简介：Theprocessingoffine-grainedparticleswithdiametersbetween1and10micronsisdifficultduetostrongvan-der-Waalsattractionforces.Inordertoimprovethehandlingproperties,thefine-grainedparticles,i.e.host-particles,arecoatedwithvariousnanoparticles,i.e.guest-particles.Themixingoffine-grainedpowdersisinfluencedbyparticle-particleinteractions.Iftheseforcesaredistinctivelyused,bothinteractiveandorderedmixtu.rescanbeproduced.Theseparticlemixturesconsistofcomposite-particlesthathavenewphysicalproperties.Thesemodifiedpropertiesdependstronglyonthecoatingprocess,thediameter-andmass-relationshipoftheguest-andthehost-particles.Thepropertiesofthecomposite-particlescansystematicallybeadjustedtotherequirementsofindustrialapplications.Forexample,alaboratorybubblingfluidizedbedcanbeusedtodescribetheconveyingbehaviorofthefunctionalizedhost-particles.Applicationsforthefunctionalizedparticlesareinthepharmaceuticalandthepowdercoatingindustries,e.g.enhanceddrypowderinhalersandthinlacquerfilms.Thepresentresearchcomparesthreedifferentmixing/coatingprocesses.Thecomposite-particlesarecharacterizedbyTEM,SEMandwiththeirfluidizationcharacteristics.Thecoatingprocessitselfismonitoredbytheelectrostaticchargeoftheparticles.