This book covers all the basic and applied aspects of crystallization processes based on membrane technology. Synthesis and processing of membrane materials are discussed and reviewed, while mass/heat transport and control are treated in view of the non-reversible thermodynamic principles and statistical thermodynamics. Engineering process design and crystalline materials products properties, and also the relation to other traditional crystallization formats, are analyzed. Advantages, limitations, and future developments are also included in the content, with special emphasis on new fields of applications like microfluidic configurations, controlled proteins (also membrane proteins) crystallization, organic semiconductors single crystals production, and optical materials.
Sample Chapter(s)
Chapter 1: Overview of Membrane-Assisted Crystallization Operations (1,119 KB)
Contents:
- Overview of Membrane-Assisted Crystallization Operations
- Theoretical Aspects in Membrane Crystallization
- Membrane Materials
- Membrane Crystallization of Inorganic Compounds
- Morphology, Polymorphism, and Co-Crystallization of Molecular Compounds
- Crystallization of Biomacromolecules
Readership: Undergraduates, graduates, researchers, and professionals studying/dealing with physical chemistry, chemical engineering, materials chemistry/nanochemistry, liquid crystals & crystallography, surface science, and general material science.
"The first book which treats the overall subject of membrane crystallization from a unified hands-on-point of view. The authors provide a comprehensive and up to date background on the physico-chemical, materials science and engineering aspects on what is considered as a recent breakthrough in membrane processes. The lucid writing supports new understanding of molecular processes, mechanisms, technological context and scientific challenges which should be of interest for students, researchers and engineers involved in crystallization studies and industrial applications."
Eric Favre
University of Lorraine, France
"It is very well structured and can be considered as a vade mecum for undergraduate and graduate students in the field of materials science and process engineering, and for academic and industry researchers and engineers in multiple fields and wide range of applications such as medical and pharmaceutical production, food packaging, the manufacture of chemicals, microelectronics and nanotechnologies."
Professor Dr Ing Jean-Claude Charpentier
Former President of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering
Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France