What happens to lipids when placed in water? They mix evenly. They do not mix evenly.
The lipids with an unsaturated tail (blue) disrupt the packing of those with only saturated tails (black). The resulting bilayer has more free space and is as a consequence more permeable to water and other small molecules. Further information: Lipid bilayer phase behavior
The hydrophobic effect is the observed tendency of nonpolar substances to aggregate in an aqueous solution and exclude water molecules. The word hydrophobic literally means " water -fearing" and it describes the segregation of water and nonpolar substances which maximizes hydrogen bonding between molecules of water and minimizes the area of contact between water and nonpolar molecules.
A biological membrane biomembrane or cell membrane is a selectively permeable membrane that separates cell from the external environment or creates intracellular compartments.Biological membranes in the form of eukaryotic cell membranes consist of a phospholipid bilayer with embedded integral and peripheral proteins used in communication and transportation of chemicals and ions.
Second they can form a water -in-oil emulsion in which water is the dispersed phase and oil is the continuous phase. Multiple emulsions are also possible including a " water -in-oil- in-water " emulsion and an "oil- in-water -in-oil" emulsion. Emulsions being liquids do not exhibit a static internal structure.
In chemistry a solution is a special type of homogeneous mixture composed of two or more substances. In such a mixture a solute is a substance dissolved in another substance known as a solvent.The mixing process of a solution happens at a scale where the effects of chemical polarity are involved resulting in interactions that are specific to solvation.
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