Techniques to assess film coatings and evaluate film-coated products Assessing film coatings and film-coated products

Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-142

  Porter, Stuart C ^a   Felton, Linda A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Film coating; Film structure; Gloss; Mechanical properties; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIGITAL IMAGING; ENTERIC COATED TABLET; FILM COATING; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; LASER MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOISTURE; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PERMEABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; STOMACH JUICE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DRUG COMPOUNDING; EXCIPIENTS; MATERIALS TESTING; PERMEABILITY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TABLETS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 75149176344     PISSN: 03639045     EISSN: 15205762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03639040903433757     Document Type: Review

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