Microfluidic Reactors for Nanomaterial Synthesis

Krishnadasan, Siva H.; Yashina, Alexandra; deMello, Andrew J.; deMello, John C.

doi:10.1016/s0065-2377(10)38004-5

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“…Therefore, readers interested in more specific details on nanoparticle synthesis under continuous flow reactors are highly encouraged to refer to other review articles which cover this subject. 18,19 Fig. 2 Recently, the laminar flow regime present in continuous flow microfluidic platforms has further been employed to successfully synthesise crystalline 1D coordination polymer nanostructures, as demonstrated by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) studies and SEM analysis conducted on the eluted structures (Fig.…”

Section: Continuous Flow Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Microfluidic platforms: a mainstream technology for the preparation of crystals

Puigmartí‐Luis

2014

Chem. Soc. Rev.

117

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Microfluidics is a multidisciplinary field of science based on the manipulation of fluids in sub-millimeter dimensions where the fundamental fluid physics changes dramatically when compared to macroscale fluid physical phenomena. Therefore, the conditions that microfluidic technologies offer are completely different from those of bulk set-ups, and thus they are very interesting for the study of crystallisation because diffusion, mixing and mass and heat transport are all finely controlled, and are easily modulated. This tutorial review is intended to give a broad and up-to-date overview of the distinct microfluidic approaches that have been employed so far for crystallisation studies for the uninitiated in these techniques. Main emphasis will be given to microfluidic platforms operating under continuous flow regimes, droplet-based methods, valve-based approaches, well-based methods, and digital microfluidics. This tutorial does not intend to give detailed methodology, but rather provides illustrative examples which capture the attention of the reader and allow them to appreciate the unique features that microfluidic technologies can offer towards the study of different crystallisation processes. Indeed, crystallisation studies of different types of crystalline matter including organic, inorganic and metal-organic materials are presented.

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Section: Continuous Flow Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Microfluidic platforms: a mainstream technology for the preparation of crystals

Puigmartí‐Luis

2014

Chem. Soc. Rev.

117

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“…The benefits of droplet-based microfluidic reactors over both continuous-flow and flask-based approaches for nanomaterial synthesis are now without doubt. , The ability to regulate both heat and mass transfer on short time scales allows for rapid mixing of reagents and controlled particle nucleation and growth and ultimately the generation of high-quality materials with bespoke properties. Indeed, droplet-based microfluidic methods have been shown to yield inherently narrower size distributions and enhanced in-batch and batch-to-batch reproducibility, when compared to alternate formats .…”

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Recent Advances in Droplet Microfluidics

2019

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“…DLS analysis yields information about NPs size, sample homogeneity and in specific cases NPs shape. It should be mentioned that nanoparticle formation is naturally slow [7], thus it does not require extremely fast online detection. Finally, the setup can easily accommodate other online detectors either as add-ons or as replacement to the existent ones.…”

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Concept for Unmanned Microfluidic Reactor for the Optimization and Production of Well-defined Nanoparticles

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2014

cme

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Nanoparticles are used, or being evaluated for use, in many fields, such as medicine, manufacturing, materials, energy, electronics, and environment. The characteristics of nanocrystals are strongly influenced by their physical dimensions and shape, which are tune by adjusting a plethora of experimental conditions, such as reagents concentration, reaction temperature and time. This demands for a large number of experiments to be carried out, mainly using a trial and error methodology. This publication describes a conceptual design of an unmanned microfluidic reactor for the optimization and production of nanoparticles with predefined physicochemical properties, with special emphasis on the production of gold group metal particles.

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Microfluidic Reactors for Nanomaterial Synthesis

Cited by 10 publications

References 58 publications

Microfluidic platforms: a mainstream technology for the preparation of crystals

Microfluidic platforms: a mainstream technology for the preparation of crystals

Recent Advances in Droplet Microfluidics

Concept for Unmanned Microfluidic Reactor for the Optimization and Production of Well-defined Nanoparticles

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