Synthesis of organic nanoparticles in a 3D flow focusing microreactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 234-239

  Génot, Valérie ^a   Desportes, Serge ^b   Croushore, Callie ^a   Lefèvre, Jean Pierre ^a   Pansu, Robert Bernard ^a   Delaire, Jacques Alexis ^a   von Rohr, Philipp Rudolf ^b  

^a Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D hydrodynamic focusing; Crystallization; Microfiuidic; Mixing characterization; Organic nanoparticles; Size tuning

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOCUSING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; SUPERSATURATION;

CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLOW RATE CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING; MICROFIUIDIC; NANOCRYSTAL SYNTHESIS; ORGANIC NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC NANOPARTICLES; SIZE TUNING;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 77958485865     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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