Using Milling to Explore Physical States: The Amorphous and Polymorphic Forms of Sulindac
Résumé
This paper shows how milling can be used to explore the phase diagram of pharmaceuticals. This process has been applied to sulindac. A short milling has been found to trigger a polymorphic transformation between form II and form I upon heating which is not seen in the non-milled material. This possibility was clearly demonstrated to result from crystalline micro strains induced by the mechanical shocks. A long milling has been found to induce a total amorphization of the material. Moreover, the amorphous fraction produced during milling appears to have a complex recrystallization upon heating which depends on the milling time. The investigations have been mainly performed by differential scanning calorimetry and powder X-ray diffraction.
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