A simple confined impingement jets mixer for flash nanoprecipitation

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4018-4023

  Han, Jing ^a   Zhu, Zhengxi ^a   Qian, Haitao ^a   Wohl, Adam R ^a   Beaman, Charles J ^a   Hoye, Thomas R ^a   Macosko, Christopher W ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

CIJ mixer; Drug delivery; Flash nanoprecipitation; Mixing; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology; Particle size; carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYETHYLENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONFINED IMPINGEMENT JET MIXER; DILUTION; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; DRUG FORMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLASH NANOPRECIPITATION; FLOW RATE; JET INJECTOR; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIXER; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE; PRECIPITATION; SYRINGE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 84865359447     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: 15206017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jps.23259     Document Type: Article

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