A facile microfluidic method for production of liposomes

Anticancer Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2 A, 2008, Pages 943-947

  Pradhan, Prashant ^a   Guan, Jingjiao ^a,b   Lu, Dongning ^a   Wang, Peng George ^a   Lee, L James ^a,b,d   Lee, Robert J ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

^c 125A Koffolt Laboratories ^*  (United States)

^d Koffolt Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg PC; Ethanol injection; Liposome; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; EGG PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; HYDROGENATED SOY PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIPID BILAYER; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; NEEDLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ETHANOL; LIPOSOMES; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 42649131375     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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