Problem:

Membranes disperse almost instantaneously if exposed to a nonpolar environment or to detergents, which are amphipathic molecules that can form a hydrophilic coat around the hydrophobic portions of membrane lipids and proteins in water solutions.

Required:

Question: If detergents can 'form coats around hydrophobic portions' of membrane-suspended molecules, they must, somehow get in the hydrophobic membrane interior... right?

Question: How do they get in the membrane interior?

Question: Do they form clusters like endocytic vesicles?

Question: What happens after they form hydrophilic coats around hydrophobic molecule regions?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!