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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2016

Polymer Encapsulation of an Amorphous Pharmaceutical by initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition for Enhanced Stability.

Paul Christian, Heike M A Ehmann, Anna Maria Coclite, Oliver Werzer

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Paul ChristianInstitute of Solid State Physics, NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology , 8010 Graz, Austria.
Heike M A EhmannInstitute of Pharmaceutical Science, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Graz , 8010 Graz, Austria.
Anna Maria CocliteInstitute of Solid State Physics, NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology , 8010 Graz, Austria.
Oliver WerzerInstitute of Pharmaceutical Science, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Graz , 8010 Graz, Austria.
Graz University of Technology · ATUniversity of Graz · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 25541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The usage of amorphous solids in practical applications, such as in medication, is commonly limited by the poor long-term stability of this state, because unwanted crystalline transitions occur. In this study, three different polymeric coatings are investigated for their ability to stabilize amorphous films of the model drug clotrimazole and to protect against thermally induced transitions. For this, drop cast films of clotrimazole are encapsulated by initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD), using perfluorodecyl acrylate (PFDA), hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), and methacrylic acid (MAA). The iCVD technique operates under solvent-free conditions at low temperatures, thus leaving the solid state of the encapsulated layer unaffected. Optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction data reveal that at ambient conditions of about 22 °C, any of these iCVD layers extends the lifetime of the amorphous state significantly. At higher temperatures (50 or 70 °C), the p-PFDA coating is unable to provide protection, while the p-HEMA and p-MAA strongly reduce the crystallization rate. Furthermore, p-HEMA and p-MAA selectively facilitate a preferential alignment of clotrimazole and, interestingly, even suppress crystallization upon a temporary, rapid temperature increase (3 °C/min, up to 150 °C). The results of this study demonstrate how a polymeric coating, synthesized directly on top of an amorphous phase, can act as a stabilizing agent against crystalline transitions, which makes this approach interesting for a variety of applications.

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CrystallizationGasesHot TemperaturePolymersX-Ray DiffractionGasesPolymersamorphousclotrimazoleencapsulationiCVDmolecular arrangementstabilizationthin filmX-ray diffraction

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PMID27467099
PMCPMC4999961
OpenAlexW2477065600

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