Publications by authors named "Edward J Swanson"
Magnesite is the most desirable phase within the magnesium carbonate family for carbon storage for a number of reasons: magnesium efficiency, omission of additional crystal waters and thermodynamic stability. For large-scale carbonation to be a viable industrial process, magnesite precipitation must be made to occur rapidly and reliably. Unfortunately, the formation of metastable hydrated magnesium carbonate phases (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe have developed an injectable foam suspension containing self-assembling, lipid-based microparticles encapsulating a core of pure oxygen gas for intravenous injection. Prototype suspensions were manufactured to contain between 50 and 90 ml of oxygen gas per deciliter of suspension. Particle size was polydisperse, with a mean particle diameter between 2 and 4 μm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA detailed study is presented on the synthesis and characterization of purely oxygen-filled microbubbles (OMBs) stabilized by phospholipids. Microbubbles with a diameter of less than 10 μm were generated and concentrated to >50 vol % in saline. The lipid acyl chain length had little effect on the size distribution but profoundly affected the foam stability.
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