Table 4.

Aerosolization profiles of nanoemulsions determined by laser diffraction method.

Parameter	First generation nanoemulsion (L3)	Second generation nanoemulsion (L7)	Third-generation nanoemulsion (L9)
Dv(10) (µm)	2.33 ± 0.05	2.56 ± 0.07	2.63 ± 0.25
Dv(50) (µm)	4.95 ± 0.07	5.24 ± 0.12	6.34 ± 0.56
Dv(90) (µm)	9.59 ± 0.15	10.28 ± 0.24	14.46 ± 1.83
D[3,2] µm	3.52 ± 0.10	4.49 ± 0.04	4.03 ± 0.12
D[4,3] µm	5.51 ± 0.07	5.93 ± 0.06	7.61 ± 0.32
SSA (m2/cc)	1.70 ± 0.04	1.34 ± 0.01	1.49 ± 0.33
GSD/Span	1.87 ± 0.09/1.47 ± 0.01	1.64 ± 0.06/1.47 ± 0.01	2.08 ± 0.08/1.86 ± 0.01
FPF<3µm	18.23 ± 0.31	15.09 ± 0.39	12.72 ± 0.87
FPF<5µm	45.47 ± 0.59	41.50 ± 0.72	31.88 ± 1.80