text: In a non-polar solvent, it is the exposure of the hydrophilic head groups to the surrounding solvent that is energetically unfavourable, giving rise to a water-in-oil system. In this case, the hydrophilic groups are sequestered in the micelle core and the hydrophobic groups extend away from the center. These inverse micelles are proportionally less likely to form on increasing headgroup charge, since hydrophilic sequestration would create highly unfavorable electrostatic interactions.
  It is well established that for many surfactant/solvent systems a small fraction of the inverse micelles spontaneously acquire a net charge of +q or -q. This charging takes place through a disproportionation/comproportionation mechanism rather than a dissociation/association mechanism and the equilibrium constant for this reaction is on the order of 10 to 10, which means about every 1 in 100 to 1 in 100 000 micelles will be charged.