The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of formulation excipients on physical characteristics of inhalation dry powders prepared by spray-drying. The excipients used were a series of amino acids (glycine, alanine, leucine, isoleucine), trehalose and dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC). The particle diameter and the powder density were assessed by laser diffraction and tap densi...

Spherical boron powders with sizes ranging from 4 to 100 μm were prepared by ball milling a commercial powder. A planetary mill was used process control agent consisting of two immiscible fluids: hexane and acetonitrile. The spherical formed when the volume loaded close that acetonitrile in presence excess hexane. Particle measured using low-angle laser light scattering, they examined scanning ...

se of freeze granulated powders is successfully used as an industrially viable alternative to loose powder sintering for transparent polycrystalline lumina (PCA). Freeze granulation with narrow granule size distribution was realized after suspension condition optimization, with very good owability and regular spherical shapes. The key factors are low viscosity slurries linked to the complex int...

Metallic powders such as thermite are known as efficient fuels also applicable in oxygen-free environments. However, due to their hydrophobicity, they hardly penetrate into water. This paper presents an effect that enables the insertion and confinement of hydrophobic metallic powders in water, based on encapsulating an air bubble surrounded by a hydrophobic metallic shell. This effect, regarded...

Polyaminoboranes [N(R)H-BH2]n (1: R = H, 2: R = Me) were pyrolyzed on a range of substrates: silicon, metal foils (stainless steel, nickel, and rhodium), and sapphire wafers, as well as on Al2O3 and AlN powders. The pyrolysis of 2 on a Si-wafer resulted in porous nanostructures containing hexagonal-boron nitride (h-BN). In the case of 1 or H3N·BH3 as precursor, using rhodium foil as substrate a...

Ramsdellite-type lithium titanate (Li₂Ti₃O₇) powders were synthesized by performing ultrasonic spray pyrolysis, and their chemical and physical properties were characterized by performing Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD), and Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) analyses. The as-prepared Li₂Ti₃O₇ precursor powders had spherical morphologies with hollow microstructu...