Metal-Assisted and Microwave-Accelerated Evaporative Crystallization: Application to l-Alanine

l-Alanine is an important amino acid that plays a key role in the molecular structure of many proteins. Crystallized forms of this molecule are currently in high demand in chemical, pharmaceutics, and food industries. However, the traditional evaporative crystallization method takes up to several ho...

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Published in:Crystal growth & design 2011-10, Vol.11 (10), p.4300-4304
Main Authors: Alabanza, Anginelle M, Aslan, Kadir
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science
rheology
Exact sciences and technology
Growth from solutions
Materials science
Methods of crystal growth
physics of crystal growth
Physics
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Summary:l-Alanine is an important amino acid that plays a key role in the molecular structure of many proteins. Crystallized forms of this molecule are currently in high demand in chemical, pharmaceutics, and food industries. However, the traditional evaporative crystallization method takes up to several hours to complete and does not always consistently yield usable crystals. Using the metal-assisted and microwave-accelerated evaporative crystallization (MA-MAEC) technique, larger and better-organized l-alanine crystals were formed in a fraction of the time using room temperature crystallization. This technique may be applicable to organic molecules other than amino acids and thus will be able to produce the large amount of molecular crystals desired by industries today.
ISSN:1528-7483
1528-7505
DOI:10.1021/cg201018j