Flow invariant droplet formation for stable parallel microreactors

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Riche, Carson T ^a   Roberts, Emily J ^b   Gupta, Malancha ^a,b   Brutchey, Richard L ^b   Malmstadt, Noah ^a,b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIC LIQUID; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLE;

BIOREACTOR; DROPLET; FLOW VELOCITY; FOULING; LIQUID; NANOPARTICLE; PLATINUM; REACTION KINETICS; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; FLOW RATE; GENERATOR; HEAT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84959125524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10780     Document Type: Article

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