Phospholipids can form monolayers with their heads in water and tails out, or bilayers where heads shield tails from water, crucial for forming cell membranes.
Phospholipids can form monolayers with their heads in water and tails out, or bilayers where heads shield tails from water, crucial for forming cell membranes.
| Front | surfectants and bilayers |
|---|---|
| Back | -when phospholipids interact with H2O, PO4 heads submerge in H2O while fatty acid tails stick out (monolayer) - 2 layered sheet formation (bilayer) also can be formed, heads protect tails from water, meaning phospholids can help form cell membranes |
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