The formation of organized assemblies such as micelles, vesicles, and other bilayer systems is commonly attributed to hydrophobic effects which result in the organized media existing as a microheterogeneous phase separate from the bulk solution and consisting of discrete hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions.** Although there has been controversy as to the distinctness of these regions and the site of various species solubilized in or interacting ...
[Ishizuka, Kentaro; Seike, Hirofumi; Hatakeyama, Takuji; Nakamura, Masaharu Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010 , vol. 132, # 38 p. 13117 - 13119]