BCH210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Phospholipid, Micelle, Phase Transition

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Lipids are defined by their properties by how they are insoluble in polar solvents and solvent in nonpolar solvents. Each cell has a membra,e the membrane compartmentalizes all the organelles in the cell. Lipids can self assemble into membranes, they come together on their own. Lipids are made as individual species and they have to self assemble into lipid bilayers. At the lipid tails, the water forms a cage around the tail. These are unfavourable interactions for the lipid, but the water can h ond to it. The head group is polar and water wants to interact with the head groups. If only 1 fatty acid is in water, it cant self assemble. As we increase the conc of lipids, they start to assemble because they want to minimize the unfavourable interactions between the tails and water. As they assbmel, we are approaching a more stable energy state.

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