Crystallization and phase changes in paracetamol from the amorphous solid to the liquid phase

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1326-1334

  Sibik, Juraj ^a   Sargent, Michael J ^a   Franklin, Miriam ^a   Zeitler, J Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acetaminophen; amorphous; crystallization; kinetics; paracetamol; polymorph; terahertz spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HEATING; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CRYSTALLIZATION; PHASE TRANSITION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84897977336     PISSN: 15438384     EISSN: 15438392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mp400768m     Document Type: Article

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