Preparation of uniform and large sized agarose microspheres by an improved membrane emulsification technique

Powder Technology

Volumn 253, Issue , 2014, Pages 444-452

  Zhao, Xi ^a,b   Wu, Jie ^a   Gong, Fang Ling ^a   Cui, Jin Mei ^a   Janson, Jan Christer ^c   Ma, Guang Hui ^a   Su, Zhi Guo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agarose microspheres; Large size; SPG membrane emulsification technique; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; LARGE SIZE; MEMBRANE EMULSIFICATION TECHNIQUE; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PRODUCTION BOTTLENECKS; SPG MEMBRANE EMULSIFICATION TECHNIQUES; UNIFORMITY;

MEMBRANES; MICROSPHERES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EMULSIFICATION;

AGAROSE; MICROSPHERE; SEPHAROSE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMULSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRESSURE; SHIRASU POROUS GLASS MEMBRANE EMULSIFICATION TECHNIQUE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84890868722     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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