Continuous flow production of cationic liposomes at high lipid concentration in microfluidic devices for gene delivery applications

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 226, Issue , 2013, Pages 423-433

  Balbino, Tiago A ^a   Aoki, Nayla T ^a   Gasperini, Antonio A M ^b   Oliveira, Cristiano L P ^c   Azzoni, Adriano R ^c   Cavalcanti, Leide P ^b   de la Torre, Lucimara G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cationic liposomes; Gene delivery; Hydrodynamic flow focusing; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

CATIONIC LIPOSOMES; GENE DELIVERY; HYDRODYNAMIC FLOWS; HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MULTILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

ETHANOL; FOCUSING; GENE TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIPOSOMES; MICROFLUIDICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FLUIDIC DEVICES;

EID: 84878196411     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.04.053     Document Type: Article

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