(Nanowerk News) Ice surfaces have a thin layer of water below its melting temperature of 0 °C. Such premelting phenomenon is important for skating and snowflake growth. Similarly, liquid often ...

Neta Varsano, Fabio Beghi, Nadav Elad, Eva Pereiro, Tali Dadosh, Iddo Pinkas, Ana J. Perez-Berna, Xueting Jin, Howard S. Kruth, Leslie Leiserowitz, Lia Addadi Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Polymorphs are not mythical, chimeric beasts—they are substances with identical chemical compositions but differing crystal structures that also exhibit different physical and chemical properties.

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3 and SDG 9. Crystal polymorphism, the ability of a compound to crystallise in multiple distinct forms ...

A new published commentary in the Journal of Cannabis Research indicated that cannabis crystallinity may determine levels of cannabinoid stability and bioavailability. Cannabis crystal polymorphism is ...

One headache drug discovery chemists face is a preternaturally annoying problem called crystal polymorphism. It can kill an otherwise promising drug unless it can be fixed, and sometimes it can't. But ...

Crystal polymorphism is critically important in the fields of pharmaceuticals and materials science. For instance, a metastable polymorph of an active pharmaceutical ingredient may benefit from ...