Short description This handbook emphasizes why solid-state issues are important, what approaches should be taken to avoid problems and exploits opportunities of solid state properties in the field of pharma-, agro- and fine chemical industry.
From the contents Relevance of Solid-state Properties for Pharmaceutical Products Thermodynamics of Polymorphs Characterization of Polymorphic Systems using Thermal Analysis Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy Vibrational Spectroscopic Methods in Pharmaceutical Solid-state Characterization Crystallography for Polymorphs Light Microscopy The Importance of Solvates Physical Characterization of Hygroscopicity in Pharmaceutical Solids The Amorphous State Approaches to Polymorphism Screening Salt Selection Processing-induced Phase Transformations and their Implications on Pharmaceutical Product Quality Polymorphism and Patents from A Chemist's Point of View Scientific Considerations of Pharmaceutical Solid Polymorphism in Regulatory Applications
