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    Process Intensification: Nano-Carrier Formation by a Continuous Dense Gas Process

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    Beh, C.
    Mammucari, R.
    Foster, Neil
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Beh, C. and Mammucari, R. and Foster, N. 2015. Process intensification: Nano-carrier formation by a continuous dense gas process. Chemical Engineering Journal. 266: pp. 320-328.
    Source Title
    Chemical Engineering Journal
    DOI
    10.1016/j.cej.2014.12.072
    ISSN
    1385-8947
    School
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10959
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    Formation of nano-carriers such as vesicles and micelles using dense gas processing has been under extensive research for decades. Several dense gas processes have been developed to produce nano-carriers, most of them being batch processes. In the present study, a novel continuous dense gas, known as nano-carrier by a continuous dense gas (NADEG) process was developed as an evolution of a dense gas batch process known as the Depressurization of an Expanded Solution into Aqueous Media (DESAM) process. Transforming a batch process into a continuous process is a main aspect of process intensification. The NADEG process developed in this work enhances the production output of the batch process while producing nano-carriers free of harmful residual organic solvent. The NADEG process is a one-step process for the production of nano-carriers with lower size and higher encapsulation efficiency than the nano-carriers produced by other batch processes. Encapsulation efficiencies as high as 15% were achieved using liposomes to encapsulate a model hydrophilic compound (isoniazid) while encapsulation efficiencies of 10% were achieved in polymersomes for the same model compound.

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