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Microstructural Analysis of Porous Composite Materials: Dynamic Imaging of Drug Dissolution and Diffusion Through Porous Matrices

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    Paul M. Young, Kathy Nguyen & Daniela Traini

  2. Electron Microscope Unit, Madsen Building (F09), The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Sydney, Australia

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Young, P.M., Nguyen, K., Jones, A.S. et al. Microstructural Analysis of Porous Composite Materials: Dynamic Imaging of Drug Dissolution and Diffusion Through Porous Matrices. AAPS J 10, 560–564 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1208/s12248-008-9063-2

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