Fixed Bed Adsorption of Drugs on Silica Aerogel from Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Solutions

Supercritical adsorption coupled with the high adsorption capacity of silica aerogel allows the preparation of a new kind of delivery systems of poor water soluble drugs. In order to overcome drawbacks of conventional techniques where the use of liquid solvents can cause the fracture of aerogel poro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giuseppe Caputo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Chemical Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/752719