Microfluidic devices: a tool for nanoparticle synthesis and performance evaluation

S Gimondi, H Ferreira, RL Reis, NM Neves - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The use of nanoparticles (NPs) in nanomedicine holds great promise for the treatment of
diseases for which conventional therapies present serious limitations. Additionally, NPs can …

A review of microreactors based on slurry Taylor (segmented) flow

Z Peng, G Wang, B Moghtaderi, E Doroodchi - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microreactors with millimetric internal dimensions offer precise control over temperature,
flow and reaction, providing excellent system performance in terms of overall mixing …

Recent advances in inorganic nanomaterials synthesis using sonochemistry: a comprehensive review on iron oxide, gold and iron oxide coated gold nanoparticles

M Ali Dheyab, AA Aziz, MS Jameel - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sonochemistry uses ultrasound to improve or modify chemical reactions. Sonochemistry
occurs when the ultrasound causes chemical effects on the reaction system, such as the …

High throughput continuous synthesis of size-controlled nanoFe3O4 in segmented flow

X Jiang, S Li, KI Sotowa, O Tonomura, TH Oh - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
NanoFe 3 O 4, a magnetic nanoparticle, boasts wide-ranging applications, from magnetic
separation to imaging, labeling, and remote control of targeted drug delivery. However, the …

Mechanism of producing metallic nanoparticles, with an emphasis on silver and gold nanoparticles, using bottom-up methods

BR Karimadom, H Kornweitz - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bottom-up nanoparticle (NP) formation is assumed to begin with the reduction of the
precursor metallic ions to form zero-valent atoms. Studies in which this assumption was …

Enhancement of gas-liquid mass transfer by nanofluids in a microchannel under Taylor flow regime

M Huang, C Zhu, T Fu, Y Ma - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
The gas-liquid two-phase flow and the enhancement of mass transfer by nanoparticles for
the process of CO 2 absorbed by SiO 2 nanofluids were investigated in a microchannel …

Recent progress on the manufacturing of nanoparticles in multi-phase and single-phase flow reactors

Y Gao, B Pinho, L Torrente-Murciano - Current Opinion in Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Continuous synthesis of nanoparticles in microreactors is enabled by their characteristic
high mass and heat transfer rates with exquisite control of the synthetic parameters …

Residence time distributions in microchannels with assistant flow inlets and assistant flow outlets

S Chen, Q Lin, N Pan, M Hao, Y Jiang, Y Xie, Y Ba… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Residence time distributions (RTD) have been extensively employed to characterize the flow
behavior in reactors, which significantly impact reaction conversion and selectivity. RTDs are …

A microfluidic approach for synthesis and kinetic profiling of branched gold nanostructures

Q Cai, V Castagnola, L Boselli, A Moura, H Lopez… - Nanoscale …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Automatized approaches for nanoparticle synthesis and characterization represent a great
asset to their applicability in the biomedical field by improving reproducibility and …

Segmented microfluidic flow reactors for nanomaterial synthesis

Y He, KJ Kim, C Chang - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microfluidic reactors have remarkably promoted the synthesis and investigation of advanced
nanomaterials due to their continuous mode and accelerated heat/mass transfer. Notably …