micelle

As nouns the difference between nanoparticle and micelle

is that nanoparticle is any microscopic particle less than about 100 nanometers (nm) in diameter in aerosol science, the term is often reserved for particles less than 50 nm in diameter; the term "ultrafine particles" is used for particles less than 100 nm in diameter while micelle is a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration.

As an initialism HDL

is initialism of high-density lipoprotein.

As a noun micelle is

a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration.

As nouns the difference between polymer and micelle

is that polymer is polymer while micelle is a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration.

As nouns the difference between micelle and emulsion

is that micelle is a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration while emulsion is a stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.

As nouns the difference between vesicle and micelle

is that vesicle is (cytology) a membrane-bound compartment found in a cell while micelle is a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration.

As nouns the difference between micelle and bicelle

is that micelle is a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration while bicelle is a self-assembled aggregate of phospholipid in water, that combines flat bilayer-like and curved micelle-like features.

As nouns the difference between micelle and lipoprotein

is that micelle is a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration while lipoprotein is any of a large group of complexes of protein and lipid with many biochemical functions.

As nouns the difference between micelle and liposome

is that micelle is a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration while liposome is (biochemistry) an aqueous compartment enclosed by a bimolecular phospholipid membrane; a lipid vesicle.

As nouns the difference between micelle and colloid

is that micelle is a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration while colloid is (chemistry) a stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.

As an adjective colloid is

glue-like; gelatinous.