A review of experimental methods for nucleation rate determination in large-volume batch and microfluidic crystallization

C Devos, T Van Gerven, S Kuhn - Crystal growth & design, 2021 - ACS Publications
Determination of the experimental nucleation rate for crystallization in solution has been
acknowledged as an important topic for a long time, as it improves the design and control of …

Understanding the hydration process of salts: the impact of a nucleation barrier

LC Sögütoglu, M Steiger, J Houben… - Crystal Growth & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The solid-state hydration of salts has gained particular interest within the frame of
thermochemical energy storage. In this work, the water vapor pressure–temperature (p–T) …

Conceptual validation of stochastic and deterministic methods to estimate crystal nucleation rates

LT Deck, M Mazzotti - Crystal Growth & Design, 2022 - ACS Publications
This work presents a generalized framework to assess the accuracy of methods to estimate
primary and secondary nucleation rates from experimental data. The crystallization process …

Aromatic stacking–a key step in nucleation

AJ Cruz-Cabeza, RJ Davey… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Crystal nucleation from solution is of central importance in the chemical and biological
sciences. Linking nucleation kinetics to the properties of solutes and solvents remains a …

Unraveling the Role of Fluid Shear on Primary Nucleation of Paracetamol through an Energy-Dissipation Rate Analysis

C Devos, C Xiouras, T Van Gerven… - Crystal Growth & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The effect of fluid shear on the primary nucleation of paracetamol in water, isopropyl alcohol,
and acetonitrile was investigated. First, experiments were performed with a Taylor–Couette …

Machine learning-derived correlations for scale-up and technology transfer of primary nucleation kinetics

S Yerdelen, Y Yang, JL Quon… - Crystal Growth & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Scaling up and technology transfer of crystallization processes have been and continue to
be a challenge. This is often due to the stochastic nature of primary nucleation, various scale …

Visualizing and understanding batch heterogeneity during freeze-drying using shelf-scale infrared thermography

LT Deck, N Ferru, A Kosir… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Various biopharmaceutical products are distributed as freeze-dried formulations in vials.
Minimizing batch heterogeneity, which refers to the variability of relevant properties among …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing and measuring the ice nucleation kinetics of aqueous solutions in vials

LT Deck, M Mazzotti - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The stochastic nature of ice nucleation presents a major challenge in freezing and freeze-
drying processes of biopharmaceuticals in vials. During freezing, nucleation events occur in …

Effects of scale-up on the mechanism and kinetics of crystal nucleation

RRE Steendam, L Keshavarz… - Crystal Growth & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Insight into nucleation kinetics and other nucleation parameters can be obtained from
probability distributions of induction time measurements in combination with the classical …

Crystal nucleation and growth in a polymorphic system: Ostwald's rule, p-aminobenzoic acid and nucleation transition states

JFB Black, PT Cardew, AJ Cruz-Cabeza, RJ Davey… - …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Ostwald's rule remains a long standing guide to crystallisation in polymorphic systems. It is
often assumed that this rule has its origins in nucleation processes that favour metastable …