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ArticlePharmaceutics2024

Characterization of Surfactant Spheroidal Micelle Structure for Pharmaceutical Applications: A Novel Analytical Framework.

Liberato De Caro, Thibaud Stoll, Arnaud Grandeury, Fabia Gozzo, Cinzia Giannini

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors.

Liberato De CaroIstituto di Cristallografia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Amendola 122/O, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Thibaud StollExcelsus Structural Solutions (Swiss) AG, Park Innovaare, Parkstrasse 1, 5234 Villigen, Switzerland.
Arnaud GrandeuryNovartis Pharma AG, Technical Research and Development, Material Science, Novartis Campus, Virchow 6.3.231, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Fabia GozzoExcelsus Structural Solutions (Swiss) AG, Park Innovaare, Parkstrasse 1, 5234 Villigen, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3697-3491
Cinzia GianniniIstituto di Cristallografia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Amendola 122/O, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0983-2885

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Abstract

We introduce an innovative theoretical framework tailored for the analysis of Pair Distribution Function (PDF) data derived from Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) measurements of core-shell micelles. The new approach involves the exploitation of the first derivative of the PDF and the derivation of analytical equations to solve the core-shell micelle structure under the hypothesis of a spheroidal shape. These analytical equations enable us to determine the micelle's aggregation number, degree of ellipticity, and contrast in electron density between the core-shell and shell-buffer regions after having determined the whole micelle size and its shell size from the analysis of the first derivative of the PDF. We have formulated an overdetermined system of analytical equations based on the unknowns that characterize the micelle structure. This allows us to establish a Figure of Merit, which is utilized to identify the most reliable solution within the system of equations.

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drug delivery systemsmicellessmall angle X-ray scatteringsurfactant

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PMID38794266
PMCPMC11125155

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