Crystallization of acetaminophen/poly(ethylene oxide) mixtures

Min Yang, Costas G. Gogos, Peng Wang

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Abstract

A model drug acetaminophen was mixed with PEO, and the morphology, nucleation numbers, and crystallization kinetics of PEO were altered accordingly. The spherulitic growth rate and isothermal DSC endotherm were analyzed by Hoffman-Lauritzen theory and Avrami theory, respectively. It was found that the fold surface free energy increased significantly with increasing drug content, indicating the chain folding of PEO became much more difficult in the presence of the small molecule drug.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication70th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2012, ANTEC 2012
Pages2074-2079
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2012
Event70th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2012, ANTEC 2012 - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: Apr 2 2012Apr 4 2012

Publication series

NameAnnual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings
Volume3

Other

Other70th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2012, ANTEC 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period4/2/124/4/12

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Polymers and Plastics

Keywords

  • Acetaminophen/APAP
  • Avrami exponent
  • Hoffman-Lauritzen theory
  • Isothermal crystallization
  • Poly(ethylene oxide)/PEO
  • Solubility
  • Spherulite

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