Torsten Stelzer

Dr. Torsten Stelzer


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Academic Career Length

11Years (2016-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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7 June 2019 in Crystal Growth & Design
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VMVictor Rafael Vázquez Marrero
Victor Rafael Vázquez Marrero
CBCarmen Alondra Piñero Berríos
Carmen Alondra Piñero Berríos
LRLuz Maria De Dios Rodríguez
Luz Maria De Dios Rodríguez
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Torsten Stelzer
VLVilmalí López-Mejías
Vilmalí López-Mejías

13 April 2022 in The Journal of Chemical Physics
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YGYue Gui
Yue Gui
CHChengbin Huang
Chengbin Huang
CSChenyang Shi
Chenyang Shi
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Torsten Stelzer
GZGeoff G. Z. Zhang
Geoff G. Z. Zhang
LYLian Yu
Lian Yu
Crystal nucleation rates have been measured in the supercooled melts of two richly polymorphic glass-forming liquids: ROY and nifedipine (NIF). ROY or 5-methyl-2-[(2-nitrophenyl)amino]-3-thiophenecarbonitrile is known for its crystals of red, orange, and yellow colors and many polymorphs of solved structures (12). Of the many polymorphs, ON (orange needles) nucleates the fastest with the runner up (Y04) trailing by a factor of 103 when compared under the same mobility-limited condition, while the other unobserved polymorphs are slower yet by at least 5 orders of magnitude. Similarly, of the six polymorphs of NIF, γ ′ nucleates the fastest, β ′ is slower by a factor of 10, and the rest are slower yet by at least 5 decades. In both systems, the faster-nucleating polymorphs are not built from the lowest-energy conformers, while they tend to have higher energies and lower densities and thus greater similarity to the liquid phase by these measures. The temperature ranges of this study covered the glass transition temperature Tg of each system, and we find no evidence that the nucleation rate is sensitive to the passage of Tg. At the lowest temperatures investigated, the rates of nucleation and growth are proportional to each other, indicating that a similar kinetic barrier controls both processes. The classical nucleation theory provides an accurate description of the observed nucleation rates if the crystal growth rate is used to describe the kinetic barrier for nucleation. The quantitative rates of both nucleation and growth for the competing polymorphs enable prediction of the overall rate of crystallization and its polymorphic outcome.

2 October 2018 in Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data
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RZRocío I. Zorrilla-Veloz
Rocío I. Zorrilla-Veloz
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Torsten Stelzer
VLVilmalí López-Mejías
Vilmalí López-Mejías

28 April 2022 in Molecular Pharmaceutics
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XYXin Yao
Xin Yao
EBEmily G. Benson
Emily G. Benson
YGYue Gui
Yue Gui
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Torsten Stelzer
GZGeoff G. Z. Zhang
Geoff G. Z. Zhang
LYLian Yu
Lian Yu

27 June 2016 in Organic Process Research & Development
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YCYuqing Cui
Yuqing Cui
MOMarcus O’mahony
Marcus O’mahony
JJJuan J. Jaramillo
Juan J. Jaramillo
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Torsten Stelzer
AMAllan S. Myerson
Allan S. Myerson

17 December 2019 in Crystal Growth & Design
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KOKarina Sanabria Ortiz
Karina Sanabria Ortiz
JEJosé R. Hernández Espinell
José R. Hernández Espinell
DTDesire Ortiz Torres
Desire Ortiz Torres
VLVilmalí López-Mejías
Vilmalí López-Mejías
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Torsten Stelzer