Preparation of drug nanoparticles using a T-junction microchannel system

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 13805-13812

  Zhang, Qian Xia ^a,b   Xu, Li Min ^a   Zhou, Yue ^a   Wang, Jie Xin ^a   Chen, Jian Feng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE SOLUTION; ANTI-SOLVENTS; CONTACT BEHAVIOR; DISSOLUTION RATES; DRUG NANOPARTICLES; HIGH-FLOW RATE; ISOPROPYL ETHERS; LASER DIFFRACTOMETRY; LIQUID ANTISOLVENT; MICROCHANNEL SYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGY AND SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY; SIZE AND SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; T JUNCTIONS;

ACETONE; ETHERS; FLOW RATE; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; MICROCHANNELS; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 83655164442     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201291r     Document Type: Article

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