Spontaneous vesicles, disks, threadlike and spherical micelles found in the solubilization of DMPC liposomes by the detergent DTAC

► Vesicles, disks, and threadlike micelles were formed in model phospholipid-detergent mixtures. ► Micro and nanostructures were studied by fluorescence lifetime microscopy and dynamic light scattering. ► Disks were smaller, more rigid, and less stable than coexistent unilamellar vesicles. ► Threadlike micelles were formed from aggregation and fusion of spherical micelles.