New insights into the pore structure of poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) microspheres

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 402, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 20-26

  Vay, Kerstin ^a   Scheler, Stefan ^a   Frieß, Wolfgang ^b  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gas pycnometry; Microspheres; Porosity; Single particle optical sensing; Structure

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; MICROSPHERE; NITROGEN; POLYGLACTIN;

ARTICLE; EVAPORATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SURFACE TENSION;

DRUG CARRIERS; LACTIC ACID; MERCURY; MICROSPHERES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POROSITY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78349308649     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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