Preliminary Program subject to change
02B02 Fundamentals of Nucleation
OverviewThis session invites papers presenting work on the fundamentals of nucleation. This includes both experimental and theoretical work.
Primary SponsorCrystallization and Evaporation (02b)
Co-Sponsor(s)Thermodynamics and Transport Properties (01a)

Chair

R. Dennis Vigil
Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
3037 Sweeney Hall
Ames, IA 50011-2230
Phone Number: 515-294-6438
Fax Number: 515-294-2689
Email: vigil@iastate.edu

CoChair

Jianzhong Wu
Assistant Professor
University of California at Riverside
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
A317 Bourns Hall
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone Number: (909) 787 2413
Fax Number: (909) 787 5696
Email: jwu@engr.ucr.edu
Critical Supersaturation in Solution Crystallization as a Function of Equilibrium Cluster Size Distribution
Venkateswarlu Bhamidi1, Guangwen He2, Reginald B. H. Tan3, Paul J. A. Kenis2 and Charles F. Zukoski2, (1)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign / ICES, Singapore, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, (2)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, (3)Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117576
Affecting Polymorph Selectivity in a Reproducible Nucleation Environment Generated Using a Microfluidic Device
Venkateswarlu Bhamidi1, Guangwen He2, Reginald B. H. Tan3, Paul J. A. Kenis2 and Charles F. Zukoski2, (1)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign / ICES, Singapore, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, (2)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, (3)Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117576
Crystal Nucleation in Polymorphic Systems: Effect of pH, Supersaturation and Molecular Speciation of Impurities
Sendhil K. Poornachary, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117576, Singapore, Singapore, Pui Shan Chow, Crystallization and Particle Science, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, 1, Pesek Road, Jurong Island, Singapore 627833, Singapore, Singapore and Reginald B. H. Tan, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117576, Singapore
Directing the Crystallization of a Desired Polymorph through Secondary Nucleation (Seeding)
Praveen Ram Menta Prasanna, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts Univeristy, 4 Colby Street, Medford, MA 02155 and Gregory D. Botsaris, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, MA 02155
Examination of Crystal Nucleation and Polymorph Transitions through Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Hard-Core Screened Coulomb Particles
Andrea R. Browning, Glenn H. Fredrickson and Michael F. Doherty, Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080
Role of Solubility Enhancers in Protein Crystal Nucleation and Growth
Rajendrakumar A. Gosavi1, Timothy C. Mueser2, Sasidhar Varanasi1 and Constance A. Schall1, (1)Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Toledo, 2801 W Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606, (2)Chemistry, University of Toledo, 2801 W Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606

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