Graphene-enhanced supramolecular gels direct how drug molecules crystallise

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System could be useful in preformulation stage of drug development

Chemists and chemical engineers have created a graphene-based supramolecular gel matrix that can control how pharmaceutical compounds crystallise. The system unlocks a set of strategies to selectively prepare materials that can exist in more than one crystalline form, known as polymorphs.