Particles formation and particle design using supercritical fluids

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 353-361

  Knez, Zeljko ^a   Weidner, Eckhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Dense gasses; Design; Gas anti solvent recrystallization; High pressure; Micro particles; Micronization; Nano particles; Particles; Particles from gas saturated solutions; Rapid expansion of supercritical solutions; Supercritical fluids

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POWDERS;

DENSE FLUID; DENSE GASSES; POWDERY COMPOSITION;

SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DESIGN; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID;

EID: 1842708899     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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