the entry rate constant is slower than a diffusion controlled process. The rate of this process was found to be a decreasing power-law of the degree of polymerization of the hydrophobic block to the power 2/3. This difference is due to the coiling of the hydrophobic block of a copolymer exiting the core of a micelle.

Block copolymers which form dynamic micelles are some of the tri-block poloxamers under the right conditions.

Kinetically frozen micelles

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