Higuchi equation: Derivation, applications, use and misuse

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 418, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-12

  Siepmann, Juergen ^a,b   Peppas, Nicholas A ^c,d  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b France   (France)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled drug release; Diffusion; Drug release mechanism; Higuchi; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; FILM; KINETICS; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DIFFUSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICS; OINTMENTS; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 80052853276     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2011.03.051     Document Type: Review

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