Recent developments in manufacturing micro- and nanoparticles from emulsion droplets

Nanoscience: Colloidal and Interfacial Aspects

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 437-491

  Vladisavljević, Goran T ^a   Williams, Richard A ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BAR CODES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; GELATION; MANUFACTURE; MICROELECTRONICS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SELF ASSEMBLY;

ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY; HIGH-PRESSURE HOMOGENIZERS; MICRO AND NANO-PARTICLE; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY; MULTIPLE EMULSIONS; PARTICLE SIZE AND MORPHOLOGIES; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS;

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EID: 84947047722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/EBK1420065008     Document Type: Chapter

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