Disopyramide (DPA) is as a class IA antiarrhythmic drug and its crystallization from cyclohexane at ambient condition yields lower melting form crystals which belong to the monoclinic centrosymmetric space group P21/n, having two molecules in an asymmetric unit. Crystal structure analysis of pure DPA revealed closely associated aggregates via amide–amide dimer synthon through N–H∙∙∙O hydrogen b...

We have observed 2D protein crystallization under conditions where in the absence of flow, crystallization fails to occur. Even under conditions where crystallization does occur in quiescent systems, we have found that flow can accelerate the crystallization process. By interrogating the flow responsible for this enhanced crystallization, we have correlated the enhancement with large shear in t...

We present a comprehensive study of the solidification scenario in suspensions of colloidal hard spheres for three polydispersities between 4.8% and 5.8%, over a range of volume fractions from near freezing to near the glass transition. From these results, we identify four stages in the crystallization process: (i) an induction stage where large numbers of precursor structures are observed, (ii...

The use of a coronene guest template directs the formation of a 2D Kagomé network in preference to alternative close packed and parallel hydrogen-bonded structures of tetracarboxylic acid tectons self-assembled from solution on a graphite surface.

We have conducted a combined experimental and theoretical study on the optimization of hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene (HBC) as organic semiconductor. While orientations with high electronic coupling are unfavorable in the native liquid crystalline phase of HBC, we enforced such orientations by applying external constraints. To this end, self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) were formed by a non-convent...

In the title hydrated salt, C36H66N8O(6+)·6ClO4(-)·1.5H2O, the asymmetric unit consists of a hexa-protonated [H6L](6+) cation, five perchlorate anions in general positions, two on twofold rotation axes (one of which is disordered), and two water mol-ecules of crystallization in general positions, one of them disordered around a twofold crystallographic axis. In the [H6L](6+) cation, two strong ...

In the title coordination polymer, {[Ce2(C8H4O5)3(H2O)9]·6H2O} n , the asymmetric unit is formed by two Ce(III) atoms, three 5-hy-droxy-benzene-1,3-di-carboxyl-ate ligands, nine coordinating water mol-ecules and six water mol-ecules of crystallization. The two Ce(III) atoms are bridged by 5-hy-droxy-benzene-1,3-di-carboxyl-ate ligands acting in a bis-bidentate coordination mode, generating infi...

Forsterite (Mg2SiO4) is one of the major planetary materials, and its behavior under extreme conditions is important to understand the interior structure of large planets, such as super-Earths, and large-scale planetary impact events. Previous shock compression measurements of forsterite indicate that it may melt below 200 GPa, but these measurements did not go beyond 200 GPa. We report the sho...

This work focuses on the modeling and numerical approximations of population balance equations (PBEs) for the simulation of different phenomena occurring in process engineering. The population balance equation (PBE) is considered to be a statement of continuity. It tracks the change in particle size distribution as particles are born, die, grow or leave a given control volume. In the population...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(44)H(38)N(8) (2+)·4I(-)·4H(2)O, comprises two halves of non-equivalent cations of 5,10,15,20-tetra-kis-(1-methyl-pyridinium)porphyrin (with the full mol-ecule of each completed by the application of inversion symmetry), four charge balancing iodide anions and four water mol-ecules of crystallization (two water mol-ecules are fully occupied and four m...