Crystallization Process Design and Control: Intensification and Optimization

Dear Colleagues,

Crystallization, as a traditional separation approach, is widely applied in crystal products refining and purification, especially in the food and pharmaceutical industry. On the one hand, crystallization can achieve high purity product preparation, which can also realise low energy- and cost-consumption compared with distillation and evaporation. On the other hand, crystallization provides a potential landscape in crystal product refinings, such as polymorph preparation, crystal shape control, and co-crystallization formation. Crystallization has been widely applied in properties of crystal product enhancement, e.g., changing the dissolution rate and stability.

We invite researchers to contribute to the Special Issue on crystallization process design and control, which is intended to serve as a unique multidisciplinary forum covering broad aspects of science, technology, and the application of crystallization.

 Potential topics include but are not limited to:

- Novel crystal polymorph exploration

- Crystal-shape control

- Co-crystallization formation

- Crystallization process optimisation and parameter evaluations

- Designs and applications of novel crystallisers

- Applications of separation and purification technology via crystallization in various systems

- Exploitation of the remarkable properties of crystallization in various existent and emerging applications

Dr. Zhenguo Gao
Prof. Dr. Sohrab Rohani
Prof. Dr. Junbo Gong
Dr. Huaiyu Yang
Guest Editors

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