Electron microscopy of pharmaceutical systems

Micron

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-74

  Klang, Victoria ^a   Valenta, Claudia ^a   Matsko, Nadejda B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Analytical EM; Colloidal systems; Electron microscopy; Pharmaceutical systems; SEM; TEM

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ANALYSIS; ANALYTICAL EM; BASIC PROPERTIES; COLLOIDAL SYSTEM; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; MICRO-PARTICLES; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPIC METHODS; MICROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; NANO SCALE; NANO-EMULSIONS; OPTIMISATIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH; PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEMS; PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; SOLID LIPID NANOPARTICLE (SLN); STANDARD TOOLS;

COLLOIDS; DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; METALLOGRAPHY; MICROEMULSIONS; NANOPARTICLES; RESEARCH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRONS;

LIPID; NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMISTRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMULSION; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICS; REVIEW; SPECTROMETRY;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EMULSIONS; LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NANOPARTICLES; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY, ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84870660422     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2012.07.008     Document Type: Review

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