Probing molecular packing of amorphous pharmaceutical solids using x-ray atomic pair distribution function and solid-state NMR

Z Chen, H Nie, CJ Benmore, PA Smith… - Molecular …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The structural investigation of amorphous pharmaceuticals is of paramount importance in
comprehending their physicochemical stability. However, it has remained a relatively …

Enhancing Liquid-Crystalline Order and Fluidity of a Hydrophobic Host with Trace Hydrophilic Solvent

C Fatina, J Yu, MD Ediger, L Yu - Crystal Growth & Design, 2024 - ACS Publications
An impurity usually degrades the crystalline order of the host material. Here, we investigate
an intriguing counterexample where an impurity strongly enhances the ordering of a …

[HTML][HTML] Slow dynamics in disordered materials across theory, experiments, and simulations

E Del Gado, A Liu, CP Royall - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In the past few years, novel theoretical and experimental developments have significantly
advanced our understanding of slow dynamics in viscous liquids, gels, glasses, and other …

Comparative X-ray Diffraction Study of Two Liquid Crystalline Compounds with Chiral Centers Based on (S)-(+)-2-Octanol and (S)-(+)-3-Octanol

A Deptuch, A Lelito, B Sęk… - Acta Physica Polonica …, 2024 - repo.bg.wat.edu.pl
The structure of the antiferroelectric smectic C* A phase is investigated for two liquid crystals
with almost identical molecular structures, except for chiral centers. The X-ray diffraction …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering the glass structure of a discotic liquid crystal by multiple kinetic arrests

J Yu, Z Chen, C Fatina, D Chatterjee, H Bock… - The Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
X-ray scattering has been used to characterize the columnar packing and the π stacking in a
glass-forming discotic liquid crystal. In the equilibrium liquid state, the intensities of the …