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Remarkable decrease in stiffness of aspirin crystals upon reducing crystal size to nanoscale dimensions via sonochemistry
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Remarkable decrease in stiffness of aspirin crystals upon reducing crystal size to nanoscale dimensions via sonochemistry

Kristin M Hutchins, Thilini P Rupasinghe, Shalisa M Oburn, Kamal K Ray, Alexei V Tivanski and Leonard R MacGillivray
CrystEngComm, Vol.21(13), pp.2049-2052
03/25/2019
DOI: 10.1039/C8CE00764K

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Abstract

Nano-dimensional single crystals of acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) Form I are generated through sonocrystallization and are shown to exhibit Young's modulus values in the MPa range, which is significantly softer (5-fold reduction) than macro-dimensional single crystals. The change is attributed to structural consequences of the size-dependent surface-to-volume ratio effect, particularly as related to intermolecular forces.

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