Table : Properties of the simulated systems including: final N agg (nearest integer); max and min micelle sizes observed across repeats; final growth relationship type being logarithmic (log), linear (lin), or cubic power law (cub) (for linear coefficient less than 0.001, to 1 significant figure, in plots of N agg as a function of DPD time units, we assign log); micelle branching extent (average branches per micelle, N branch ) for final time frame; number of micelles (N m ) in the final time frame. Standard errors are presented in brackets (for the final digit). functional form (logarithmic, linear or cubic) of a nonlinear least squares fit performed on the average micelle growth rate. We note that the different, dominant, growth behaviours are a continuum and therefore we assign the category based on somewhat arbitrary cut off values. We are able to observe, in Fig. , that cubic power law growth is a result of branching and the corresponding formation of extended structures. However, as we see from comparing Fig. with Fig. small amounts of branching can be tolerated in what is defined as linear growth.