Microfluidic fabrication of monodispersed pharmaceutical colloidal spheres of atorvastatin calcium with tunable sizes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4156-4161

  Zhang, Hai Xia ^a   Wang, Jie Xin ^a   Shao, Lei ^a   Chen, Jian Feng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; COLLOIDAL SPHERE; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; CONTINUOUS SYNTHESIS; DISSOLUTION RATES; DRUG CONCENTRATION; FIXED FLOW; ISO-PROPANOLS; KEY PARAMETERS; METHANOL SOLUTION; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICRO-FLUIDIC REACTORS; MONO-DISPERSED;

CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; METHANOL; MICROFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYDISPERSITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SPHERES;

EID: 77951686988     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie901365w     Document Type: Article

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