Research Article

Production of Lipid Microparticles Magnetically Active by a Supercritical Fluid-Based Process

Table 1

DSC spectra measured at ambient pressure for triestearin-magnetite and triestearin-phosphatidylcholine-magnetite starting mixtures, and for particles produced by the modified-PGSS process.

CompositionMixturesParticles
%
magnetite[ ][J/g][ ][J/g][ ][J/g]

Triestearin-magnetite067.412648.610567.2144
166.612349.011467.2144
567.011748.811067.2138
1066.912248.910767.0125

Triestearin-treated magnetite166.912748.911666.9110
567.011848.810267.1140
1066.411048.89666.9155

Triestearin-phosphatidylcholine-magnetite068.77351.04566.369
168.86048.94066.978
568.110049.36366.869
1067.56249.34067.075