We have created nanospirals by self-assembly during droplet evaporation. The nanospirals, 60-70 nm in diameter, formed when solvent mixtures of methanol and m-cresol were used. In contrast, spin coating using only methanol as the solvent produced epitaxial films of stripe nanopatterns and using only m-cresol disordered structure. Due to the disparity in vapor pressure between the two solvents, ...

Solvent extraction/evaporation, solvent diffusion/evaporation or any modification in the basic principle of the emulsification technique produces the drug loaded sustained release micro or nanoparticles of desired properties. For understanding the basic principles of these techniques, it is essential for the development of desired objectives. Emulsification is the only step where we can disrupt...

In this study, we prepared all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)-encapsulated, surfactant-free, PLGA nanoparticles. The nanoparticles were formed by nanoprecipitation process, after which the solvent was removed by solvent evaporation or dialysis method. When a nanoparticle was prepared by the nanoprecipitation solvent evaporation method, the nanoparticles were bigger than the nanoparticles of the nan...

This paper considers the stability of thin liquid layers of binary mixtures of a volatile (solvent) species and a non-volatile (polymer) species. Evaporation leads to a depletion of the solvent near the liquid surface. If surface tension increases for lower solvent concentrations, sufficiently strong compositional gradients can lead to Bénard-Marangoni-type convection that is similar to the kin...

In this study, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was employed to select the best method for the preparation of Nateglinide (NTG)loaded nanoparticles. There are various techniques available for the development of nanoparticles like Nanoprecipitation or Solvent displacement, Ionic gelation, Solvent evaporation method etc. and choosing the best method is a crucial one. AHP is one of the widely us...

The invisible inks have many applications, including the use of banknote printing, code load, securitydocuments and much of its application in the exchange of security information. Photoluminescenceproperties of lanthanide compounds that attracted the attention of many scholars in recent decades are one ofthe important factors in drying and fluidity of the ink. The solvent eva...

in this study, microspheres containing estradiol valerate were prepared by solvent evaporation method using poly (glycolide-co-lactide) (plga 50:50) and poly (lactide). the effect of different process variables such as polymer type, drugpolymer ratio, stirring rate, volume of internal phase and temperature of external phase on the morphology, particle size distribution, encapsulation efficiency...

The therapeutic benefit of microencapsulated drugs and vaccines brought forth the need to prepare such particles in larger quantities and in sufficient quality suitable for clinical trials and commercialisation. Very commonly, microencapsulation processes are based on the principle of so-called "solvent extraction/evaporation". While initial lab-scale experiments are frequently performed in sim...