Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2018 Sep;130:314-326. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2018.07.012. Epub 2018 Jul 18.
Sample complexity and polydispersity presents challenges surrounding particle size measurements for nanoparticles (NPs). To ensure the delivery of high quality products to the marketplace it is imperative that this task is performed with the greatest accuracy and certainty. For this reason, particle sizing via more than one technique is critical to the success of the formulation process. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) and nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) are techniques that size particles based on their Brownian motion in liquid medium. However, each technique has advantages and disadvantages associated with its application. This study was designed with the intent of comparing these techniques in a critical manner. NPs were formed using three Biopharmaceutics Classification System class II compounds: itraconazole, ketoconazole and posaconazole, using an anti-solvent addition, bottom up method. The impact of polyethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol methyl ether and polyethylene glycol dimethyl ether with a molecular weight 2000 Da, as stabilizers, was assessed using these two particle sizing techniques. Mie light scattering theory was successfully used to explain the relationship between material composition and particle scattering power. A change in material refractive index, associated with an amorphous to crystalline solid state transformation, was predominantly responsible for the observed change in the light scattering power of posaconazole nano-dispersions. The innovative application of NTA for the live tracking of these physical processes was explored for the first time. This novel finding can serve to deepen our understanding of the dynamic crystallisation pathway undertaken by a nanoparticle.
样品复杂性和多分散性给纳米颗粒(NPs)的粒径测量带来了挑战。为了确保将高质量的产品推向市场,必须以最高的精度和确定性来完成这项任务。出于这个原因,通过多种技术对颗粒进行粒度分析对于制剂过程的成功至关重要。动态光散射(DLS)和纳米颗粒跟踪分析(NTA)是根据颗粒在液体介质中的布朗运动来测量颗粒大小的技术。然而,每种技术在其应用中都有优点和缺点。本研究旨在以批判性的方式比较这两种技术。使用三种生物药剂学分类系统 II 类化合物:伊曲康唑、酮康唑和泊沙康唑,通过反溶剂添加、自下而上的方法形成 NPs。使用这两种颗粒尺寸分析技术评估了分子量为 2000 Da 的聚乙二醇、聚乙二醇甲基醚和聚乙二醇二甲醚作为稳定剂的影响。Mie 光散射理论成功地用于解释材料成分与颗粒散射能力之间的关系。与无定形到结晶固体状态转变相关的材料折射率的变化主要负责观察到泊沙康唑纳米分散体光散射能力的变化。首次探索了 NTA 对这些物理过程的实时跟踪的创新应用。这一新颖的发现可以加深我们对纳米颗粒所经历的动态结晶途径的理解。
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