Analysis of amorphous and nanocrystalline solids from their X-ray diffraction patterns

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2333-2349

  Bates, Simon ^a   Zografi, George ^b   Engers, David ^c   Morris, Kenneth ^c   Crowley, Kieran ^d   Newman, Ann ^a  

^a SSCI Incorporated   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cardinal Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous; CRN; Disorder; Disordered nanocrystalline; Glass; Pair distribution function (PDF); RCP; Rietveld; Total scattering; X ray powder diffraction (XRPD)

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; NANOCRYSTAL; PIROXICAM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL; GRINDING; LABORATORY; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID; SOLID STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CELLULOSE; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG STABILITY; EXCIPIENTS; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PIROXICAM; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33749457920     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-006-9086-2     Document Type: Article

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