Microfluidic Synthesis
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "E：Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 1892
Special Issue Editor
2. Aragon Nanoscience Institute, University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
Interests: manoscience; catalyst; molecules
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Dear Colleagues,
Microfluidic systems are designed to manipulate fluids in channels under the millimetre scale and have widely been used in the field of nanotechnology. They are miniaturized reaction systems fabricated using microtechnology and precision engineering methods. Over the past decade, microfluidic systems have evolved from simple devices for basic chemical transformations to more complex systems for a great number of applications in the fields of catalysis, energy processes, fine chemistry, biomedicine and sensors.
The use of microfluidic systems enables us to perform chemical reactions with unprecedented control over mixing, mass- and heat-transfer, safety, reaction residence time and other process parameters, which results in enhanced reproducibility. This technology is a valuable tool for the synthesis of a large variety of nanomaterials and synthetic molecules whose synthesis route requires several stages (multistep synthesis). In the field of nanomaterials, microfluidics can accelerate the reaction outcome by orders of magnitude and the reaction times shrink from hours to minutes and seconds. In the field of organic chemistry, areas such as combinatorial chemistry, complex multistep syntheses, and the synthesis of pharmaceutical substances have witnessed tremendous growth using the flow chemistry approach. Microfluidics are also unique tools that combine nanomaterials and therapeutic molecules into carriers, which is one of the pillars of nanobiomedicine, paving the way to achieve consistency in properties and making the scalability process more simple.
This Special Issue on “Microfluidic Synthesis” is a timely approach for surveying the recent progress in the area of microfluidic systems and their applications in continuous-flow microchemical synthesis, from nanomaterials to fine chemicals. The articles presented in this Special Issue will cover various topics, ranging from the application of microfluidic systems in synthesis and the advances related to microfabrication, multi-step synthesis, integration of analytics and scale-up. In this context, the research published in this Special Issue will offer a unique glimpse into what has been achieved and what remains to be explored regarding microfluidic synthesis technology.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Victor Sebastian
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microfluidic synthesis
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