Modeling the crystallization of proteins and small organic molecules in nanoliter drops

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-91

  Dombrowski, Richard D ^a   Litster, James D ^a   Wagner, Norman J ^b   He, Yinghe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b University of Delaware   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Crystallization; Mathematical modeling; Nucleation; Particle technology

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; CRYSTALLIZATION CONDITIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY; SMALL ORGANIC MOLECULES;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEATION; PROTEINS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DROPS;

EID: 82955198634     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12001     Document Type: Article

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