Fig. 8: Detachment mechanisms for the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) during the inhalation process. | Communications Materials

Fig. 8: Detachment mechanisms for the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) during the inhalation process.

From: Aerodynamic performance of tailored microparticles as carriers in dry powder inhaler formulations made by multi-focus multi-photon 3D laser printing

Fig. 8

a by shear forces of the surrounding air flow (velocity gradient indicated by color gradient); b by particle-particle collisions between two coarse carrier particles; c by particle-wall collisions of a carrier particle with the inhaler device.

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