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Stripped from the solvent that effected their aggregation, micelles (shown on the right, for example, for the cholic acid derivative CHAPS) were found intact in the gas phase. Mass spectrometric analysis provided physical evidence to verify micelle formation.
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Siuzdak et al. (1995) studied this question.
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