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High pressure homogenisation is an efficient and easy to use technique for cell disruption and liposome/emulsion processing. The principle is to pump the sample through a valve with a small aperture. The sample goes from very high pressure on the pump side of the valve to atmospheric pressure on the outlet side of the valve. This extreme change of pressure produces very high shear forces on the sample as it exits the valve. The effect on cells is to disrupt their membranes and the effect on liposomes/emulsions is that they are dramatically reduced in size
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