Microstructure of tablet—pharmaceutical significance, assessment, and engineering

CC Sun - Pharmaceutical research, 2017 - Springer
Purpose To summarize the microstructure–property relationship of pharmaceutical tablets
and approaches to improve tablet properties through tablet microstructure engineering …

Influences of crystal anisotropy in pharmaceutical process development

E Hadjittofis, MA Isbell, V Karde, S Varghese… - Pharmaceutical …, 2018 - Springer
Crystalline materials are of crucial importance to the pharmaceutical industry, as a large
number of APIs are formulated in crystalline form, occasionally in the presence of crystalline …

Surface design for controlled crystallization: The role of surface chemistry and nanoscale pores in heterogeneous nucleation

Y Diao, AS Myerson, TA Hatton, BL Trout - Langmuir, 2011 - ACS Publications
Current industrial practice for control of primary nucleation (nucleation from a system without
pre-existing crystalline matter) during crystallization from solution involves control of …

Anisotropic surface energies and adsorption behaviors of scheelite crystal

Y Hu, Z Gao, W Sun, X Liu - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Anisotropic surface broken bond densities and surface energies of six surfaces of scheelite
were calculated with density functional theory (DFT). The calculation results show that its …

Crystalline multicomponent solids: An alternative for addressing the hygroscopicity issue in pharmaceutical materials

TS Thakur, R Thakuria - Crystal Growth & Design, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ambient humidity varies with seasons and geographical altitude across the regions. A
change in relative humidity during processing, storage, and transportation can cause …

Direct measurement of the contact angle of water droplet on quartz in a reservoir rock with atomic force microscopy

Y Deng, L Xu, H Lu, H Wang, Y Shi - Chemical Engineering Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The wettability of a reservoir rock is an important property affecting the states of fluids in
pores that are constructed with minerals of various types. However, the mineral grains are …

Multistage crystallization of plate-like crystals: A modeling and experimental study on adipic acid

D Biri, A Jaeggi, P Malach, AK Rajagopalan… - Crystal Growth & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Particles exhibiting a plate-like shape, encountered during crystallization, present
challenges in downstream processing. Consequently, it is crucial to manipulate the size and …

Crystal face dependent wettability of α-quartz: Elucidation by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry techniques combined with molecular dynamics

Y Deng, Q Wu, Z Li, X Huang, S Rao, Y Liang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Quartz is one of the most common but important minerals, and its wettability
plays a significant role in affecting various natural and industrial processes. Studies have …

Anisotropic surface chemistry properties and adsorption behavior of silicate mineral crystals

L Xu, J Tian, H Wu, S Fang, Z Lu, C Ma, W Sun… - Advances in colloid and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Anisotropic surface properties of minerals play an important role in a variety of fields. With a
focus on the two most intensively investigated silicate minerals (ie, phyllosilicate minerals …

Twisted aspirin crystals

X Cui, AL Rohl, A Shtukenberg… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Banded spherulites of aspirin have been crystallized from the melt in the presence of
salicylic acid either generated from aspirin decomposition or added deliberately (2.6–35.9 …