Microfluidic Synthesis

Overview

Microfluidic synthesis uses microscale channels to exert fine control over reaction environment—temperature, mixing, residence time, and concentration profiles. This level of control enables nanomaterial synthesis with narrow size distributions and reproducible properties, and provides a natural interface to in-line analytics and automation.

Research Objectives

• •Design new micro- and millifluidic reactor architectures for improved mixing, heat transfer, and mass transport
• •Develop scalable microfluidic platforms that can be coupled to in-line/orthogonal sensors and AI-driven optimization
• •Create modular flow systems for multi-step synthesis, aging, and purification of nanomaterials
• •Map and optimize operating windows for specific nanomaterial synthesis targets

Applications

• •Flow synthesis of metal, metal-oxide, and multimetallic nanoparticles for catalysis
• •Production of quantum dots with narrow emission spectra
• •Continuous synthesis of functional materials for energy storage and conversion
• •Continuous preparation of pharmaceutically relevant intermediates