Microfluidic synthesis of polymer and inorganic particulate materials

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 40, Issue , 2010, Pages 415-443

  Park, Jai Il ^a   Saffari, Amir ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Günther, Axel ^a,b   Kumacheva, Eugenia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

colloid particles; continuous flow synthesis; microfluidics

Indexed keywords

COLLOID PARTICLES; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; INORGANIC MATERIALS; INORGANIC PARTICULATES; MICROFLUIDIC SYNTHESIS;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; POLYMERS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 77956998584     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070909-104514     Document Type: Article

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