Characterising the surface adhesive behavior of tablet tooling components by atomic force microscopy

Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 875-885

  Bunker, Matt ^a   Zhang, Jianxin ^a   Blanchard, Rob ^b   Roberts, Clive J ^a  

^a Molecular Profiles Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b I Holland Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Lactose; Particle adhesion; Sticking; Tablet manufacture; Tablet tooling

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DRUG COATING; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SCREENING; HUMIDITY; HYDROPHILICITY; SURFACE ADHESION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TABLET COMPRESSION; TABLET MANUFACTURE; TABLET TOOLING;

ADHESIVENESS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; LACTOSE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TABLETS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 79960363870     PISSN: 03639045     EISSN: 15205762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03639045.2010.546402     Document Type: Article

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