Filter-extruded liposomes revisited: A study into size distributions and morphologies in relation to lipid-composition and process parameters

Journal of Liposome Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 11-20

  Hinna, Askell ^a   Steiniger, Frank ^b   Hupfeld, Stefan ^c   Stein, Paul ^a   Kuntsche, Judith ^a   Brandl, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c Aker BioPharma AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cryo transmission electron microscopy; flow field flow fractionation; lamellarity; multi angle light scattering

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLYCARBONATE; LIPID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; DISPERSION; FILTER; FILTER EXTRUSION; FLOW RATE; FREEZE THAWING; LASER; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPID COMPOSITION; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY;

LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84955371112     PISSN: 08982104     EISSN: 15322394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08982104.2015.1022556     Document Type: Article

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