Call for Papers: Design of Crystals via Crystallization Processes

Crystallization is a multidisciplinary field of research, and it continues to attract attention due to the pivotal role it plays in the product realization process in several sectors including pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, nutraceutical dyes & pigments, specialty personal products, energetic materials, and confectionary. In the pharmaceutical sector it is difficult to imagine an accelerated molecule to medicine journey without a robust crystallization process at the heart of the transformation. In recent years, a concerted effort from both academia and industry has driven significant advances within this field. Yet, across the landscape there remains opportunities, as the design and isolation of target molecules and their crystallized products have yet to be fully correlated downstream with their subsequent formulation design, processing and performance.

Crystal Growth & Design will publish a Special Issue on “Design of Crystals via Crystallization Processes,” which seeks to highlight the latest advances and challenges in this field.

Topics covered can include, but are not limited to:

• The crystallization pathway from solvated molecules through clusters to faceted crystals.
• The competing kinetics and mechanistic processes underpinning nucleation and growth.
• In-process control of crystallization for the achieving pre-desired physical chemical properties of crystals notably size/shape distributions, purity and dissolution behavior.
• How crystal attributes (purity, form, morphology and surface chemistry) related to product performance, processability and longer term physical and chemical stability.
• How crystal imperfections (impurities, defects, disorder) effect properties, thermodynamic and kinetic stability, mechanical and thermal, attributes.
• Advanced crystal characterization methods (electron diffraction, NAP-XPS, Raman-AFM-TERS, etc.)

Researchers are encouraged to submit their new and unpublished work by May 31, 2025.

Organizing Editors

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Jonathan W. Steed
Durham University, United Kingdom

Guest Editors

Prof. Robert Docherty
Consultant, ex Pfizer, United Kingdom

Dr. Ana Kwokal
Syngenta, Jealott's Hill, United Kingdom

Prof. Nornizar Anuar
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Submission Information

All manuscripts will undergo rigorous editorial peer review. Articles are published on a rolling basis in an issue of Crystal Growth & Design. Once the Special Issue is complete, all articles will be publicized as a Virtual Collection, which will provide additional exposure for the work. For additional submission instructions, please see the Crystal Growth & Design Author Guidelines.

Open Access: There are diverse open access options for publications in American Chemical Society journals. Please visit our Open Science Resource Center for more information.

How to Submit

• Log in to the ACS Publishing Center.
• Select the “Journals” tab.
• Search for Crystal Growth & Design.
• Click "Submit."
• Select your manuscript type, and, under "Special Issue Selection," choose “Design of Crystals via Crystallization Processes."