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Tuning crystal morphology of succinic acid using a polymer additive
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posted on 2018-03-05, 11:23 authored by Anneke R. Klapwijk, Elena Simone, Zoltan NagyZoltan Nagy, Chick C. Wilson© 2016 American Chemical Society.The effect of the triblock copolymer Pluronic P123 (PP123) on the growth of succinic acid crystals from aqueous solutions is reported at two batch process scales: 10 and 350 mL. The presence of small quantities of PP123 is shown to modify the crystal morphology from plate-like crystals to block-like crystals, in a fully reproducible manner. Increasing the quantity of polymer present, or the concentration of succinic acid used, produces needle-like crystals that are less favorable for processing. In-line process analytical tools (FBRM, PVM, and Raman) were implemented for the larger volume batch processes, allowing the crystallization to be monitored in real time. The effect of the polymer on the metastable zone width (MSZW) has also been determined in designing the crystallization experiments and is presented. In addition, the effect of the individual blocks of the copolymer, poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(propylene glycol), on the crystal morphology was examined, and these findings, together with face indexing and knowledge of the underlying crystal structure, have allowed a possible mechanism to be constructed for the interaction of the polymer with the crystal surface. This mechanism is supported by subsequent recrystallization experiments following washing of the block-like crystals with a nonpolar solvent.
Funding
This work is funded through EPSRC Grants EP/I033459/1 (CMAC Centre; C.C.W. and Z.K.N.) and EP/K503289/1 (Doctoral Training Centre in Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallization; A.R.K.). E.S. and Z.K.N. acknowledge European Research Council Grant No. [280106-CrySys] for financial support.
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Chemical Engineering
Published in
Crystal Growth and DesignVolume
16Issue
8Pages
4349 - 4359Citation
KLAPWIJK, A.R. ...et al., 2016. Tuning crystal morphology of succinic acid using a polymer additive. Crystal Growth and Design, 16(8), pp. 4349-4359.Publisher
© American Chemical Society (ACS)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2016-06-03Publication date
2016Notes
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Crystal Growth and Design, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00465ISSN
1528-7483eISSN
1528-7505Publisher version
Language
- en