
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