Course Detail
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Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisite: Graduate student status or instructor consent and CHEM 7050.
Description
Physicochemical fundamentals of dosage form design. Molecular thermodynamics approach to establishing principles of solutions, structures of liquids and solids, complexation, ion-solvent interactions, and multiple equilibria of organic solutes. Physicochemical examination of peptides and proteins, and protein structures. Thermodynamics of nucleic acids: temperature effects, cooperativity, and hybridization equilibria. Principles of colloid and interfacial sciences applied to pharmaceutical dosage formulations.