Issue
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering,
Vol.28, No.9, 1945-1951, 2011
Formation of MPEG-PLLA block copolymer microparticles using compressed carbon dioxide
Methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(L-lactide) (MPEG-PLLA) diblock copolymer was synthesized via ring-opening polymerization, and MPEG-PLLA microparticles were then prepared using an aerosol solvent extraction system (ASES) technique with compressed carbon dioxide as antisolvent. The MPEG-PLLA microparticles were prepared at temperatures ranging from 25 ℃ to 55 ℃ and at pressures from 85 bar to 150 bar. The concentration of MPEG-PLLA copolymer, solution flow rate, and CO2 flow rate were adjusted to be 0.5-3.0% (w/v), 0.3-1.0 mL/min, and 19 g/min, respectively. Relatively small spherical microparticles were prepared in the subcritical region at 25 ℃ , while agglomerated particles were obtained at temperatures above the critical point. The mean particle sizes of the MPEGPLLA microparticles prepared by the ASES varied from 9.53 μm to 46.9 μm depending upon the operating conditions.
[References]
  1. Gref RA, Domb A, Quellec P, Blunk T, Miiller RH, Verbavatz JM, Langer R, Adv. Drug Del. Rev., 16, 215, 1995
  2. Stolnik S, Dunn SE, Garnett MC, Davies MC, Coombes AGA, Taylor DC, Irving MP, Purkiss SC, Tadros TF, Davis SS, Illum L, Pharm. Res., 11, 1800, 1994
  3. Robio M, Gref R, Sanchez A, Langer R, Alonso MJ, Pharm. Res., 15, 270, 1998
  4. Owens III DE, Peppas NA, Int. J. Pharm., 307, 93, 2006
  5. Lia YP, Pei YY, Zhang XY, Gu ZH, Zhou ZH, Yuan WF, Zhou JJ, Zhu JH, Gao XJ, J. Contr. Rel., 71, 203, 2001
  6. Yeo Y, Baek N, Park K, Biotechnol. Bioproc. Eng., 6, 213, 2001
  7. Kim MY, Yoo KP, Lim JS, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 24, 860, 2006
  8. Wu K, Li J, J. Supercrit. Fluids, 46(2), 211, 2008
  9. Lee LY, Wang CH, Smith KA, J. Contr. Rel., 125, 96, 2008
  10. Reverchon E, J. Supercrit. Fluids, 15(1), 1, 1999
  11. Obrzut DL, Bell PW, Roberts CB, Duke SR, J. Supercrit. Fluids, 42(2), 299, 2007
  12. Huang CI, Tsai SH, Chen CM, J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys., 44(17), 2438, 2006
  13. Yang JL, Zhao T, Cui JJ, Liu LJ, Zhou YC, Li G, Zhou EL, Chen XS, J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys., 44(22), 3215, 2006
  14. Sun JR, Hong ZK, Yang LX, Tang ZH, Chen XS, Jing XB, Polymer, 45(17), 5969, 2004
  15. Zhang C, Liao LQ, Gong SQ, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 28(4), 422, 2007
  16. Joo MK, Sohn YS, Jeong B, Macromolecules, 40(14), 5111, 2007
  17. Chen L, Xie Z, Hu J, Chen X, Jing X, J. Nanopart. Res., 9, 777, 2007
  18. Kim SY, Kim JH, Kim D, An JH, Lee DS, Kim SC, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 82(10), 2599, 2001
  19. Dong Y, Feng SS, Biomat., 25, 2843, 2004
  20. Dong Y, Feng SS, Biomat., 28, 4154, 2007
  21. Olivier JC, Huertas R, Lee RHJ, Calon F, Pardridge WM, Pharm. Res., 19, 1137, 2002
  22. Reverchon E, De Marco L, J. Supercrit. Fluids, 31(2), 207, 2004
  23. Martin A, Mattea F, Gutierrez L, Miguel F, Cocero MJ, J. Supercrit. Fluids, 41(1), 138, 2007
  24. Weidner E, Wiesmet V, Knez Z, Skerget M, J. Supercrit. Fluids, 10(3), 139, 1997
  25. Reverchon E, Della Porta G, De Rosa I, Subra P, Letourneur D, J. Supercrit. Fluids, 18(3), 239, 2000
  26. Chen AZ, Pu XM, Kang YQ, Liao L, Yao YD, Yin GF, J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Med., 18, 2339, 2007