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Preparation of Dextran Microparticles by Using the SAS Process  

Kang, Dong-Yuk (Department of Advanced Chemical, Chonnam National University)
Min, Byoung-Jun (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Rho, Seon-Gyun (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Kang, Choon-Hyoung (Department of Applied Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.46, no.5, 2008 , pp. 958-964 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this work, micro-sized dextran particles, which have recently been focused as one of the candidate materials for the Drug Delivery System(DDS), were prepared by means of the Supercritical Antisolvent (SAS) process with $CO_2$. With dimethyl sulfoxide(DMSO) as the solvent, effects of the operating variables such as temperature (308.15~323.15 K), pressure(90~130 bar), solute concentration(10~20 mg/ml), and the molecular weight of the solute(Mw=37,500, 450,000) on the size and morphology of the resulting particles were thoroughly observed. The higher solute concentration led to the larger particles, however, the injection velocity of the solution and pressure did not show significant effects on the resulting particle size. With dextran of the lower molecular weight, the smallest particles were obtained at 313.15 K. On the other hand, the size of the particles from the high molecular weight dextran ranged between $0.1{\sim}0.5{\mu}m$ with an incremental effect of the temperature and pressure. For the solute concentration of 5 mg/ml, the lower molecular weight dextran did not form discrete particles while aggregation of the particles appeared when the solute concentration exceeded 15 mg/ml for the higher molecular weight dextran. It is believed that if the solute concentration is too low, the degree of the supersaturation in the recrystallization chamber would not be sufficient for initiation of the nucleation and growth mechanism. Instead, the spinodal decomposition mechanism leads to formation of the island-like phase separation which appears similar to aggregation of the discrete particles. This effect would be more pronounced for the smaller molecular weight polymer system due to the narrower phase-splitting region.
Keywords
Anti-Solvent; Recrystallization; Dextran; Microparticles; Degree of Supersaturations;
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