The ultimate discovery that the plasma membrane is a lipid bilayer with hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties changed the way this structure was viewed. Its semipermeable and liquid nature ...

All cells have an outer plasma membrane that regulates ... because they are two-faced molecules, with hydrophilic (water-loving) phosphate heads and hydrophobic (water-fearing) hydrocarbon tails ...

It is mainly engineered for cleaning TEM grids and hydrophilization of TEM carbon support films, which have the propensity to be hydrophobic. A glow discharge treatment with air will render a carbon ...