Crystallization is a separation technology commonly applied as a purification strategy. Its use, widely recognized by the chemical [1] and pharmaceutical sectors [2], [3] may also be incorporated to the food industry [4], [5]. The operation consists of changing the chemical potential of the ...
They showed that the protein is preferentially hydrated and interpreted their results in terms of local repulsion of MPD by the surface charges on the protein. This unfavourable thermodynamic interaction would lead to phase separation and induce crystallisation. The same phenomenon occurs when salt is...