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. 2020 Apr 21;11:455. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00455

TABLE 1.

Dependence of the lipid self-assembly structures on the value of the critical packing parameter (CPP).

Critical packing parameter value (CPP)
CPP = V/a*lav}l
Type of structure
≤1/3 Normal micelle (L1), (II)
[1/3−1/2] Normal hexagonal phase (HI)
[1/2−1] Normal bicontinuous cubic phase (QI)
≈ 1 Lamellar phases (Lα, Ld, Lβ)
≥1 Reversed bicontinuous cubic phase (QII)
>1 Reversed micelle (L2) Reversed discontinuous cubic (QIII) Reversed hexagonal phase (HII)

V, volume, which can be occupied by the FA residues; l, length of the FA residues; a, the cross-sectional area of the hydrophilic lipid headgroups. For further detail see Yamashita (2018).