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Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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The Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry

7020 - Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Equilibria in Pharmaceutical and Biological Systems

Primary Instructor:Bruce Yu
Designation:Core
Semesters Offered:Spring
Frequency Offered:Annually
Catalog 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.
Course Syllabus:To be posted.