Microscopy imaging of liposomes: From coverslips to environmental SEM

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 417, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 138-150

  Bibi, Sagida ^a   Kaur, Randip ^a   Henriksen Lacey, Malou ^a   McNeil, Sarah E ^a   Wilkhu, Jitinder ^a   Lattmann, Eric ^a   Christensen, Dennis ^b   Mohammed, Afzal R ^a   Perrie, Yvonne ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Electron microscopy; Fluorescence microscopy; Light microscopy; Liposomes; Polarisation microscopy; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; LIPID VESICLE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 80052259001     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2010.12.021     Document Type: Review

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