| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R42733/01 |
| Title: |
Dissolution Kinetics of Lecithin/Bile Salt/Cholesterol Mixtures |
| Principal Investigator: |
Egelhaaf, Professor S |
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Sch of Physics and Astronomy |
| Organisation: |
University of Edinburgh |
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ROPA |
| Starts: |
01 April 2001 |
Ends: |
31 March 2003 |
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101,002
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| Complex fluids & soft solids |
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We propose to examine, mainly by experiment, the swelling and dissolution behaviour of lecithin/bile salt/cholesterol mixtures. This is made possible by combining two strands of recent work (dissolution of amphiphiles and bilayer formation kinetics in lecithin/bile salt mixtures). As well as illuminating the generic physics of phase transition kinetics using a tunable model system, this should also shed light on the physical processes involved in lipid solubilazation in the digestive tract. Indeed, we plan to explore analogies between digestion and detergency - how similar is the stomach to a washing machine?
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