A novel continuous microfluidic reactor design for the controlled production of high-quality semiconductor nanocrystals

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 893-905

  Winterton, Jeffrey D ^a   Myers, David R ^b   Lippmann, Julian M ^b   Pisano, Albert P ^b   Doyle, Fiona M ^a  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Liquid liquid flow; Microfluidic reactor; Nanomanufacturing; Reaction coin; Semiconductor nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUIDICS; MICROFLUIDICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BROADER IMPACTS; BUSINESS MEDIA; FLOW CHANNELS; HIGH QUALITY (HQ); MICRO FLUIDIC; MICRO-FLUIDIC REACTORS; NANOCRYSTAL SYNTHESIS; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION (PSZ); SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS (SNC); SPRINGER (CO); TWO PHASE;

REACTION KINETICS;

NANOCRYSTAL;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; DISPERSION; FLOW RATE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 45849153120     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-007-9345-0     Document Type: Article

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