Crystallization and Precipitation in Life-Science, (Bio)polymer and Recycling Industries
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Industrial Crystallization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: phase equilibria; thermoanalytical techniques; process monitoring and design; separation of fine chemicals; large scale industrial products and renewable resources; innovative separation concepts; enantiomers; multi-component mixtures
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Interests: melt crystallization; equipment development for distillation; crystallization and mechanical separation; hybrid process development and upscaling; development of sustainable processes for recycling and waste treatment; crystallization process modelling; measurement technology development and integration as well as advanced control strategies
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Interests: phase equilibria; thermodynamics; thermal process engineering; depolymerization and circular economy; multi-component mixtures; process simulation and modelling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Crystallization and precipitation are important unit operations for the purification of products and product design in the manufacturing pipeline of pharmaceutical, agrochemical, food, cosmetics, and recycling industries, among others. The latter especially has grown in importance in recent years due to global trends towards sustainability and a circular economy. Recycling and substituting fossil-based feed streams with renewable alternatives, oftentimes result in complex multi-component mixtures as additives or additional impurities are inherent to such material sources. This leads to more complex phase behaviour and thus, more demanding purification tasks utilizing crystallization and precipitation processes essentially in alignment with upstream reactions and adjacent separation processes.
Therefore, we are looking to compile impactful novel research on the utilization of crystallization and/or precipitation for life-science, (bio-)polymer, and recycling applications in this Special Issue. These may range from fundamental phase equilibria, kinetics, and crystallography to innovative process monitoring, design, and optimization. Of additional interest are product design solutions related to particle size and shape as well as molecular weight distributions for (bio-)polymers. Some keywords to guide the authors are provided; however, contributions not covered, but valuable to the Special Issue’s topic are welcome and encouraged as well.
Prof. Dr. Heike Lorenz
Dr. Erik Temmel
Guest Editors
Dr. Vico Tenberg
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- phase equilibria
- recycling processes
- circular economy
- biopolymer processing and valorization
- sustainable process engineering
- innovative crystallization and precipitation process concepts
- industrial applications
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