Polymorph Screening and Characterization of Active Pharmaceutical Materials

Polymorphs are solid compounds that can take on various forms. Since polymorphs of the same type of material normally exhibit different physical properties, it is very important that polymorphs be known so that useful forms of materials can be consistently controlled in the production process. This project will look at improving pharmaceuticals by finding more polymorphs of materials by polymorph screening, manipulating the external conditions that the materials are subjected to in order to have them undergo polymorphism. This study intends to find new crystal forms that could further be used to improve pharmaceuticals as well as to learn how to prepare polymorphs and operate various characterization apparatus.

Faculty Supervisor:

Jesse Zhu

Student:

Partner:

Tianjin University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Western University

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