Lactulose: A Model System to Investigate Solid State Amorphization Induced by Milling |
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Authors: | Frederic Ngono Jean-Francois Willart Gabriel Cuello Monica Jimenez-Ruiz Frederic Affouard |
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Affiliation: | 1. Université Lille Nord de France, Unité Matériaux et Transformations, Villeneuve d''Ascq, France;2. Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble, France |
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Abstract: | In this article, we show that crystalline lactulose can be amorphized directly in the solid state by mechanical milling. Moreover, compared to similar materials, the amorphization kinetics of lactulose is found to be very rapid and the amorphous state thus obtained appears to be very stable against recrystallization on heating. These features make lactulose a model compound for this type of solid state transformation. The ease of crystalline lactulose to be amorphized on milling is explained by comparing elastic constants of lactulose with those of several other disaccharides. These constants have been determined by molecular dynamics simulations. The article also shows how isothermal dissolution calorimetry can be used effectively for the determination of amorphization kinetics during grinding when the usual characterization techniques (differential scanning calorimetry and powder X-ray diffraction) fail. |
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Keywords: | milling physical stability X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) calorimetry molecular dynamics dissolution solid-state stability |
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