Supercritical antisolvent precipitation of micro- and nano-particles

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-21

  Reverchon, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catalysts; Coloring matter; Explosives; Inorganic compounds; Micronization processes; Pharmaceutical compounds; Polymers; Superconductors; Supercritical antisolvents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001927169     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-8446(98)00129-6     Document Type: Review

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