Output details
15 - General Engineering
University of Oxford
Article title
Aggregation of the naturally occurring lipopeptide, surfactin, at interfaces and in solution: an unusual type of surfactant?
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Langmuir
Article number
-
Volume number
25
Issue number
7
First page of article
4211
ISSN of journal
0743-7463
Year of publication
2009
URL
-
Number of additional authors
5
Additional information
A chemical and biochemical engineer, microbiologist and physical chemist collaborated on this study of the structure of surfactin and its micelles. These structures, the first to be determined by neutron reflectometry of surfactin, are important because they explain the molecule's extraordinarily high surface activity and biological activity such as stimulation of immune-related responses in plant tissue. Our value for the micellar aggregation number (~20) is supported by molecular modelling (She, A-Q et al. J. Phys. Chem. B 2012 116 12735).
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
B - Chemical and Process Engineering
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
