Inhibition of Crystal Nucleation and Growth: A Review

Y Zhang, B Li, J Liu, D Han, S Rohani… - Crystal Growth & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The formation of crystalline materials typically follows the nucleation and crystal growth
pathway, which enables scientists to engineer crystal properties, and the metastable status …

Toward stereochemical control, monitoring, and understanding of crystal nucleation

I Weissbuch, M Lahav, L Leiserowitz - Crystal growth & design, 2003 - ACS Publications
In this review, the delicate interplay between stereochemical control, monitoring at the
subnanometer level, and an understanding of crystal nucleation is probed. Control of crystal …

Manipulating crystallization with molecular additives

AG Shtukenberg, SS Lee, B Kahr… - Annual Review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Given the importance of organic crystals in a wide range of industrial applications, the
chemistry, biology, materials science, and chemical engineering communities have focused …

Mode of action and design rules for additives that modulate crystal nucleation

J Anwar, PK Boateng, R Tamaki… - Angewandte Chemie, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
There is considerable interest, both fundamental and technological, in understanding how
additives and impurities influence crystal nucleation, and in the modulation of nucleation in a …

Three-step mechanism of antisolvent crystallization

AV Dighe, PKR Podupu, P Coliaie… - Crystal Growth & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Synthesis of crystalline materials involves the two most important methods: antisolvent and
cooling crystallization. Despite the extensive use of the antisolvent method in the …

Controlling crystal growth with modifiers

F Jones, MI Ogden - CrystEngComm, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Modifying crystal growth processes using additives is a well established approach to solving
problems in many processes. Nature also makes extensive use of crystalline inorganic …

Engineering crystal modifiers: bridging classical and nonclassical crystallization

KN Olafson, R Li, BG Alamani, JD Rimer - Chemistry of Materials, 2016 - ACS Publications
The use of growth modifiers in natural, biological, and synthetic crystallization is a ubiquitous
strategy for controlling growth and achieving desired physicochemical properties. For …

Tailor-made additives for melt-grown molecular crystals: Why or why not?

H Zhou, J Sabino, Y Yang, MD Ward… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Tailor-made additives (TMAs) have found a role in crystal morphology engineering and
control by specific binding to crystal surfaces through stereo-chemical recognition. The utility …

Nucleation

PG Vekilov - Crystal growth & design, 2010 - ACS Publications
Crystallization starts with nucleation and control of nucleation is crucial for the control of the
number, size, perfection, polymorphism, and other characteristics of crystalline materials …

Perils of polymorphism: size matters

MD Ward - Israel Journal of Chemistry, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Since the discovery of polymorphism in 1832, the ability of molecular crystals to adopt
different crystal forms has intrigued and frustrated the scientific community. Control of this …