title: Nanosized drug formulations under microfluidic continuous flow.
abstract: We present a simple method involving a rotating tube processor to fabricate ultrafine crystalline drug nanoparticles under microfluidic continuous flow with precise control over particle size, with significantly enhanced dissolution of the drug.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Strategic Nano-Fabrication, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western, Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Selvi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dev
authors.forename: K Swaminathan
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.forename: Colin L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Raston
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D004339:Drug Compounding / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D000077239:Meloxicam; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D020442:Poloxamer / Q000737:chemistry; D012399:Rotation; D013843:Thiazines / Q000737:chemistry; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D013843:Thiazines; D013844:Thiazoles; D020442:Poloxamer; D000077239:Meloxicam