Crystallization of alpha-lactose monohydrate in a drop-based microfluidic crystallizer

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4802-4810

  Dombrowski, Richard D ^a   Litster, James D ^a   Wagner, Norman J ^b   He, Yinghe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Microfluidics; Nucleation; Particle formation; Pharmaceuticals; Product design

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZERS; NUCLEATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRODUCT DESIGN; SUPERSATURATION;

CONTROLLED SIZE; DROP SIZE; MONODISPERSE DROPS; PARTICLE FORMATION; TUBULAR CRYSTALLIZER;

MICROFLUIDICS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZERS; MICROFLUIDICS; NUCLEATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRODUCT DESIGN; SUPERSATURATION;

EID: 34547477711     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.05.033     Document Type: Article

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