Effect of electron beam radio sterilization on cyclic olefin copolymers used as pharmaceutical storage materials

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 84, Issue , 2013, Pages 223-231

  Barakat, Hala ^a,b   Aymes Chodur, Caroline ^a   Saunier, Johanna ^a   Yagoubi, Najet ^a  

^a Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^b TISHREEN UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Ageing; COC; Crosslinking; Electron beam radio sterilization; Low molecular weight compounds; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

AGEING; BULK PROPERTIES; COC; CONTACT-ANGLE MEASUREMENTS; CYCLIC OLEFIN COPOLYMERS; CYCLOOLEFIN COPOLYMERS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FTIR/ATR; GOOD CORRELATIONS; IRGANOX 1010; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION; POLYMER STRUCTURE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RP-HPLC; SURFACE POLARITIES;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTACT ANGLE; COPOLYMERS; CROSSLINKING; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; FLAVONOIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OLEFINS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

ANTIOXIDANT; COPOLYMER; CYCLIC OLEFIN COPOLYMER; POLYPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG FORMULATION; ELECTRON BEAM; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PACKAGING MATERIAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION STERILIZATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84874424707     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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