An assessment of reasonable tortuosity values

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1797-1800

  Scott, D C ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Matrix; Porosity; Simulation; Tortuosity; Tortuous

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POROSITY;

EID: 0035659529     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013399302958     Document Type: Article

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