MIT Department of Chemical Engineering
The Myerson research group focuses on fundamental studies of nucleation, polymorphism, impurity-crystal interactions, novel separation methods, continuous crystallization, and industrial applications.In addition, the group actively participates in the Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing.
Crystallization is vital to many processes occurring in nature and manufacturing. In chemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries, crystallization from solution is widely used for a variety of materials.
Almost all of the products based on fine chemicals, such as dyes, explosives, and photographic materials require crystallization in their manufacture and over 90% of all pharmaceutical products contain bioactive drug substances and excipients in the crystalline solid state.