Self-assembling process of flash nanoprecipitation in a multi-inlet vortex mixer to produce drug-loaded polymeric nanoparticles

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4109-4120

  Shen, Hao ^a   Hong, Seungpyo ^b   Prud'Homme, Robert K ^c   Liu, Ying ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloids; Competitive kinetics; Micellization; Micromixing; Nucleation and growth; Reynolds number; Supersaturation; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE KINETICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; INTERACTION FORCES; IRON NITRATES; MICRO-MIXING; MIXING TIME; MODEL DRUGS; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; NANOPARTICLE SUSPENSION; NANOPRECIPITATION; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; ORGANIC SOLUTES; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER AGGREGATIONS; POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES; REYNOLDS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SELF-ASSEMBLING PROCESS; VORTEX MIXERS;

AGGLOMERATION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COLLOIDS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GROWTH KINETICS; MICELLIZATION; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEATION; POTASSIUM; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUPERSATURATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VISUALIZATION; VORTEX FLOW;

POLYMERS;

BETA CAROTENE; COPOLYMER; IRON; NANOPARTICLE; NITRATE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER; THIOCYANATE POTASSIUM;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENCAPSULATION; MACROMOLECULE; MICROSCOPY; MULTI INLET VORTEX MIXER; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 81055157150     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0354-7     Document Type: Article

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