Controlling the thickness of hollow polymeric microspheres prepared by electrohydrodynamic atomization

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2010, Pages

  Chang, Ming Wei ^a   Stride, Eleanor ^a   Edirisinghe, Mohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrohydrodynamic atomization; Hollow spheres; Perfluorocarbon

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIQUIDS; MICROSPHERES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; APPLIED VOLTAGES; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC ATOMIZATION; HOLLOW MICROSPHERE; HOLLOW SPHERE; MEAN DIAMETER; MODEL MATERIALS; PERFLUOROCARBONS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMERIC MICROSPHERE; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SHELL THICKNESS;

POLYMERS;

MICROSPHERE; PERFLEXANE; POLYMER; POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC ATOMIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCAPSULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; THICKNESS;

EID: 77955759289     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0092.focus     Document Type: Article

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