Improved PCA process for the production of nano- and microparticles of polymers

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2408-2417

  Perez Y ^a   Wubbolts, F E ^a   Witkamp, G J ^a   Jansens, P J ^a   De Loos, Th W ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Particle formation; PCA; Polymer; Supercritical CO2

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ATOMIZATION; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MICROSTRUCTURE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLIDIFICATION; SOLUBILITY;

ANTISOLVENTS; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; LIQUID-LIQUID PHASE SPLIT;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEXTRAN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYMER; SOLVENT;

MEDICAL APPLICATION;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPRESSION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DEVICE; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; NEBULIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PCA PROCESS; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERIZATION; PRECIPITATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 4644260359     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10210     Document Type: Article

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