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Solvent mediated stabilisation of dissolution at the resorcinol‐water interface
Author(s) -
Hussain M.,
Sahudin S.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
crystal research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1521-4079
pISSN - 0232-1300
DOI - 10.1002/crat.200900589
Subject(s) - dissolution , resorcinol , solvent , bar (unit) , crystal (programming language) , chemistry , polar , crystallography , chemical engineering , chemical physics , organic chemistry , physics , meteorology , astronomy , computer science , engineering , programming language
Experimental evidence suggests dissolution along the polar c‐axis of α‐resorcinol in water preferentially occurs at the {011} surface. In an attempt to understand the mechanism by which solvent influences this process, dissolution at the resorcinol {0 $ \bar 1 $ $ \bar 1 $ } and {0 $ \bar 1 $ $ \bar 1 $ } surfaces has been studied using Molecular Dynamics simulations. Our computations indicate dissolution at the two faces is dependent upon solvent behaviour at the crystal surface, where strong water‐crystal interactions serve to stabilise the crystal surface and retard dissolution. (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)