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Diffusion and transport in microemulsions and lipid vesicles can be successfully described by utilizing ideas from the theory of random walks and the properties of fractal objects. A new parameter, the non-integer spectral dimension, governs the rate of diffusion and transport. Results are presented concerning three subjects: (1) relation between electric conductivity in percolating water-in-oil microemulsions and their fractal behaviour; (2) effect of a water-soluble polymer on water-in-oil droplets; and (3) structural variations in mixtures of phospholipid vesicles along a line of progressively varying microviscosity.
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We have measured ke by using a model applicable to quenching in micelles [10, 22].
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Lianos, P. (1990). Luminescence Probe Study of Organized Assemblies Treated as Fractal Objects. In: Bloor, D.M., Wyn-Jones, E. (eds) The Structure, Dynamics and Equilibrium Properties of Colloidal Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 324. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3746-1_22
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