Control of particle size, at micrometric and nanometric range, using supercritical antisolvent precipitation from solvent mixtures: Application to PVP

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 273, Issue , 2015, Pages 344-352

  De Marco, I ^a   Rossmann, M ^b   Prosapio, V ^a   Reverchon, E ^a   Braeuer, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elastic light scattering; Micronization; Particle nucleation; Phase mixing behavior; Supercritical antisolvent process

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIXING; MIXTURES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLVATION; SOLVENTS;

ELASTIC LIGHT SCATTERING; MICRONIZATIONS; PARTICLE NUCLEATION; PHASE MIXING; SUPERCRITICAL ANTISOLVENT PROCESS;

SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

EID: 84926318764     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.03.100     Document Type: Article

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