What is a co-crystal?

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-234

  Zukerman Schpector, Julio ^a   Tiekink, Edward R T ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Co crystal; Crystallography; Definition; Pharmaceutical industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 43549125991     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.2008.0021     Document Type: Note

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