Gas and particle dynamics of a contoured shock tube for pre-clinical microparticle drug delivery

Shock Waves

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 149-164

  Truong, N K ^a,c   Liu, Y ^a   Kendall, M A F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biolistic; CCW; PIV; Starting process; Transonic; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746439351     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00193-006-0034-1     Document Type: Article

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