The development of heated tip force-distance measurements as a novel approach to site-specific characterization of pharmaceutical materials

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2768-2779

  Harding, Ljiljana ^a   Reading, Mike ^a   Craig, Duncan Q M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Force distance curves; Localized thermal analysis; Microthermal analysis; Pull off force; Pulsed force mode

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; MATERIALS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 52449097178     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: 15206017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jps.21019     Document Type: Article

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