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1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) iii. i. 664 (note) The micellæ may combine to form a Micellar Aggregate.., and this may be so large that it is readily visible; the crystalloids are examples of large micellar aggregates.

1893 W. N. Parker & H. Rönnfeldt tr. A. Weismann Germ-plasm Index 474 Micellar theory.

1926 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 30 457 The observations made by means of double refraction, and interpreted on the basis of Nägeli's micellar hypothesis,..are completely confirmed by X-ray spectrography.

1965 Science 13 Aug. 783/1 The critical micellar concentration of hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide in water is firstly decreased by the addition of the lower quaternary bromides.

1974 V. B. Mountcastle et al. Med. Physiol. (ed. 13) I. i. 32/2 Ultrastructure of membranes: micellar organization.

1989 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. 16 Sept. 343/1 A developing area for micellar drug transport is aerosols.

2000 Analyt. Chem. 72 2541 Separation of cholesterol and its ester derivatives using micellar electrokinetic chromatography is a challenge due to the extreme hydrophobicity of these compounds.