From reaction speed to environmental safety, solvent choice can make or break a chemical process. New tools, models, and data are helping scientists select greener, safer, and more effective options.

Solubility functions by a group of rules that determine how dissolvable a substance (solute) is in solvent and depends entirely on the physical and chemical properties of the solute and solvent. That ...

A new theory 'demystifies' the crystallization process and shows that the material that crystallizes is the dominant component within a solution -- which is the solvent, not the solute. The theory ...