Thermodynamically stable vesicle formation from glycolipid biosurfactant sponge phase

These results exhibited the formation of a thermodynamically stable vesicle (Lα1) with a high dispersibility from the MEL-A/DLPC mixture. The asymmetric distribution of MEL-A and DLPC in the two vesicle monolayers caused by the difference in geometrical structures is very likely to have changed their self-assembled structure from a sponge phase (L3) to a thermodynamically stable vesicle (Lα1).