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A combination of analytical methods and molecular modeling calculations has provided a detailed picture of the supramolecular and microscopic structure of precipitated lipophilic carotenoids. The nanoparticles have a core/shell structure (see schematic representation) in which the particle core (120 nm) consists of a variety of molecular aggregates of different sizes, and the shell (40 nm) consists of an adsorbed gelatin layer.
Auweter et al. (1999) studied this question.