Caffeine-fuelled fix for runaway eye treatment

By Chemistry World8 May 2014

Crystal designed to have stronger hydrogen bonds

Sulfacetamide and caffeine cocrystal diagram

Sulfacetamide and caffeine molecules pack together tighter than sulfacetamide alone

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