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ArticleChemical science2025

Promoting organic nucleation of diclofenac: hydrophobic interfacial interactions drive self-assembly.

Hao Lu, Eduard Wiedenbeck, Moritz Macht, Daizong Qi, Ali Dhinojwala, Han Zuilhof, Dirk Zahn, Helmut Cölfen, Mischa Bonn

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Article in Chemical science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Hao LuCollege of Materials and Textile Engineering, G60 STI Valley Industry & Innovation Institute, Jiaxing University Jiaxing Zhejiang Province 314001 China lu@zjxu.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7338-2295
Eduard WiedenbeckDepartment of Chemistry, University of Konstanz Universitätsstrasse 10 Konstanz 78457 Germany.
Moritz MachtLehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie/Computer Chemie Centrum, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Nägelsbachstraße 25 91052 Erlangen Germany dirk.zahn@fau.de.
Daizong QiMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research Ackermannweg 10 55128 Mainz Germany bonn@mpip-mainz.mpg.de.
Ali DhinojwalaSchool of Polymer Science and Engineering, The University of Akron Akron OH 44325 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3935-7467
Han ZuilhofCollege of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Jiaxing University Jiaxing 314001 China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5773-8506
Dirk ZahnLehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie/Computer Chemie Centrum, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Nägelsbachstraße 25 91052 Erlangen Germany dirk.zahn@fau.de.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4303-3422
Helmut CölfenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Konstanz Universitätsstrasse 10 Konstanz 78457 Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1148-0308
Mischa BonnMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research Ackermannweg 10 55128 Mainz Germany bonn@mpip-mainz.mpg.de.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6851-8453

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We compare the pH-triggered nucleation of the pharmaceutical diclofenac in bulk solution and at the air-water interface, using a combination of cryo-transmission electron microscopy, surface-specific spectroscopy and microscopy, and molecular dynamics simulations. In solution, simulation data reveal diclofenac forms dynamically ordered, liquid-like pre-nucleation clusters (PNCs), following a nonclassical nucleation pathway. At the air-water interface, nucleation occurs earlier during the titration process. The promoted nucleation is attributed to the interfacial enrichment of protons at this hydrophobic interface, elevated interfacial apparent p

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