Monitoring the aggregation behaviour of self-assembling polymers through high-resolution ultrasonic spectroscopy

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 388, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 274-279

  Cespi, Marco ^a   Bonacucina, Giulia ^a   Mencarelli, Giovanna ^a   Pucciarelli, Stefania ^a   Giorgioni, Gianfabio ^a   Palmieri, Giovanni F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Differential scanning calorimetry; High resolution ultrasonic spectroscopy; Micellization; Poloxamer 407; Self assembling polymers

Indexed keywords

DRUG; DRUG CARRIER; POLOXAMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISPERSION; GELATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICELLIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG CARRIERS; MICELLES; POLOXAMER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 76549117640     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2009.12.053     Document Type: Article

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