Can the study of self-assembly in solution lead to a good model for the nucleation pathway? The case of tolfenamic acid.

@article{Du2015CanTS,
  title={Can the study of self-assembly in solution lead to a good model for the nucleation pathway? The case of tolfenamic acid.},
  author={Wei Du and Aurora J. Cruz‐Cabeza and Sander Woutersen and Roger J. Davey and Qiang Yin},
  journal={Chemical Science},
  year={2015},
  volume={6},
  pages={3515 - 3524}
}
To further our understanding of the role of solution chemistry in directing nucleation processes new experimental and computational data are presented on the solution and crystallisation chemistry of tolfenamic acid (TA), a benchmark polymorphic compound. 
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