Segmented Microfluidic Flow Reactors for Nanomaterial Synthesis
Yujuan He, Ki‐Joong Kim, Chih‐Hung Chang
Abstract
Microfluidic reactors have remarkably promoted the synthesis and investigation of advanced nanomaterials due to their continuous mode and accelerated heat/mass transfer. Notably, segmented microfluidic flow reactors (SMFRs) are an important class of microfluidic reactors that have been developed to accurately manipulate nanomaterial synthesis by further improvement of the residence time distributions and unique flow behaviors. This review provided a survey of the nanomaterial synthesis in SMFRs for the aspects of fluid dynamics, flow patterns, and mass transfer among and within distinct phases and provided examples of the synthesis of versatile nanomaterials via the use of different flow patterns.
Topics & Concepts
MicrofluidicsNanomaterialsMicroreactorNanotechnologyFlow chemistryMass transferFlow (mathematics)Materials scienceResidence time (fluid dynamics)Continuous reactorContinuous flowChemistryBiochemical engineeringMechanicsEngineeringChromatographyCatalysisPhysicsBiochemistryGeotechnical engineeringInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics