Nanoprecipitation in confined impinging jets mixers: Production, characterization and scale-up of pegylated nanospheres and nanocapsules for pharmaceutical use

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 217-227

  Valente, I ^a   Celasco, E ^a   Marchisio, D L ^a   Barresi, A A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mixing; Particulate processes; Pharmaceuticals; Precipitation; Scale up; Solvent displacement

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL SYSTEM; CONFINED IMPINGING JETS; CYANOACRYLATES; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; DIFFERENT SIZES; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; DRIVING FORCES; FINE TUNING; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; JET VELOCITIES; MICROMIXERS; MIXING CONDITIONS; NANOPRECIPITATION; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PARTICLE SIZE AND SURFACES; PARTICULATE PROCESS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMER NANOPARTICLES; POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS; SCALE-UP; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; SOLVENT-DISPLACEMENT; VORTEX MIXERS;

DRUG PRODUCTS; MIXING; NANOCAPSULES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSPHERES; PHOTOELECTRONS; POLYMERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 84862902730     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.02.050     Document Type: Article

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